Middlebury is the

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(county seat) of

Addison County Addison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,363. Its shire town (county seat) is the town of Middlebury. History Iroquois settled in the county before Europeans arrived in 160 ...

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

, United States. As of the

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, the population was 9,152. Middlebury is home to

Middlebury College Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalists, Middlebury was the first operating college or university in Vermont. The college currently enrolls 2,858 undergraduates from all ...

and the

Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, also known as the Sheldon Museum, is a history museum in Middlebury, Vermont created by Henry Sheldon in 1882 focusing on his private collections and the history of the state of Vermont, US. It is located in ...

History

One of the

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, Middlebury was chartered by Colonial Governor

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on November 2, 1761. The name "Middlebury" came from its location between the towns of

Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...

and

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. It was awarded to John Evarts and 62 others. The

French and Indian Wars The French and Indian Wars were a series of conflicts that occurred in North America between 1688 and 1763, some of which indirectly were related to the European dynastic wars. The title ''French and Indian War'' in the singular is used in the U ...

ended in 1763; the first settlers arrived in 1766. John Chipman was the first to clear his land, Lot Seven. During the Revolutionary War, much of the town was burned in

Carleton's Raid Carleton's Raid was a British raid led by Major Christopher Carleton in the American War of Independence. It was launched in the fall 1778 from the Province of Quebec against targets in upstate Province of New York. Prelude On October 24, 1778, ...

on November 6, 1778. After the war concluded in 1783, settlers returned to rebuild homes, clear forests and establish farms. Principal crops were

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s and

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Landowners vied for the lucrative honor of having the village center grow on their properties. A survey dispute with Salisbury led to the forfeiture of Gamaliel Painter's farm to that town, and his transition from farming to developing Middlebury Village near his and Abisha Washburn's mill, together with other mills that surrounded the Otter Creek falls. Industries would include a

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor perce ...

factory,

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factory,

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woolen Woolen (American English) or woollen (Commonwealth English) is a type of yarn made from carded wool. Woolen yarn is soft, light, stretchy, and full of air. It is thus a good insulator, and makes a good knitting yarn. Woolen yarn is in contrast t ...

factory,

iron Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in f ...

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, and

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. The Rutland & Burlington Railroad first arrived on September 1, 1849. Around 1830, Middlebury was the second largest town in Vermont.

, one of the United States' elite liberal arts colleges, was founded in 1800. It is a member of the

NESCAC The New England Small Collegiate Athletic Conference (NESCAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eleven highly selective liberal arts institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. T ...

. In the summer, the town plays host to the annual

Middlebury College Language Schools The Middlebury Language Schools are language schools administered by Middlebury College. The programs comprise undergraduate and graduate instruction in 13 languages during two-, six-, seven-, or eight-week summer sessions. The Schools enroll ap ...

, as well as the college's

Bread Loaf Writers' Conference The Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is an author's conference held every summer at the Bread Loaf Inn, near Bread Loaf Mountain, east of Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1926, it has been called by ''The New Yorker'' "the oldest and most ...

, the oldest surviving conference of its kind in the nation. On October 22, 2007, central Middlebury was evacuated for a short time because of a train

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; the Middlebury Union Middle School served as the evacuation headquarters. Today, as the largest town by population in Addison County, Middlebury serves as the commercial and business center for the region. Downtown hosts a three-screen movie theater, the post office, and two historic inns, as well as many shops and restaurants. There is considerable development along

U.S. Route 7 U.S. Route 7 (US 7) is a north–south United States highway in western New England that runs for through the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. The highway's southern terminus is at Interstate 95 (I-95) exit 15 ...

heading south of town, including

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and Hannaford supermarkets, two drugstores, most of the town's gas stations, and several fast-food spots. Of note is Middlebury's A&W, Vermont's only remaining car-hop restaurant and a popular spot with both locals and Middlebury College students. Along with A&W, fast food restaurants in Middlebury include a

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, a Dunkin' Donuts, and a Subway.

Geography

Middlebury is located near the center of Addison County in western Vermont. The town is drained by Otter Creek, which flows from south to north along the western edge of the town, with the falls at the center of the village. The

Middlebury River The Middlebury River is a tributary river of Otter Creek in Addison County, Vermont. Three branches feed the river from origins in Green Mountain National Forest Green Mountain National Forest is a national forest located in Vermont, a temperat ...

flows west to Otter Creek out of the mountains. Chipman Hill, a hill of

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, rises above the village just to the northeast. Foothills of the

Green Mountains The Green Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Vermont. The range runs primarily south to north and extends approximately from the border with Massachusetts to the border with Quebec, Canada. The part of the same range that is i ...

border the town to the east, with the

Champlain Valley The Champlain Valley is a region of the United States around Lake Champlain in Vermont and New York extending north slightly into Quebec, Canada. It is part of the St. Lawrence River drainage basin, drained northward by the Richelieu River into ...

to the west. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.00%, is water. Middlebury is crossed by

Vermont Route 23 Vermont Route 23 (VT 23) is a north–south state highway in Addison County, Vermont, United States. It is maintained by the towns of Middlebury and Weybridge and runs north from VT 125 in Middlebury to VT 17 in Weybrid ...

Vermont Route 30 Vermont Route 30 (VT 30) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of Vermont. VT 30 runs from U.S. Route 5 (US 5) and VT 9 in Brattleboro to US 7 and VT 125 in Middlebury. The northern portion, from P ...

Vermont Route 116 Vermont Route 116 (VT 116) is a state highway in Vermont. It travels north from U.S. Route 7 (US 7) in Middlebury, where it almost immediately intersects VT 125, then runs concurrently with VT 17 through much of the town ...

, and Vermont Route 125. It is bordered by the towns of

and

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

to the north, Ripton to the east,

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

and

Weybridge Weybridge () is a town in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England, around southwest of central London. The settlement is recorded as ''Waigebrugge'' and ''Weibrugge'' in the 7th century and the name derives from a crossing point of the ...

to the west, and

to the south. A new bridge over Otter Creek connecting Cross Street to Bakery Lane opened in November 2010 to serve as a shortcut and alleviate traffic through downtown. The village of East Middlebury is located in the southern part of the town, east of U.S. Route 7.

Climate

This

climatic Climate is the long-term weather pattern in an area, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorological ...

region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

system, Middlebury has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.

Education

Public

Mary Hogan Elementary
grades Pre-K–5
Middlebury Union Middle School
grades 6–8
Middlebury Union High School
grades 9–12 * P.A. Hannaford Career Center regional technical center serving grades 9–12 and adults

Private

* The Aurora School (Pre-K only) * Bridge School (elementary) * St. Mary's Catholic Elementary School – closed 2016 * The Gailer School – closed 2012

Higher education

Community College of Vermont The Community College of Vermont (CCV) is a community college in Vermont. It is Vermont's second largest college, serving 7,000 students each semester and is part of the Vermont State Colleges System. The college has 12 locations throughout Vermo ...

– Middlebury campus *

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 8,494 people, 2,860 households, and 1,642 families residing in the town. The

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was 209.7 people per square mile (80.9/km²). There were 2,805 housing units at an average density of 71.9 per square mile (27.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 90.3%

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, 4.3%

Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...

, 3.0%

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of any race, 3.0% from two or more races, 1.3%

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, 0.66% from

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, 0.2% Native American and 0.02%

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. There were 2,657 households, out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were couples living together and joined in either

marriage Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ...

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, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.3% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.90. In the town, the population was spread out, with 17.5% under the age of 18, 31.4% from 18 to 24, 18.6% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males. The median income for a household in the town was $37,723, and the median income for a family was $46,691. Males had a median income of $32,645 versus $25,994 for females. The

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for the town was $17,926. About 5.3% of families and 9.6% of the population were below the

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, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

Air

The

Middlebury State Airport Middlebury State Airport is a public use airport in Addison County, Vermont, Addison County, Vermont, United States. It is owned by the Vermont, United States, State of Vermont and is located three nautical miles (5.56 km) southeast of the cen ...

is located in the town for private aviation. Commercial airlines are available at Burlington International Airport to the north and

Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. Its greatest l ...

to the south.

Bus

Bus service is provided by Tri Valley Transit (formerly Addison County Transit Resources) (TVT). In addition, Premier Coach provides an intercity bus line in a joint venture effort with

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via Vermont Translines on its Albany, NY to

Burlington, Vermont Burlington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County. It is located south of the Canada–United States border and south of Montreal. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 44,743. It ...

route with stops in Rutland and Bennington as well. Service on this route began on June 9, 2014.

Highway

is the primary north/south highway through the town. It is known as Court Street south of the village, and North Pleasant Street north of the village. * Ellipse sign 23

is a north/south highway known as Weybridge Street and is located on the west side of town, crossing the college campus. * Vermont 30

is a north/south highway entering the town on the south town line with Cornwall and ends at Route 7. It is known as Main Street within the town. * Vermont 116

is a north/south highway located on the east side of town, ending near the East Middlebury village at Route 7. It is known as Case Street in Middlebury except for a short portion known as Ossie Road within the East Middlebury village. * Vermont 125

Vermont Route 125 is an east/west highway entering the town on the west side through Middlebury College where it is known as College Street. East of Route 7, Route 125 is known as East Main Street up until it exits the town at the Ripton town line.

Rail

Amtrak's ''

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'' serves the city's station, connecting it to Burlington to the north and New York City to the south. Service began in the city in July 2022. Until 1953 the

Rutland Railroad The Rutland Railroad was a railroad in the northeastern United States, located primarily in the state of Vermont but extending into the state of New York at both its northernmost and southernmost ends. After its closure in 1961, parts of the ...

ran passenger service on the ''

Green Mountain Flyer The ''Green Mountain Flyer'' was an international day train between Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the Northeast United States, with sections to New York City and Boston. It was operated in cooperation between the Rutland Railroad, the Canadian ...

'' (New York City - Montreal) and the overnight ''Mount Royal,'' making stops in the city.

Medical care

Middlebury and the surrounding area (Addison County) are served by

Porter Medical Center Porter Medical Center, also known as Porter Hospital, is a 45-bed critical access hospital located in Middlebury, Vermont. Founded by banker William Henry Porter to serve as a dual community hospital and infirmary to nearby Middlebury College, ...

Notable people

Julia Alvarez Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels ''How the García Girls Lost Their Accents'' (1991), '' In the Time of the Butterflies'' (1994), and ''Yo!'' ...

, author * Robert B. Bates, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives *

Joseph Battell Joseph Battell (July 15, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was a publisher and philanthropist from Middlebury, Vermont. Battell is credited with preserving Vermont forest land including the land for Camel's Hump State Park. The Joseph Batte ...

, publisher and philanthropist * Ricardo Chávez Castañeda, author *

Thomas Treadwell Davis Thomas Treadwell Davis (August 22, 1810 – May 2, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician in the U.S. state of New York. He served as a United States representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War and the ...

, U.S. congressman *

Lea Davison Lea Davison (born May 19, 1983) is an American cross-country mountain biker from Jericho, Vermont. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 11th place, and she finished 7th in the s ...

, professional mountain biker and two-time olympian *

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, inventor and manufacturer *

James Rood Doolittle James Rood Doolittle (January 3, 1815July 27, 1897) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1869. He was a strong supporter of President Abraham Lincoln's administration during the ...

, U.S. senator from

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* Joel Doolittle, Justice of the

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, born in Russell *

Jim Douglas James Holley Douglas (born June 21, 1951) is an American politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican, he served the 80th governor of Vermont from 2003 to 2011. On August 27, 2009, Douglas announced that he would not seek re-election fo ...

, 80th

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* Ray Fisher, professional baseball pitcher and college coach * Robert Frost (1874–1963), poet *

Ruth Hardy Ruth Hardy (born 1970) is an American political figure from East Middlebury, Vermont. A Democrat, she was elected to the Vermont Senate in 2018. Early life Ruth Ellen Hardy was born in the Tompkins County area of New York circa 1970, a daught ...

, member of the

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Peter J. Hincks Peter J. Hincks (July 3, 1883 – July 7, 1968) was a Vermont banker and public official. He was notable for his service as Vermont State Treasurer from 1965 until his death, the first Democrat to hold the office since the founding of the Rep ...

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Ronald D. Liebowitz Ronald D. Liebowitz (born April 26, 1957) is the ninth President of Brandeis University succeeding Frederick M. Lawrence. Formerly Middlebury College's 16th President, and a professor of geography, succeeding John McCardell, Jr. on July 1, 2004. ...

, former president of Middlebury College * Charles Linsley, Vermont attorney and politician *

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, actor and former model *

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, Vermont State Treasurer and father of

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* John M. McCardell, Jr., president emeritus and professor at Middlebury College * Bill McKibben, author and environmentalist *

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, U.S. congressman *

Gamaliel Painter Gamaliel Painter (May 22, 1742 – May 21, 1819) was an American politician and a key figure in the founding of Middlebury, Vermont, and Middlebury College. Life and legacy Painter was born to Shubael and Elizabeth (Dunbar) Painter in New Haven ...

, local politician and town leader * Edward John Phelps, lawyer and diplomat * Samuel S. Phelps, U.S. senator * William H. Porter, banker *

Steven C. Rockefeller Steven Clark Rockefeller (born April 19, 1936) is a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family, and a former dean of Middlebury College. He is one of the oldest living members of the family who still carries the Rockefeller name, in addit ...

, religion professor and son of

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* Patricia Ross, cross country skier *

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, U.S. senator *

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, golfer *

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, U.S. congressman and 17th governor of Vermont *

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, judge *

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, U.S. senator and congressman * Allen R. Sturtevant, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court *

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, lawyer, businessman, founder of

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and several railroads *

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, financier of the

Gilded Age In United States history, the Gilded Age was an era extending roughly from 1877 to 1900, which was sandwiched between the Reconstruction era and the Progressive Era. It was a time of rapid economic growth, especially in the Northern and Weste ...

Arthur Trudeau Arthur Gilbert Trudeau (July 5, 1902 – June 5, 1991) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. He is best known for his command of the 7th Infantry Division during the Battle of Pork Chop Hill in the Korean War. Early life and ...

, Army general and

Ufologist Ufology ( ) is the investigation of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) by people who believe that they may be of extraordinary origins (most frequently of extraterrestrial alien visitors). While there are instances of government, private, and ...

* Steve Vaillancourt, New Hampshire state legislator *

James M. Warner James Meech Warner (January 29, 1836 – March 16, 1897) was a New England manufacturer and a Brevet (military), brevet Brigadier general (United States), brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Early life Warner was ...

, manufacturer and general *

Emma Willard Emma Hart Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was an American woman's education activist who dedicated her life to education. She worked in several schools and founded the first school for women's higher education, the Emma Willard S ...

, women's rights advocate and school founder *

John Willard John Willard ( 1657 - August 19, 1692) was one of the people executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials. He was hanged on Gallows Hill, Salem on August 19, 1692. At the time of the first allegations of witchc ...

, U.S. Marshal for Vermont, husband of Emma Willard * Isaac Wilson, U.S. congressman

Points of interest

Emma Willard Memorial The Emma Hart Willard Memorial, is a public artwork designed by Marion Guild and Pierre Zwick. It was sculpted by T.A. Campbell who worked for the Houlihan Shop in Rutland, Vermont. Erected in 1941, the memorial is located in a triangular-shaped p ...

* Ilsley Public Library *

* Middlebury to Her Soldiers (sculpture) *

Otter Creek Brewing Otter Creek Brewing is a brewery in Middlebury, Vermont, that produces two lines of beer: Otter Creek Craft Ales, and Shed Brewery Ales. It brewed Wolaver's Organic Brewery beers from 2002 until 2015, when it ceased brewing that line. Otter Cre ...

* TAM – Trail Around Middlebury *

Woodchuck Hard Cider Woodchuck Hard Cider is a brand of hard cider produced by the Vermont Hard Cider Company, LLC, in Middlebury, Vermont. In 2011 it was the top-selling hard cider in the United States, capturing approximately 47% of the hard cider market in the co ...

* Vermont Experimental Cold Hardy Cactus Garden
The Historic Marble Works
– shopping, dining, services
Danforth Pewter

Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont

Vermont Soap Company
* Maple Landmark Woodcraft
Middlebury Farmers Market

Vermont Folklife Center

In popular culture

* A shot of Middlebury appears as stock footage, standing in for a fictional Pennsylvania town, in the '' 30 Rock'' episode "

Episode 210 The untitled tenth episode of the second season of the television series '' 30 Rock'' was first broadcast in the United States on January 10, 2008, on the NBC network. The episode was written by show runner Robert Carlock and Donald Glover, and ...

". * Middlebury College was mentioned briefly in the film ''

American Graffiti ''American Graffiti'' is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by George Lucas, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, written by Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz and Lucas, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard (billed as Ronny ...

''. * The bridge over the waterfall appears in the film ''

Me, Myself & Irene ''Me, Myself & Irene'' is a 2000 American slapstick black comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers, and starring Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger. Chris Cooper, Robert Forster, Richard Jenkins, Daniel Greene, Anthony Anderson, Jerod Mixon an ...

''. * A shot of the

Waybury Inn The Waybury Inn is an inn at 457 East Main Street in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. The inn was built in 1810, and is one of the oldest operating traveler's accommodations in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Pla ...

in East Middlebury was used in the opening of the TV series ''

Newhart ''Newhart'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from October 25, 1982, to May 21, 1990, with a total of 184 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons. The series stars Bob Newhart and Mary Frann as an author and his wife, ...

''. Scenes of the town are also occasionally shown in the series. *

Snake Jailbird The American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The write ...

of ''

The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, ...

'' is an alumnus of Middlebury College, having turned to a life of crime to pay his student loans. * G. Stone Motors, a used car dealership in Middlebury, was the subject of Game Show Network's television series '' Family Trade'' in 2013.

References

External links

Town of Middlebury official website

Ilsley Public Library

Middlebury College

Middlebury Community Network

– Maps of Middlebury and the region from the 18th and 19th centuries (hosted by

)
City-Data.com
{{Authority control County seats in Vermont Populated places established in 1761 Towns in Addison County, Vermont Towns in Vermont

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