Derby Line

Derby Line
The state line at the Haskell Free Library and Opera House
Location in Vermont
Derby Line
Basic data
Foundation :	1891
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Orleans County
Coordinates :	45 ° 0 ′  N , 72 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 0 ′  N , 72 ° 6 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	673 (as of 2010)
Population density :	354.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	1.9 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 1.9 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	314 m
Postal code :	05830
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-17500
GNIS ID :	1457154
Website :	www.DerbyVT.org

Derby Line is a village in the town of Derby in Orleans County , Vermont in the United States with a population of 673 (according to the 2010 census). Derby Line is located south of the border with Canada in the north of the Town Derby, on which it is politically and administratively dependent. Derby Line is a border station with Canada.

history

Derby Line Hotel 1908

The grant for Derby was proclaimed by the Vermont Republic on October 29, 1779. This date was backdated on the document, because it was actually only proclaimed in 1788.

The Village Derby Line was granted independent rights in 1891. It was settled in 1795 when the town was first settled. It is located on the Canadian border, which runs along the 45th parallel. Since the border had not yet been measured, part of the settlement was built north of the later border. After the 45th parallel was confirmed as the border line in 1842 , the border runs through the middle of the village, separating residential buildings and a factory, the Canadian part of which was closed in 1982, while the American part still exists. Derby Line is a special case for border controls between Canada and the USA. The Canadian part of Derby Line, which bears the name Rock Island and belongs to the municipality of Stanstead (Province of Quebec ), and the US part still have a strong sense of togetherness. There is a common main street, the middle of which is the border, and in 1904 the Haskell Free Library and Opera House was deliberately built on the border line , the auditorium of which is on US-American soil, the stage on Canadian soil, and the public library has both entrances from the Canadian as well as from the US side.

There is a Methodist congregation in Derby Line ; There is an elementary school and a high school in Derby Center .

Population development

year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	309	390	640	683	661	767	849	834	874	855
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	776	673

Census results Derby Line, Vermont

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• Zophar M. Mansur (1843–1914), veteran of the Civil War, banker and lieutenant governor of Vermont

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 59 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Derby Line, Vermont  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Derby Line on city-data.com (English)
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from December 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Derby Line in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed October 9, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Derby Line | US Customs and Border Protection. In: cbp.gov. Retrieved October 9, 2017 . 
4. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont: natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. George H. Salisbury, Burlington 1842, p. 63 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
5. ↑ Population 1900–2010 according to census results