Fairfax (Vermont)

Franklin County

50-24925

Fairfax is a municipality in the state of Vermont in the United States with 4,285 inhabitants according to the census of 2010 .. It is located in the western foothills of the Green Mountains, about 20 kilometers east of Lake Champlain and about 30 kilometers south of the border to Canada.

The site was released in 1763 as part of the British colonization of colonization and probably named after Baron Thomas Fairfax ( 1693-1781 ), a companion of George Washington. The city's history has since proceeded without incident.

The residents of Fairfax live primarily from agriculture and forestry; significant industrial plants are not available. Tourism is also represented only slight and confined primarily to the hiring of log cabins in the surrounding forest areas.

In the village there are three religious communities: a Roman Catholic and Methodist churches two. The village also has a primary school and a historical society.

Neighboring municipalities are in the North West St. Albans (17 km), in the North Fairfield (10 km), to the east of Cambridge ( 10 km, in Lamoille County) and West Georgia ( 10 km). To the south lies Westford (7 km) in neighboring Chittenden County.