In the books are a significant number of families, which can be divided into three classes: Founders, Residents and Foreigners.
Families and Members[]
Founding Families[]
- Fell Family
- Thomas Fell
- Honoria Fell
- Smallwood Family
- Jacob Smallwood
- Grandfather Smallwood
- Richard Smallwood
- Carole Smallwood
- Tyler Smallwood
- Caleb Smallwood
- Tyler's Unborn Twin Children (with Caroline Forbes)
- Forbes Family
- William Forbes
- Elizabeth Forbes
- Caroline Forbes
- Daniel Forbes
- Caroline's Unborn Twin Children (with Tyler Smallwood)
- Gilbert Family
- Thomas Gilbert
- Elizabeth Gilbert
- Elena Gilbert
- Margaret Gilbert
Residents Families[]
- McCullough Family
- Granny Lilias MacLaughlan
- Colin McCullough
- Ailsa McCullough
- Mary McCullough
- Bonnie McCullough
- Isla McCullough
- Honeycutt Family
- Peter Honeycutt
- Joanna Honeycutt
- Matthew 'Matt' Honeycutt
- Sulez Family
- Grandfather Sulez
- Grandmother Sulez
- Fernando Sulez
- Gabriela Sulez
- Meredith Sulez
- Cristian Sulez
- Bennett Family
- Mr. Bennett
- Mrs. Bennett
- Vickie Bennett
- Maxwell Family
- Carson Family
- Mr. Carson
- Mrs. Carson
- Sue Carson
- Douglas Carson
- Flowers Family
- Mrs. Flowers
- Theophilia Flower
Foreign Families[]
- Salvatore Family
- Conte Di Giuseppe Salvatore
- Contessa Maria Antonietta Salvatore
- Damon Salvatore
- Stefan Salvatore
- von Swartzschild Family
- Saltzman Family
- Alaric K. Saltzman
Trivia[]
- In the books, there is no mention of a council against the supernatural world, however, in the false accusation against Stefan (people the Fell's Church believed that Stefan was a murderer), a group of people, including Mr. Bennett and Mr. Smallwood are present.
- In the books, the Fell Family is the founder of the town, however, at present, does not appear any of its members and is not mentioned if the family still exists.