Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The town of Bristol, Vermont, is located on the west side of Vermont's Green Mountains. It was settled in the 1780s, and was a basically agricultural community until the American Civil War. Its town center provided services to farmers in outlying areas, including a market for their goods and sawmills and gristmills for processing their lumber ...
The town is crossed by Vermont Route 17 (east-west) and Vermont Route 116 (north-south). According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 42.2 square miles (109.2 km 2 ), of which 41.5 square miles (107.5 km 2 ) is land and 0.66 square miles (1.7 km 2 ), or 1.57%, is water.
J .S. Garland, New England town law: a digest of statutes and decisions concerning towns and town officers, Boston Book Co., Boston, 1906. D. G. Sanford, Vermont Municipalities: an index to their charters and special acts, (Vermont Office of Secretary of State, 1986). U.S. Census Bureau, Census of population, data for 1930–2000.
The Bristol CDP is located in the northwest part of the town of Bristol, on the north side of the New Haven River as it exits the Green Mountains to the east. Vermont Route 17 passes through the community, leading west 5 miles (8 km) to U.S. Route 7 at New Haven Junction and east across the Green Mountains through Appalachian Gap 20 miles (32 km) to Waitsfield.
Verde Antique marble quarrying and talc mining were historically significant in Roxbury; today, one commercial sand and gravel extraction operation is located in the town. [9] Roxbury's marble quarries opened in 1857 and closed in 1957. [12] In modern times, 80% of Roxbury workers are employed outside the town. [14]
Vermont Route 116 (VT 116) is a 40.759-mile-long (65.595 km) state highway in Vermont.It travels north from U.S. Route 7 (US 7) in Middlebury, where it almost immediately intersects VT 125, then runs concurrently with VT 17 through much of the town of Bristol.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Waltham Town Clerk's Office Location in Addison County and the state of Vermont . Coordinates: 44°8′39″N 73°14′6″W / 44.14417°N 73.23500°W / 44.14417; -73