King Farm, Historic farm in Woodstock, Vermont

King Farm is a historic farmstead on 157 acres in Woodstock featuring open pastures and forested land. The property includes a collection of agricultural buildings, many of which were built before 1900, including an English barn from the 18th century.

The farmstead was founded in 1790 by Jesse Williams as a small subsistence operation. Under Hiram Udall King, who took over in 1887, the property expanded significantly and developed into a larger estate.

The farm's name comes from Jabez King, a Massachusetts native who bought the land from Jesse Williams in 1807; four generations of his family worked it. Hiram Udall King, a grandson who founded the King School in Stamford, Connecticut, turned it into a summer retreat in 1887. The sheep barn dates to 1840.

The farmstead sits about 1 mile west of Woodstock village, north of US Route 4 via Rose Hill; King Farm Road, once a through road to Barnard, now serves as the drive to the buildings. The sources describe no visitor facilities, trails or set opening hours, so treat it as private working land and view the buildings from the road.

The farm's last King descendant died in 1985, leaving the remaining land to what is now the Vermont Land Trust. The 157-acre property, about a mile west of Woodstock village off US Route 4, is roughly half cleared pasture and hayland and half forest.