Wells River, VT

Wells River is a village in Newbury in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The 2020 census counted 431 residents. The village center is located at the junction of U.S. Routes 5 and 302. The village center was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as Wells River Village Historic District. A newcomer can read Wells River through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Wells River comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Wells River was purchased by Er Chamberlin, who built a gristmill on the Wells River. Located at the head of navigation for the Connecticut River, Wells River developed as a center for trade. The village takes its name from the Wells River, which flows into the Connecticut River at the eastern edge of the village.