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Welcome to Hortonville ...

Hortonville is located in Rutland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hortonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Hortonville is 1,540 feet [469 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hortonville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Hortonville: 802

Communities Also Named Hortonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Hortonville - they are located in Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Nova Scotia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hortonville.

Communities near Hortonville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hortonville.

  • Rutland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rutland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rutland is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,105 people
  • Hartland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hartland is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,513 people
  • Windsor
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Windsor is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
  • Poultney
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Poultney is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poultney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,239 people
  • Chester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Chester is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
  • Woodstock
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodstock is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,911 people
  • Weathersfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Weathersfield is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
  • Clarendon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarendon is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,396 people
  • West Rutland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • West Rutland is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rutland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,129 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hortonville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hortonville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hortonville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hortonville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hortonville. See our Newspapers Page for Hortonville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hortonville ...

Looking for more information about Hortonville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hortonville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hortonville.

Adding Hortonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hortonville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hortonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hortonville post office opened in 1858. The Hortonville post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hortonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Vermont's counties, including Rutland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hortonville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/