WayfarrowAlgiers
Ghost town · Windham County, Vermont
Algiers is a ghost town in Windham County, Vermont. It is the only former community in Windham County recorded on the federal names register, out of 6 across Vermont.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Algiers as a historical populated place on the Brattleboro topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.8167° N, 72.5662° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Brattleboro |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 495 ft |
| Nearest living town | Brattleboro, VT |
| Distance to it | 3.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2027188 |
| Coordinates | 42.81675, -72.56620 |
What's there now
Algiers is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Brattleboro, VT (population 7,793), about 3.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 495 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Creamery Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Windham County · 2.5 mi
- Green River Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Windham County · 5.9 mi
- Ashuelot Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Cheshire County · 7.7 mi
- West Dummerston Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Windham County · 8.6 mi
- Coombs Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Cheshire County · 10.5 mi
- Williamsville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Windham County · 10.7 mi
- Slate Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Cheshire County · 11.7 mi
- West Swanzey Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Cheshire County · 12.7 mi
- Arthur A. Smith Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Franklin County · 12.8 mi
- Factory Villageghost town · Franklin County · 13.8 mi
- Catamountghost town · Franklin County · 14.9 mi
- Sawyers Crossing Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Cheshire County · 15 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.