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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.
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 ...
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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.
The town's population dropped in the 20th century after World War II, especially after the town's marble quarries (which opened in 1857) were closed in 1957; the city's population reached a low point in 1970, with just 354 residents. [11] Subsequently, however, the town has made a rebound, with the population rising to 691 in 2010. [12]
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It is bordered by the town of Ferrisburgh to the west, New Haven and Bristol to the south, and Starksboro to the east. To the north are the towns of Charlotte and Hinesburg in Chittenden County . According to the United States Census Bureau , Monkton has a total area of 36.3 square miles (93.9 km 2 ), of which 35.9 square miles (92.9 km 2 ) is ...
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