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Addison (Vermont Senate District)
The Addison district is one of 16 districts of the Vermont Senate. The current district plan is included in the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2020 U.S. census, which applies to legislatures elected in 2022, 2024, 2026, 2028, and 2030. The Addison district includes all of Addison County, Buel's Gore and the Town of Huntington from Chittenden County, and the Town of Rochester from Windsor County. As of the 2020 census, the state as a whole had a population of 643,077. As there are a total of 30 senators, there were 21,436 residents per senator. District senators ''As of 2023'' * Ruth Hardy, Democrat *Christopher Bray, Democrat(As of 2017) * Claire D. Ayer, Democrat * Christopher A. Bray, Democrat Candidates for 2018 The following information was obtained from the Vermont General Assembly website. Towns, city, and gore in the Addison district Addison County *Addison *Bridport *Bristol *Cornwall * Ferrisbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermont Senate
The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The senate consists of 30 members elected from multi-member districts. Each senator represents at least 20,300 citizens. Senators are elected to two-year terms and there is term limit, no limit to the number of terms that a senator may serve. As in other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the United States Senate, U.S. Senate, the Vermont Senate has special functions, such as confirming or rejecting Governor of Vermont, gubernatorial appointments to executive departments, the state Cabinet (government), cabinet, commissions, boards, and (for the first six-year term) the state's judiciary. The Vermont Senate meets at the Vermont State House in the state capital of Montpelier, Vermont, Montpelier. Districting and terms The 30 senators are elected from 16 single- and multi-member senate districts. The distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goshen, Vermont
Goshen is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 172 at the 2020 census. Geography Goshen is located in southern Addison County, within the Green Mountains. It is bordered by the town of Forest Dale to the west, Salisbury to the northwest, Ripton to the north, and Hancock to the northeast. To the east is the town of Rochester in Windsor County, and to the south and southwest, in Rutland County, are the towns of Chittenden and Brandon, respectively. Settlements in the town include Goshen, near the town's western border, and Goshen Four Corners, in the center of the southern part of town. Vermont Route 73 runs east–west through Goshen, passing through Goshen Four Corners, and crossing the crest of the Green Mountains at Brandon Gap (elevation ) near the town's east border. The Long Trail crosses Route 73 at Brandon Gap and passes over the summits of Mount Horrid () and Cape Lookoff Mountain () within Goshen. Goshen Mountain () is in the sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starksboro, Vermont
Starksboro is a New England town, town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,756 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Geography Starksboro is located in the northeast corner of Addison County, along the western edge of the Green Mountains. Vermont Route 116 runs through the town center, leading north to Hinesburg, Vermont, Hinesburg and South Burlington, Vermont, South Burlington and south to Bristol, Vermont, Bristol and East Middlebury, Vermont, East Middlebury. Vermont Route 17 crosses the southern part of the town, leading east across the Green Mountains to Mad River Glen ski area and the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, Waitsfield, and west to Bristol and the Champlain Valley. According to the United States Census Bureau, Starksboro has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.42%, is water. History The Town was named after John Stark, a prominent Officer from the New Hampshire Militia during the Revolutionary War. The Robinson Elementa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoreham, Vermont
Shoreham is a New England town, town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,260 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Geography Shoreham is located in western Addison County along the shore of Lake Champlain. The western boundary of the town, which follows the center of the lake, is also the state border with New York (state), New York. Neighboring Vermont towns are Bridport, Vermont, Bridport to the north, Cornwall, Vermont, Cornwall and Whiting, Vermont, Whiting to the east, and Orwell, Vermont, Orwell to the south. Ticonderoga, New York, is to the west across Lake Champlain, accessible in the summertime by the Ticonderoga–Larrabees Point Ferry, a diesel-powered cable ferry. According to the United States Census Bureau, Shoreham has a total area of , of which is land and , or 6.36%, is water. The village (Vermont), village of Shoreham is located at the intersection of Vermont Route 22A and Vermont Route 74. Demographics As of the census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salisbury, Vermont
Salisbury is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,221 at the 2020 census. History Salisbury was chartered on November 3, 1761, as one of the New Hampshire Grants issued by Benning Wentworth. The town may have been named after Salisbury, Connecticut (which was named after Salisbury, Wiltshire), or for James Cecil, 6th Earl of Salisbury. Geography Salisbury is located in southern Addison County along the western edge of the Green Mountains and the eastern edge of the Champlain Valley. U.S. Route 7 passes through the town leading north to Middlebury and south to Brandon and Rutland. The northern half of Lake Dunmore is in the eastern part of the town, and is the site of Branbury State Park. According to the United States Census Bureau, Salisbury has a total area of of which is land and , or 3.81%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,090 people, 423 households, and 302 families residing in the town. The populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ripton, Vermont
Ripton is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 739 at the 2020 census. Geography Ripton is located in east-central Addison County, in the Green Mountains of Vermont. The highest point in the town is the summit of Bread Loaf Mountain. The mountain lends its name to the community of Bread Loaf and to the writers' conference that is held there every summer. Although the approach to Middlebury Gap begins in Ripton, the Gap's height-of-land is in neighboring Hancock. Ripton is bordered by the town of Middlebury to the west, Bristol and Lincoln to the north, Granville to the east, Hancock to the southeast, Goshen to the south, and Salisbury to the southwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, Ripton has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.34%, is water. Ripton is mountainous and largely populated by northern hardwood forest. Events The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is held annually in Ripton. Jessica Ravitz of CNN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panton, Vermont
Panton is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 646 at the 2020 census. Geography Panton is located in northwestern Addison County, along the New York–Vermont border. The western side of the town extends into Lake Champlain, and Dead Creek is a broad water body that crosses the entire town south to north near the town center. Otter Creek forms much of the eastern border of the town. Neighboring towns and cities are Ferrisburgh to the north, Vergennes to the northeast, Waltham to the east, and Addison to the south. Bordering across Lake Champlain, which is approximately wide in this area, is the town of Westport, New York. According to the United States Census Bureau, Panton has a total area of , of which is land and , or 29.70%, is water. As is common in the Champlain Valley, much of the land in Panton is flat and suitable for agriculture. For centuries, locals have quarried and used a native stone, known as Panton Stone, for building foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orwell, Vermont
Orwell is a New England town, town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,239 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Mount Independence (Vermont), Mount Independence was the largest fortification constructed by the American colonial forces. The site is now one of Vermont's premier state-operated historic sites. Geography Orwell is located in the southwest corner of Addison County. Its western border is the New York (state), New York–Vermont state line, following the middle of Lake Champlain, near the lake's southern end. Orwell is bordered by the town of Shoreham, Vermont, Shoreham to the north, Whiting, Vermont, Whiting to the northeast, Sudbury, Vermont, Sudbury to the east and southeast, and Benson, Vermont, Benson to the south. Sudbury and Benson are within Rutland County, Vermont, Rutland County. To the west, across Lake Champlain, are the town of Putnam, New York, in Washington County, New York, Washington County, and Ticonderoga, New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Haven, Vermont
New Haven is a New England town, town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,683 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. In addition to the New Haven (CDP), Vermont, town center, New Haven contains the communities of Belden (sometimes called Belden Falls), Brooksville, New Haven Junction and New Haven Mills. Geography New Haven is located in north-central Addison County, in the Champlain Valley. It is bordered by Ferrisburgh, Vermont, Ferrisburgh and Monkton, Vermont, Monkton to the north, Bristol, Vermont, Bristol to the east, Middlebury, Vermont, Middlebury to the south, Weybridge, Vermont, Weybridge to the southwest, and Waltham, Vermont, Waltham to the northwest. The town of Addison, Vermont, Addison, west of Weybridge and Waltham, touches New Haven at one corner. Otter Creek (Vermont), Otter Creek, one of the longest rivers in Vermont, forms part of the town's southwest border, with falls at Belden and Huntington Falls. The New Haven River, ris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monkton, Vermont
Monkton, also known as Monkton Boro, is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,079 at the 2020 census. Geography Monkton is located in northern Addison County at . It is situated on the eastern edge of the Champlain Valley, in the foothills of the Green Mountains. It is bordered by the town of Ferrisburgh to the west, New Haven and Bristol to the south, and Starksboro to the east. To the north are the towns of Charlotte and Hinesburg in Chittenden County. According to the United States Census Bureau, Monkton has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.04%, is water. Monkton is home to Cedar Lake, located north of the center of town between the communities of "Monkton Boro" and Monkton Ridge. History Monkton was chartered in 1762. Iron ore deposits around Monkton provided iron for cannonballs used by Macdonough's fleet, which was built in Vergennes during the War of 1812. Quaker minister Joseph Hoag and his wife Huldah Hoag are b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middlebury, Vermont
Middlebury is the shire town (county seat) of Addison County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,152. Middlebury is home to Middlebury College and the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History and the adjacent hardware store. History One of the New Hampshire Grants, Middlebury was chartered by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth on November 2, 1761. The name "Middlebury" came from its location between the towns of Salisbury and New Haven. It was awarded to John Evarts and 62 others. The French and Indian Wars 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 on November 6, 1778. After the war concluded in 1783, settlers returned to rebuild homes, clear forests and establish farms. The principal crops were grains and hay. Landowners vied for the lucrative honor of having the village center grow on their p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln, Vermont
Lincoln is a New England town, town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. Lincoln is at the base of Mount Abraham in the Green Mountains. It was settled by Quakers in the late 18th century. The population was 1,323 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Lincoln is known for its rural beauty and its proximity to two Vermont ski areas, Mad River Glen and Sugarbush Resort, Sugarbush. Geography Lincoln is in northeastern Addison County in the Green Mountains. The Long Trail runs along the crest of the Green Mountains near the town's eastern border, with elevations ranging from at Lincoln Gap (Vermont), Lincoln Gap to at the summit of Mount Abraham (Vermont), Mount Abraham. The lowest elevation in town is above sea level near West Lincoln, where the New Haven River exits the town. The Lincoln Gap Road crosses the Green Mountains at Lincoln Gap, connecting the Lincoln (CDP), Vermont, village of Lincoln on the west with the town of Warren, Vermont, Warren to the east. But ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
