Editing Vershire, Vermont

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'''Vershire''' is a town in [[Orange County, Vermont|Orange County]], [[Vermont]], United States, created under Vermont Charter of August 3, 1781. The population was 672 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5001774950|title=Census - Geography Profile: Vershire town, Orange County, Vermont|access-date=January 6, 2022}}</ref> The name Vershire is a [[portmanteau]] of Vermont and New Hampshire.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o71SDjU16JwC&pg=PA8 | title=Edge Effects: The Border-Name Places | publisher=iUniverse | author=Temple, Robert D. | year=2009 | pages=8| isbn=9781440101465 }}</ref>

==History==
The town and a village were renamed "Ely" in 1880 after the Ely Mining Company, which mined copper. This changed in 1883, when 200 miners seized the plant demanding back wages. Five companies of the National Guard were called out to suppress the miners.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Walter Hill Crockett|url=http://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zbsMAAAAYAAJ|title=Vermont The Green Mountain State|date=1921|publisher=Century history Company, Incorporated|others=University of Virginia|language=English}}</ref> It is the home of The Mountain School of Milton Academy, a selective independent semester program that provides academically motivated high school juniors from across the country the opportunity to live and work on a farm.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Mountain School|url=http://www.mountainschool.org/|access-date=September 7, 2021|website=The Mountain School|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 36.5&nbsp;square miles (94.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which  36.5&nbsp;square miles (94.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.04&nbsp;square mile (0.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) (0.05%) is water. The headwaters of the [[Ompompanoosuc River]] are located in the town.<ref>[[DeLorme]] (1996).  ''Vermont Atlas & Gazetteer''.  Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme.  {{ISBN|0-89933-016-9}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 439
|1800= 1031
|1810= 1311
|1820= 1296
|1830= 1260
|1840= 1098
|1850= 1071
|1860= 1054
|1870= 1140
|1880= 1875
|1890= 754
|1900= 641
|1910= 448
|1920= 410
|1930= 368
|1940= 367
|1950= 284
|1960= 236
|1970= 299
|1980= 442
|1990= 560
|2000= 629
|2010= 730
|2020= 672
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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 629 people, 261 households, and 174 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 17.2 people per square mile (6.7/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 378 housing units at an average density of 10.4 per square mile (4.0/km<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the town was 98.25% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.32% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.32% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.48% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.48% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.32% of the population.

There were 261 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were couples living together and joined in either [[marriage]] or [[Civil Union|civil union]], 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 26.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.6% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 32.4% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $37,132, and the median income for a family was $40,714. Males had a median income of $31,833 versus $25,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,161.  About 11.4% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.4% of those under age 18 and 18.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Residents are in the [[Rivendell Interstate School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://my.doe.nh.gov/profiles/reports/getSAU.aspx?SAUId=78|title=Rivendell Interstate SAU Office|publisher=[[New Hampshire Department of Education]]|access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Fanny Titus Hazen]], Civil War nurse
*[[Marion Pritchard]], rescuer of Dutch Jews during World War II

==References==

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==External links==
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* [https://vershirevt.org/ Town of Vershire official website]
* http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/vershire.html

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[[Category:Towns in Vermont]]
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