|
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 United States 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 United States 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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermont Representative Districts, 2002-2012
Vermont, Vermont's state Vermont House of Representatives, House of Representatives consists of 150 members elected from 108 single or two-member districts as provided for in the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 United States census, 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. As of the 2000 United States census, 2000 census, the state as a whole had a population of 608,827. As there are a total of 150 representatives, there were 4059 residents per representative. Members per district The Vermont Constitution (Chapter 2, Section 13) requires that House districts be limited to one or two members. Representatives in two-member districts are elected at-large throughout the district. There are 66 single-member and 42 two-member districts. Apportionment process The process of drawing district lines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownington, Vermont
Brownington is a Vermont municipality, town in Orleans County, Vermont, Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,042 as of the 2020 United States Census, 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 Lake Willoughby, Willoughby River flows through the southern part of town. Small streams are found throughout. Brownington Pond is in the north, partly in Derby, Vermont, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Vermont House Of Representatives, 2005-2006 Session
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is a Right-wing politics, right-wing political parties in the United States, political party in the United States. One of the Two-party system, two major parties, it emerged as the main rival of the then-dominant Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the 1850s, and the two parties have dominated American politics since then. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists opposing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery in the United States, slavery into U.S. territories. It rapidly gained support in the Northern United States, North, drawing in former Whig Party (United States), Whigs and Free Soil Party, Free Soilers. Abraham Lincoln's 1860 United States presidential election, election in 1860 led to the secession of Southern states and the outbreak of the American Civil War. Under Lincoln and a Republican-controlled Congress, the party led efforts to preserve th ... [...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 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 third largest lake to be contained solely within the state., after Willoughby Lake and Lake Bomoseen Demographics As of the census of 2000, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holland, Vermont
Holland is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 632 at the 2020 census. It derives its name from Holland. Government Town * Town Clerk – Diane Judd * Treasurer – Diane Judd * Delinquent Tax Collector – Diane Judd * Auditor – Gaetane Patenaude * Agent – Diane Judd * Lister – Brian Currier * Road Commissioner (appointed) – Tommy Charest * Planning Commissioners – Albert Hauver, Marc Farrow, Gary Champney Jr. * Solid Waste Supervisor – Winston Dowland * Grand Juror – Speedo Deskins * Cemetery Commissioner – Michael Percy * Constable – Clara Nadeau * Moderator – Eernest Emmerson * Budget – $475,467 Building code The building code requires a roof snow load bearing capacity of . School District * Member, Union School Board – Lucy Cannon (2009) and Diane Rowlee (2010)Diana Emmerson * Chair, School Board – Diana Limlaw * Member, Board – Lori Ackerson (2009), Michael Lyon (2010), Diana Limlaw (2010) * Principal – L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...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] |
Orleans County, Vermont
Orleans County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,393. Its shire town (county seat) is the city of Newport. The county was created in 1792 and organized in 1799. As in the rest of New England, few governmental powers have been granted to the county. The county is an expedient way of grouping and distributing state-controlled governmental services. History The county shares the same pre-Columbian history with the Northeast Kingdom. In 1753, the Abenakis brought the ransomed John Stark down Lake Memphremagog and came ashore where Newport is now. They then traveled southeast to his home in New Hampshire. Rogers' Rangers were forced to retreat through the county following their attack on Saint-Francis, Quebec in 1759. To confound their avenging pursuers, they split up on the east shore of Lake Memphremagog. One group followed the Clyde River. Another followed the Barton River south to the fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
