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Lamoille County, Vermont
Lamoille County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Hyde Park
Year Organized: 1835
Square Miles: 461 |
Court House: P.O. Box 490
County Courthouse
Hyde Park, VT 05655-0490
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Either for a misspelling of Champlain's intended name of Lake Champlain, or for the Old French la Moelle ("the marrow"). Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Lamoille County is located in north central Vermont, it was incorporated in 1835
A county in the N. part of Vermont, has an area of about 450 square miles. It is intersected by the Lamoille
river, and is principally watered by it and its numerous tributaries, which afford valuable waterpower.
The Green mountain range passes through the county, on which account the soil is more adapted to grazing than
tillage, although along the Lamoille river, especially in the eastern portion, there are some excellent tracts of
rich meadow land. Indian corn, potatoes, maple sugar, unit grass are the staples. In 1850 this county produced
66,017 bushels of corn; 278,252 of potatoes; 26,973 tons of hay; 437,110 pounds of butter, and 427,918 of maple
sugar.
There were 4 woollen factories, 5 grist mills, 8 saw mills, 10 starch works, and 6 tanneries. It contained 17
churches, 4344 pupils attending public schools, and 205 attending academies or other schools. Organized in 1836.
Capital. Hyde Park. Population, 10,872.
(1854 U.S. Gazetteer)
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 692 square miles (1,792 kmē), of which, 689
square miles (1,783 kmē) of it is land and 3 square miles (8 kmē) of it (0.46%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Caledonia County, Vermont - northeast
- Grafton County, New Hampshire - east
- Windsor County, Vermont - southwest
- Addison County, Vermont - west
- Washington County, Vermont - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Belvidere |
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- Cambridge |
village |
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- Eden |
town |
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- Elmore |
town |
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- Fletcher |
town |
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- Hyde Park
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Seat) |
village |
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- Jeffersonville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Johnson |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Morristown |
town |
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- Morrisville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stowe |
town |
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- Waterville |
town |
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- Wolcott |
town |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
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Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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