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Island Pond, Vermont
Island Pond is a census-designated place (CDP) in the New England town, town of Brighton, Vermont, Brighton in Essex County, Vermont, Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 750 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Berlin, New Hampshire, Berlin, New Hampshire, NHBerlin, New Hampshire micropolitan area, –VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Island Pond is in the center of the town of Brighton, at the north end (outlet) of Island Pond, the lake. Vermont Routes Vermont Route 114, 114 and Vermont Route 105, 105 pass through the community, joining as Derby Street leading south out of the center of the CDP. Route 114 leaves north from Island Pond as Railroad Street, leading to the Canada–United States border at Norton, Vermont, Norton; to the south Route 114 leads to Lyndonville, Vermont, Lyndonville. Route 105 leaves east as East Brighton Road, leading to Bloomfield, Vermont, Bloomfield on the Connecticut River; to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing city (United States), cities, town (United States), towns, and village (United States), villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated area, unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, Edge city, edge cities, colonia (United States), colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement community, retirement communities and their environs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New England Town
The town is the basic unit of Local government in the United States, local government and local division of state authority in the six New England states. Most other U.S. states lack a direct counterpart to the New England town. New England towns overlie the entire area of a state, similar to civil townships in other states where they exist, but they are fully functioning Incorporation (municipal government), municipal corporations, possessing powers similar to city, cities and county, counties in other states. Local government in New Jersey, New Jersey's system of equally powerful townships, boroughs, towns, and cities is the system which is most similar to that of New England. New England towns are often governed by a town meeting, an assembly of eligible town residents. The great majority of municipal corporations in New England are based on the town model; there, statutory forms based on the concept of a Place (United States Census Bureau), compact populated place are uncommon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby Center, Vermont
Derby Center is a village in the town of Derby, Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 635 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km2), all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 670 people, 283 households, and 187 families residing in the village. The population density was 454.9 people per square mile (176.0/km2). There were 295 housing units at an average density of 200.3/sq mi (77.5/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 97.46% White, 0.15% African American, 0.45% Native American, 0.30% Asian, and 1.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.60% of the population. There were 283 households, out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.9% were married couples living together, 15.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were non-families. 28.3% of all h ... [...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 two unincorporated villages: East Charleston and West Charleston. Local government Town * Selectboard – Patrick Austin, Peter Moskovites, Tim Jenness * Town Clerk – Teri Gray * Town Budget – $1,000,234 The proposed budget of $1,000,234, $935,659 of which was allocated to road maintenance, cemetery maintenance, and selectboard operations was approved at the town meeting March 7, 2023. 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 2023 – $2,664,868 The Elementary school had 70% of the students qualified for free or reduced lunches. This was the highest percentage in the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut River
The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for through four states. It rises 300 yards (270 m) south of the U.S. border with Quebec, Canada, and discharges into Long Island Sound between Old Saybrook, Connecticut, Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, Connecticut. Its watershed encompasses , covering parts of five U.S. states and one Canadian province, via 148 tributaries, 38 of which are major rivers. It produces 70% of Long Island Sound's fresh water, discharging at per second. The Connecticut River Valley is home to some of the northeastern United States' most productive farmland, as well as the Hartford–Springfield, Hartford–Springfield Knowledge Corridor, a metropolitan region of approximately two million people surrounding Springfield, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut. History The word "Connecticut" is a Corruption (linguistics), corruption of the Mohegan word ''quinetucket'' and Nipmuc word ''kw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomfield, Vermont
Bloomfield is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 217 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Berlin, New Hampshire-Vermont Micropolitan Statistical Area. History In 1830, an act from the state General Assembly changed the name of the town from "Minehead" to "Bloomfield." The construction of Nulhegan Mill in 1849 created jobs and grew the town's population. Geography Bloomfield is in northeastern Essex County, along the Connecticut River, which forms the state line with New Hampshire. The town is bordered to the southwest by Brunswick, to the northwest by Lewis, at its northernmost point by Averill, and to the northeast by Lemington, Vermont, while to the southeast, across the river, it is bordered by the towns of Columbia and Stratford, New Hampshire. The settlement of Bloomfield is in the southern corner of the town, at the mouth of the Nulhegan River in the Connecticut, and connected by bridge to the village of North Stratford, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyndonville, Vermont
Lyndonville is a Village (Vermont), village in the New England town, town of Lyndon, Vermont, Lyndon, in Caledonia County, Vermont, Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. Lyndonville's population was 1,136 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History In 1883, trustees purchased a hand fire engine from Franklin, New Hampshire, to start a fire fighting company. The fire department volunteers named themselves the "Tiger Fire Company No. 1" and appear in parade uniform for photos starting in 1889. In 1931, a Boston paper reported that the town had become a haven for "Rum Running Gangsters!" In 2023, Phil Scott, Governor Phil Scott signed a bill into law to disincorporate the village and integrate it and its government with the town of Lyndon. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.66%, is water, consisting of the Passumpsic River, which flows along the western edge of the village. Lyndonvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, Vermont
Norton is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 153 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Berlin, NH –VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located on the Canada–US border, immediately south of Stanhope, Quebec. History From 1970 until 1994, Norton was the location of the Earth Peoples Park, a "liberated" piece of land that was open to anyone who wanted to live there, free of charge. In 1994 it was taken over by the state of Vermont and is now Black Turn Brook State Forest. Geography Norton is in the northeast corner of Vermont, bordered to the west by Orleans County, Vermont, and to the north by the Canadian province of Quebec. Vermont Route 114 crosses the center of the town from Norton Pond in the south to the village of Norton in the north next to the Canada–US border, at which point the highway turns east toward Averill and Canaan, Vermont. The south–north portion of the highway follows the valley of the Coaticook River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada–United States Border
The international border between Canada and the United States is the longest in the world by total length. The boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is long. The land border has two sections: Canada's border with the Northern Tier (United States), northern tier of the contiguous United States to its south, and with the U.S. state of Alaska to its west. The bi-national International Boundary Commission deals with matters relating to marking and maintaining the boundary, and the International Joint Commission deals with issues concerning boundary waters. The agencies responsible for facilitating legal passage through the international boundary are the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). History 18th century The Treaty of Paris (1783), Treaty of Paris of 1783 ended the American Revolutionary War between Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and the United States. In the second article o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermont Route 105
Vermont Route 105 (VT 105) is a state highway located in northern Vermont in the United States. The route runs from U.S. Route 7 in Vermont, U.S. Route 7 (US 7) in St. Albans (city), Vermont, St. Albans in the west to the New Hampshire state line in Bloomfield, Vermont, Bloomfield in the east. The road continues across the state line as Bridge Street, a short unnumbered New Hampshire state route to U.S. Route 3 (New Hampshire), US 3 in North Stratford, New Hampshire. As it is not a New Hampshire state highway, the connection is signed with Vermont state highway signage, similar to how connections to Vermont state routes are indicated elsewhere in New Hampshire. Moose are most often encountered on four roads in Vermont, of which this is one. They are seen from Island Pond, Vermont, Island Pond to Bloomfield, Vermont, Bloomfield. Route description St. Albans to North Troy VT 105 begins at a fork from U.S. Route 7 in Vermont, US 7 (Swanton Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermont Route 114
Vermont Route 114 (VT 114) is a north–south state highway in northeastern Vermont in the United States. It runs northward from U.S. Route 5 (US 5) in Lyndon until nearing the Canada–United States border in the town of Norton; thereafter, the road continues east to the New Hampshire state line in Canaan. The vast majority of VT 114 is situated within Essex County; however, the route also passes through small, isolated portions of Caledonia and Orleans Counties. Moose are most often encountered on four roads in Vermont, of which this is one. They are seen from East Burke to Canaan. Route description VT 114 begins at an intersection with US 5 and VT 122 in the town of Lyndon in northern Caledonia County. US 5 heads south as Main Street through the unincorporated village of Lyndonville and north as Lynburke Road toward West Burke. VT 122 heads west along Stevens Loop toward a junction with Interstate 91 and the town of Wheelock. VT 114 heads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin, New Hampshire Micropolitan Area
The Berlin Micropolitan Statistical Area is the core-based statistical area centered on the urban cluster associated with the city Berlin, New Hampshire, in the United States. As defined by the Office of Management and Budget using counties as building blocks, the area consists of two counties – Coös County in New Hampshire, which contains the city of Berlin, and the adjacent Essex County in Vermont. An alternative definition using towns as building blocks is the Berlin Micropolitan NECTA. In addition to the city of Berlin, the NECTA consists of the towns of Dummer, Gorham, Milan, Randolph, Shelburne, Stark, and Success. As of the 2000 census, the micropolitan area had a population of 39,570 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 37,881). As of the 2000 census, the NECTA had a population of 16,102. Counties *Coös County, New Hampshire *Essex County, Vermont Communities Coos County *Cities **Berlin (Principal city) *Towns ** Carroll ** Clark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
