Morses Line is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

(

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

) in Franklin County,

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. Morses Line is located on the

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between

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and the United States northwest of

Franklin Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...

. It is the site of the

Morses Line Border Crossing The Morses Line Border Crossing connects the towns of Saint-Armand, Quebec with Franklin, Vermont on the Canada–US border. It is reached by Vermont Route 235 on the American side and by Quebec Route 235 on the Canadian side. In 1871, a propr ...

connecting the towns of Franklin and Saint-Armand,

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. The second J. Morse line store was opened at this location in 1871, under the proprietorship of J.M. Hill, Jr. The hamlet is named after the store around which it grew.

References

Unincorporated communities in Vermont Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Vermont {{Vermont-geo-stub