Halifax (Vermont)

Windham County

50-31150

Halifax is a municipality in the state of Vermont in the United States. The 728 inhabitants of the place (according to the census of 2010 ) feed primarily on livestock and pasture management. It is located right on the border of southern Massachusetts and about 20 km west of the Connecticut River.

Halifax is one of the oldest foundations in the area of present-day Vermont. Unlike many other Towns, the Benning Wentworth was proclaimed in the New Hampshire Grants of 1750 quickly, ie from 1761 onwards, and was colonized 1791-1830 the Town with the largest population in Vermont. Since a maximum of 1,600 inhabitants in 1800, the population increased but decreases continuously until 1960 had its minimum of only 268 residents. Since then, the number rose steadily to its present height. The social life of Halifax played out in the school, ranging from kindergarten to eighth grade, and in the local Historical Society. Churches there, as opposed to most places in New England, no. The Vermont State Route 112 binds to both the area to the rest of Vermont as well as in Massachusetts.

Nearby Cities

All information bee-line distances.

  • North: Marlboro, 9.5 km
  • Northeast: Brattleboro, 18.5 km
  • East: Vernon 20.5 km
  • South: Shelburne Falls, 20.5 km
  • West: Whitingham, 7.0 km
  • Northwest: Wilmington, 12.5 km

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Elisha Graves Otis (1811-1861), inventor of the safety rail at elevators
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