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Derby, Vermont
Derby is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 4,579 at the 2020 census, making it the most populous community in Orleans County. The town contains four unincorporated villages: Beebe Plain, Clyde Pond, Lake Salem and North Derby; and two incorporated villages: Derby Center and Derby Line. The northernmost town located along Interstate 91, the Town of Derby encompasses the largest area in Orleans County. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 57.6 square miles (149.2 km2), of which 49.6 square miles (128.5 km2) is land and 8.0 square miles (20.7 km2) (13.87%) is water. The town lies in the northernmost part of Orleans County, forming part of Vermont's border with the Canadian Province of Quebec, and is otherwise bordered to the east by Holland, the southeast by Morgan and Charleston, the southwest by Coventry and Brownington, and to the west by Newport and Lake Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby Line, Vermont
Derby Line is an incorporated village in the town of Derby in Orleans County, Vermont, United States, slightly north of the 45th parallel, the nominal U.S.-Canada boundary. The population was 687 at the 2020 census. The village is located on the Canada–United States border and is contiguous with the district of Rock Island in the town of Stanstead, Quebec. Notable buildings include the Haskell Free Library and Opera House. History The village was incorporated in 1791. It lies on an elevation at the far north of Derby, which was chartered on October 29, 1779 and first settled in 1795. By 1859, the area was noted for the beauty of its farmhouses and luxuriant farmland, set before the distant vista of Lake Memphremagog and the Green Mountains. Because of an erratic survey, the border separating Canada from the United States was drawn incorrectly by the surveyors in the 18th century, above the 45th parallel which was the agreed boundary. Derby Line was founded based on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Starr
Robert A. Starr (born December 17, 1942) is an American politician from Vermont who currently serves as a Democratic member of the Vermont State Senate. He has represented the Essex-Orleans senate district since 2004. He had previously spent a quarter-century in the Vermont House of Representatives. Biography Robert Starr was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on December 17, 1942. He has lived in Troy, Vermont since moving there in 1944. He received an Associate Degree in agriculture from Vermont Technical College. Starr is married to his wife Anita Cadieux. The couple has one son. He is a professional truck driver. Starr is president of his own transportation company. He is director of the Vermont Truck and Bus Association. Public life Congress Starr was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1978 and served there until 2004. From 1985 to 2000, he chaired the House Agriculture Committee. He was elected to the Vermont Senate in 2004 and was re-elected two yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermont House Of Representatives
The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives are elected to a two-year term without term limits. Vermont had a unicameral legislature until 1836. It added a senate by constitutional amendment. The House meets in Representatives Hall at the Vermont State House in Montpelier. It is the only U.S. state legislature whose debating chamber seating layout comes closer to that of the Westminster-style parliament found elsewhere. Leadership The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the full House by Australian Ballot. If there is only one candidate, the election is usually held by voice vote. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker controls committee assignments and the flow of legislation. Other House leaders, such as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orleans-1 Vermont Representative District, 2002–2012
The Orleans-1 Representative District is a two-member state Representative district in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is one of the 108 one or two member districts into which the state was divided by the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 U.S. Census. The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010. A new plan will be developed in 2012 following the 2010 U.S. Census. The Orleans-1 District includes all of the Orleans County towns of Brownington, Charleston, Derby, Holland, and Morgan. As of the 2000 census, the state as a whole had a population of 608,827. As there are a total of 150 representatives, there were 4,059 residents per representative (or 8,118 residents per two representatives). The two member Orleans-1 District had a population of 7,641 in that same census, 5.88% below the state average. District Representatives *Robert Lewis, Republican, Lewis was appointed by Governo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde River (Vermont)
The Clyde River is a tributary of Lake Memphremagog, over long, in northern Vermont in the United States. It is the easternmost of the four major rivers in Orleans County. It is the most powerful of the four within Orleans County, powering several turbines at damsites. It is part of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. It was named by one of the early surveyors from his partiality to a river of the same name in Scotland. The Route 105/114 junction to Clyde Road section of Clyde River in Vermont is long and is rated by American Whitewater as a class I-III section. Geography It drains the water from about . With the exception of three miles (5 km) of rapids near its mouth, this is a very sluggish stream, passing through in its course, several natural ponds of considerable size. Even during spring high water, there is barely a perceptible current. Course The river has its source in Spectacle Pond (length: ; altitude: ) in Brighton. The Southern part of Spectacle Pond is part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Memphremagog
Lake Memphremagog (; french: Lac Memphrémagog) is a fresh water glacial lake located between Newport, Vermont, United States and Magog, Quebec, Canada. The lake spans both Quebec and Vermont, but is mostly in Quebec. Most of the watershed that feeds the lake is located in Vermont, and is a source for accumulated phosphorus, sediments and other pollutants. Cleanup efforts since the late 1980s have improved the water quality. The lake furnishes potable water for 200,000 people. Physical characteristics The lake is long with 73 percent of the lake's surface area in Quebec, where it drains into the Magog River. However, three-quarters of its watershed, , is in Vermont. The total is , with located in Quebec. In Vermont, the lake lies in parts of the towns of Derby and Newport, in addition to the City of Newport (city), Vermont, Newport, all in Orleans County, Vermont, Orleans County. In Quebec, the lake lies in parts of Austin, Quebec, Austin, Magog, Quebec, Magog, Ogden, Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newport (city), Vermont
Newport is a city and the county seat of Orleans County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 4,455. The city contains the second-largest population of any municipality in the county (only neighboring Derby is larger), and has the smallest geographic area. It is the second-smallest city by population in Vermont. Newport is also the name of a neighboring town in Orleans County. Newport was founded by European Americans as a settlement in 1793 and was first called Pickeral Point. It was the place where Rogers' Rangers retreated to in 1759, during the French and Indian War (or Seven Years War between the French and British). In the 19th century, the village was stimulated by construction of the railroad here in 1863, during the American Civil War. The lumbering firm Prouty & Miller operated here from 1865. Long after the post-war Reconstruction era, the village was the site for a Reunion Society of Vermont Officers in 1891. Newport has two public sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownington, Vermont
Brownington is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,042 as of the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.4 square miles (73.6 km2), of which 28.3 square miles (73.2 km2) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.4 km2) (0.49%) is water. Brownington has three unincorporated villages: Brownington, Brownington Center, and Evansville. The lie of the town is moderate but uneven. The central part of town is somewhat elevated. The Willoughby River flows through the southern part of town. Small streams are found throughout. Brownington Pond is in the north, partly in Derby. The northeast part of town is delimited from its neighbor, the town of Charleston, by Chilafoux Road, which runs northwest-southeast, for about one-third of its length. Geology Rocks are mostly of the calciferous mica schist, except in the southeastern part, where they are granite. A narrow vein of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coventry, Vermont
Coventry is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,100 at the 2020 census. History Etymology Coventry was named for the birthplace of one of the founders, Major Elias Buel, who was born in Coventry, Connecticut. Post bellum A record exists from 1860, showing that the "Artillery Company" of the 3rd Regiment mustered for annual drill on June 5. An inventory shows they possessed one six pound brass cannon. In 1861, the 3rd Vermont Infantry, Company B, was recruited in part from Coventry. In the September 9, 1977, episode of Hee Haw, Coventry was saluted for its population of 300. Coventry festival In 2004, what was billed as the final concert of the band Phish was held in Coventry on August 14–15. The concert was the single largest gathering of people in the town's history. Some fans had to be turned back due to heavy rains. Even so, with 65,000 attendees Coventry's augmented population was the largest in the state at that time, outrankin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleston, Vermont
Charleston is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,021 at the 2020 census. The town contains three unincorporated villages: Charleston, East Charleston and West Charleston. Local government Town * Selectman – Tom Jensen * Town Clerk – Teri Gray * Town Budget – $413,221 The proposed budget of $435,000, $345,040 of which was allocated to road maintenance, was rejected at the town meeting March 4, 2008. School District * Member, North Country Union High School Board – Peter Moscovites * School Board Chair – Nancy Tessier * Member, School Board – Jason Brueck, East Charleston; Bill McMaster (2009) * Number of students – 100 (current and projected) * Number of students in 2004 – 128 * School Budget for 2008 – $1,502,600 The Elementary school had 70% of the students qualified for free or reduced lunches. This was the highest percentage in the county in 2011. History Native Abenakis told of how a large pond "ran away" simil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan, Vermont
Morgan is the easternmost town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 638 at the 2020 census. The town contains two villages: Morgan and Morgan Center. History The town was named for John Morgan, a landholder. The first settler was Nathan Wilcox in 1800. During the Civil War the town furnished forty-seven enlisted men, thirteen of whom were killed or died from the effects of wounds or disease.Gazetteer of Lamoille and Orleans Counties, VT.; 1883-1884, Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child; May 1887 Morgan was one of only two Vermont towns to vote for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.9 square miles (87.7 km2), of which 31.3 square miles (81.0 km2) is land and 2.6 square miles (6.8 km2) (7.71%) is water. Lake Seymour is contained entirely within the town. It covers . It is the second largest lake to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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