Copperfield

Ghost town · Orange County, Vermont

Strafford quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1896, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Copperfield is a ghost town in Orange County, Vermont. It is the only former community in Orange County recorded on the federal names register, out of 6 across Vermont.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Copperfield as a historical populated place on the Vershire 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 43.9098° N, 72.2873° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Vershire
Elevation	1,139 ft
Nearest living town	Fairlee, VT
Distance to it	6.5 miles
GNIS feature ID	1926761
Coordinates	43.90979, -72.28732

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What's there now

Copperfield is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fairlee, VT (population 100), about 6.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,139 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Thetford Center Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Orange County · 5.6 mi
Orford-Fairlee Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Grafton County · 7.4 mi
Union Village Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Orange County · 8.5 mi
Larkin Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Orange County · 8.9 mi
Flint Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Orange County · 9 mi
Moxley Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Orange County · 9.4 mi
Howe Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Orange County · 11 mi
Cilley Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Orange County · 11 mi
Gifford Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Orange County · 13.3 mi
Braley Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Orange County · 13.5 mi
Bedell Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Grafton County · 14.2 mi
Kingsbury Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Orange County · 14.8 mi

Sources and licences

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.