Post Mills, Vermont Explained

Post Mills is an unincorporated community in the town of Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, United States.

History

Post Mills was the site of the T. H. Chubb Rod Factory, which was, in the late 19th and early 20th century, the largest fishing rod factory in the country. By the late 1930s, the facility had been taken over by the Malmquist Wood Products Company. The factory closed in the 1990s and was torn down in 2010.^[1]

Present day

Post Mills is largely a bedroom community. It is also home to the Post Mills Soaring Club^[2] and the Vermontasaurus, a large wooden statue of a dinosaur.^[3] The ZIP Code for Post Mills is 05058.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: French . Susanna . Images of America: Thetford . 2014 . Arcadia Publishing . Charleston, SC . 978-1-4671-2290-0 . 55–57.
2. "Post Mills Soaring Club"
3. "Post Mills goes prehistoric". WCAX. June 4, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
4. Web site: Post Mills ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2022. November 11, 2022.