Editing Roxbury, Vermont (section)

==History==
Roxbury was granted by the [[Vermont General Assembly]] in 1781; its name is likely derived from [[Roxbury, Massachusetts]], which later became part of [[Boston]].<ref name="VE">"Roxbury" in ''The Vermont Encyclopedia'' (eds. John J. Duffy, Samuel B. Hand & Ralph H. Orth: University of Vermont Press, 2003), pp. 253-54.</ref> The town was chartered on August 6, 1781, to Benjamin Edwards and 64 other people, although just 20 of these ever lived in the town. Actual European settlement began in 1789, and the first [[town meeting]] was held in 1797.<ref>Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 3.</ref>

The town grew steadily in the first six decades of the 19th century, growing from 113 residents in 1800 to a peak of 1,060 residents in 1860, on the eve of the [[American Civil War]]. In the war, 94 Roxbury men served; 29 perished. 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.<ref>Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 1, 4.</ref> Subsequently, however, the town has made a rebound, with the population rising to 691 in 2010.<ref name="Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 4">Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 4.</ref>