Editing North Hero, Vermont

{{redirect|North Hero|the Minnesota township|North Hero Township, Redwood County, Minnesota}}
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|official_name            = North Hero, Vermont
|settlement_type          = [[New England town|Town]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Grand Isle County, Vermont|Grand Isle]]

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|population_total         = 939
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|postal_code              = 05474
|area_code                = [[Area code 802|802]]
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|blank_info               = 50-50650<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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|blank1_info              = 1462164<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|www.northherovt.com}}
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'''North Hero''' is a [[New England town|town]] in and the shire town<ref>[http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/fullsection.cfm?Title=24&Chapter=001&Section=00008 Title 24, Part I, Chapter 1, §8], Vermont Statutes. Accessed November 1, 2007.</ref> ([[county seat]])<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|accessdate=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> of [[Grand Isle County, Vermont|Grand Isle County]], [[Vermont]], United States. The population was 939 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5001350650| title=Census - Geography Profile: North Hero town, Grand Isle County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=January 3, 2022}}</ref>

The town was named in honor of the American Revolutionary War hero [[Ethan Allen]].<ref>{{cite book| last=Upham| first=Warren| title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance| url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog| year=1920| publisher=Minnesota Historical Society| page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n470 451]}}</ref>

==Government==
The North Hero Town Office is at 3541 US Route 2 and shares a building with the town community center.<ref name=slota08>Bianca Slota (July 22, 2008), [http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=8718138&nav=4QcSMUos "North Hero Voters Hit the Polls"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309154446/http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=8718138&nav=4QcSMUos |date=March 9, 2012 }}, ''WCAX News''  (accessed Oct 8, 2010)</ref>

==Geography==
North Hero is in the center of Grand Isle County and occupies the entire North Hero Island in [[Lake Champlain]], as well as Knight Island, Butler Island, and a handful of much smaller islands. The town is bordered to the north by [[Alburgh (town), Vermont|Alburgh]], to the west by [[Isle La Motte, Vermont|Isle La Motte]], and to the south by the town of [[Grand Isle, Vermont|Grand Isle]], all in Grand Isle County. To the east, across Lake Champlain, are the towns of [[St. Albans (town), Vermont|St. Albans]] and [[Swanton (town), Vermont|Swanton]] in [[Franklin County, Vermont]], while to the southwest, across the western arm of Lake Champlain, is the town of [[Beekmantown, New York|Beekmantown]] in [[Clinton County, New York]].

[[U.S. Route 2]] crosses North Hero from north to south, departing the town in the north by a bridge over the Alburg Passage into the town of Alburgh, and in the south by a bridge over The Gut to South Hero Island (Grand Isle).

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town of North Hero has an area of {{convert|120.6|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|34.8|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|85.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 71.11%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5001350650| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): North Hero town, Grand Isle County, Vermont| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=March 28, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 125
|1800= 324
|1810= 552
|1820= 503
|1830= 638
|1840= 716
|1850= 730
|1860= 594
|1870= 601
|1880= 637
|1890= 550
|1900= 712
|1910= 496
|1920= 494
|1930= 485
|1940= 442
|1950= 407
|1960= 328
|1970= 364
|1980= 442
|1990= 502
|2000= 810
|2010= 803
|2020= 939
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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|accessdate=May 16, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 810 people, 333 households, and 237 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 58.9 people per square mile (22.8/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 906 housing units at an average density of 65.9 per square mile (25.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 97.53% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.25% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.25% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.37% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 1.60% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.62% of the population.

There were 333 households, of which 26.7% had children under 18 living with them, 61.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.9% under 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 34.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 or older. The median age was 43. For every 100 females, there were 101.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $45,577, and the median income for a family was $51,964. Males had a median income of $36,875 versus $31,125 for females. The [[per capita income]] was $26,859. About 5.5% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.9% of those under 18 and 4.0% of those 65 or older.

==Media==
===Newspapers and other publications===
North Hero is the home of the weekly newspaper ''The Islander'', which has been published in North Hero since 1974, and covers the northern [[Champlain Valley]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About|url=https://www.theislandernewspaper.com/about.html|publisher=The Islander |accessdate=March 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Islander|url=https://www.theislandernewspaper.com/ |website=The Islander |accessdate=March 21, 2019}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
* [[Bernie Sanders]], former mayor of Burlington (1981–1989), U.S. Senator from Vermont since 2007, and [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] and [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]] Democratic presidential candidate<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Nguyen |first1=Tina |title=BERNIE SANDERS BUYS HIS THIRD HOUSE |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/bernie-sanders-summer-house |magazine=Vanity Fair |accessdate=March 21, 2019}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://www.northherovt.com/ Town of North Hero official website]
* [http://www.vtstateparks.com/northhero.html North Hero State Park]

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[[Category:Towns in Vermont]]
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