Addison (Vermont)

Addison County

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Addison is a town in Addison County, the State of Vermont in the United States with 1,371 inhabitants ( according to the census of 2010). The municipality is located on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain on the border of New York State. About here the lake springing Hudson River, which forms from that point on the border to the south between Vermont and New York, is a road connection, the Lake Champlain Bridge, Crown Point headland. In the Town there are three population centers ( Villages ): West Addison on the shores of Lake Champlain, Chimney Point at the entrance to the bridge and Addison Four Corners at the intersection of two country roads.

The Town was proclaimed for colonization by Benning Wentworth on October 14, 1761, but had been already settled by the French in 1731 with a fort at Chimney Point, which served as a counterpart to the later Fort Crown Point and controlled access to the Hudson. In 1764 the country was by royal decision to the New York State slammed and made ​​from reclaimed in 1769 by the English. Between 1776 and 1783 the settlers moved south back of the wars between the British, French and Indians because, in the course of each individual building of the settlers was destroyed.

The second colonization from 1783 transformed the countryside in the level of Lake Champlain into fertile farmland. In the absence of water bodies with adequate slopes but no water- power driven mills were built; the nearest windmill stood at Crown Point, and could only be reached by ferry across the Hudson. So evolved, despite the good soil, neither an industrial settlement yet there was a large population growth. The land was used primarily for grazing. For 1840 to be occupied from the Town 3,212 cattle and 30,465 sheep. The purely agricultural orientation has been preserved to this day.

Through the Town perform two major highways: the Vermont State Route 17 and the Vermont State Route 22A. At Chimney Point also the Vermont State Route 125, which runs south towards Bridport begins. The nearest airport is about 15 km away Middlebury State Airport. Also, the nearest hospital is in Middlebury. In Addison, a primary school, which leads to grade 6, and two parishes exist.

Nearby Cities

All information bee-line distances from the center of Town.

  • Northeast: Vergennes, 14.5 km
  • East: Weybridge, 14.0 km
  • Southeast: Middlebury, 17.5 km
  • South: Bridport, 9.0 km
  • Southwest: Chimney Point, 5.0 km
  • West: Mineville - Witherbee, 11.5 km
  • North West: West Addison, 2.5 km
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