Editing Kirby, Vermont

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|subdivision_name1        = [[Vermont]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Caledonia County, Vermont|Caledonia]]

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|population_total         = 575
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|postal_code              = 05824 ([[Concord, Vermont|Concord]])<br/>05851 ([[Lyndonville, Vermont|Lyndonville]])<br/>05832 ([[East Burke, Vermont|East Burke]])
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'''Kirby''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Caledonia County, Vermont|Caledonia County]], [[Vermont]], United States. The population was 575 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5000537900| title=Census - Geography Profile: Kirby town, Caledonia County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=December 31, 2021}}</ref>

==History==
The town was chartered to [[Roswell Hopkins]] in 1790; Hopkins served as Clerk of the [[Vermont House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] and [[Secretary of State of Vermont]], and he accepted the land grant in lieu of cash as payment for his government service.<ref>{{cite book |last=Grand Lodge of Vermont |date=1879 |title=Records of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Vermont, 1794-1846  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SdCetmdkOGYC&pg=PA32 |location=Burlington, VT |publisher=Free Press Association |pages=32–34 |ref={{sfnRef|''Records of the Grand Lodge of Vermont''}}}}</ref> The grant Hopkins received was originally called Hopkinsville; it was later combined with a parcel from the town of [[Burke, Vermont|Burke]], and renamed Kirby.{{sfn|''Records of the Grand Lodge of Vermont''}}  Several ideas have been proposed for how the name Kirby was chosen; the most common is that it is a variant of the English [[Kirkby]], which means a village or settlement around a church.<ref>{{cite book |last= Capace |first=Nancy |date=2000 |title=Encyclopedia of Vermont |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gmVf7jGPpE0C&pg=PA329 |location=Santa Barbara, CA |publisher=Somerset Publishers |page=329 |isbn=978-0-403-09602-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bardsley  |first=Charles Wareing Endell |date=1901 |title=A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkAHAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA455 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=455 |isbn=9785871144015 }}</ref>  By the time the town was organized in 1807, Hopkins had sold his interest and moved to [[Hopkinton, New York]].{{sfn|''Records of the Grand Lodge of Vermont''}}

==Geography==
Kirby is located on the eastern border of Caledonia County in northeastern Vermont. It is bordered by the town of [[St. Johnsbury, Vermont|St. Johnsbury]] to the southwest, [[Lyndon, Vermont|Lyndon]] to the west, [[Burke, Vermont|Burke]] to the north, [[Victory, Vermont|Victory]] to the northeast, [[Concord, Vermont|Concord]] to the southeast, and [[Waterford, Vermont|Waterford]] to the south. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|63.2|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|63.1|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqkm|disp=flip|2}}, or 0.20%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5000537900| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212163943/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5000537900| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Kirby town, Caledonia County, Vermont| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 6, 2013}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 2]] passes through the southern corner of the town, connecting St. Johnsbury to the west with [[Lancaster, New Hampshire]], to the east.

The highest point in Kirby is the {{convert|2750|ft|adj=on}} summit of Kirby Mountain, located along the town boundary with Victory.<ref>U.S. Geological Survey ''Burke Mountain, VT'' 7.5-minute quadrangle, 1988.</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1800= 20
|1810= 311
|1820= 312
|1830= 401
|1840= 520
|1850= 509
|1860= 473
|1870= 417
|1880= 398
|1890= 355
|1900= 350
|1910= 297
|1920= 324
|1930= 311
|1940= 252
|1950= 257
|1960= 235
|1970= 224
|1980= 282
|1990= 347
|2000= 456
|2010= 493
|2020= 575
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=U.S. Decennial Census |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 16, 2015 }}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 456 people, 168 households, and 122 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 18.7 people per square mile (7.2/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 207 housing units at an average density of 8.5 per square mile (3.3/km<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the town was 96.05% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.44% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.44% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.07% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.54% of the population.

There were 168 households, out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families. 19.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $37,917, and the median income for a family was $43,333. Males had a median income of $27,778 versus $22,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,675.  About 15.2% of families and 15.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 12.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
* [[William W. Grout]], US Congressman
* John McClaughry, member of the [[Vermont House of Representatives]] and [[Vermont Senate]], Republican nominee for [[Governor of Vermont]] in 1992.
* [[Moriah Wilson]], cyclist and murder victim

==References==
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{{Caledonia County, Vermont}}

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[[Category:Towns in Vermont]]
[[Category:Towns in Caledonia County, Vermont]]