Morrisville (Vermont)

Lamoille County

50-46825

Morrisville is a municipality in the state of Vermont in the United States with 1,958 inhabitants ( according to the census of 2010). Morrisville is one of several population centers of Morristown, from which it is politically and administratively dependent ( village). In the community, most public institutions of Town sit. Morrisville is located in the heart of the Green Mountains at a bend of the Lamoille River, a little to the east of some rapids, the Cady's Falls, where the water power was used before industrialization by some mills.

The Town was in 1781 sold to settlers, the place was but only with the first permanent settlements from 1792; an exact founding date is not occupied. The railway line Lunenburg Maquam reached Morrisville on December 31, 1872; until the closure of the passenger traffic in 1956 was a station in the resort. After several accidents for bad tracks and accidents Morrisville was not approached in 1994 by freight trains; The line was finally closed down in 2004 from St. Johnsbury. The former railway line is used today in part by hiking and horseback riding trails touristy.

Since 1983, parts of downtown are on the list of the National Register of Historic Places, since 1996, three buildings of the local Peoples Academy.

In Morrisville was the first professional hockey team of Vermont, the Vermont Wild settled, but which existed only in 2011 and were disbanded after only 10 games.

The Morrisville - Stowe State Airport, located in the south of the town, connects the village with the outside world; Highways and expressways do not exist in this area. Based in the village of Copley Hospital ensures medical care for the environment. In the village a Methodist Church is located. The Morristown Hisorical Society is based in the Main Street of the town and operates a local museum in a house of the early 19th century. For the formation provide a primary school as well as the above-mentioned Peoples Academy, which operates a middle and a high school.

Nearby Cities

All information bee-line distances.

  • North: Lowell, 29.0 km
  • Northeast: Craftsbury, 20.0 km
  • East: Wolcott, 9.5 km
  • Southeast: Woodbury 19.0 km
  • South: Worcester, 21.5 km
  • Southwest: Stowe, 12.5 km
  • West: Underhill, 24.5 km
  • Northwest: Johnson, 10.5 km

Famous people who worked on site

  • Maria Augusta Trapp (1905-1987), singer, author and model for the musical The Sound of Music
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