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Town in Vermont, United States

Lunenburg, Vermont
Town

Nickname: The Mountain Town
Location in Essex County and the state of Vermont.
Location of Vermont in the United States
Coordinates: 44°28′4″N 71°41′14″W / 44.46778°N 71.68722°W / 44.46778; -71.68722
Country	United States
State	Vermont
County	Essex
Communities	Lunenburg Gilman Mill Village South Lunenburg West Lunenburg
Area
• Total	45.8 sq mi (118.6 km)
• Land	45.1 sq mi (116.7 km)
• Water	0.7 sq mi (1.8 km)
Elevation	1,296 ft (395 m)
Population
• Total	1,246
• Density	28/sq mi (10.7/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	05904, 05906
Area code	802
FIPS code	50-41425
GNIS feature ID	1462139

Lunenburg is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,246 at the 2020 census, the most populous in Essex County. Lunenburg contains the villages of Lunenburg and Gilman and hamlets of West Lunenburg, South Lunenburg, and Mill Village (Northern Lunenburg), and is part of the Berlin, NH –VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Lunenburg was granted by Benning Wentworth, the royal governor of New Hampshire, on July 5, 1763, to David Page and 68 other people. It is widely believed that David Page named the town, which stems from one of the titles for Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunenburg. Lunenburg was the home of Vermont State Representative Adino Nye Bell. Lunenburg is also believed to have inspired the Robert Frost poem "The Mountain", which takes place in a town called Lunenburg.

Geography

Lunenburg is in southern Essex County along the Connecticut River, the border between Vermont and New Hampshire. It is bordered to the west by the town of Concord, to the northwest by Victory, at its northernmost point by Granby, and to the northeast by Guildhall, all in Vermont. Across the Connecticut, to the east is the town of Lancaster, New Hampshire, and to the south is the town of Dalton, New Hampshire. U.S. Route 2 crosses through the center of Lunenburg, leading west to St. Johnsbury and east to Lancaster and Gorham, New Hampshire. The Mount Orne Covered Bridge is in the eastern part of town, crossing the Connecticut to South Lancaster, New Hampshire.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Lunenburg has a total area of 45.8 square miles (118.6 km), of which 45.1 square miles (116.7 km) is land and 0.69 square miles (1.8 km), or 1.55%, is water. Neal Pond, north of the town center, is the largest body of water. There are also four brooks—Neal Brook, Mink Brook, Catbow Brook, and Hudson Brook—all of which feed into the Connecticut River. There are also smaller creeks throughout the town. The highest point is 2,279-foot (695 m) Temple Mountain in the northern part of town.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	119	—
1800	393	230.3%
1810	714	81.7%
1820	856	19.9%
1830	1,054	23.1%
1840	1,130	7.2%
1850	1,123	−0.6%
1860	1,034	−7.9%
1870	999	−3.4%
1880	1,038	3.9%
1890	1,019	−1.8%
1900	968	−5.0%
1910	880	−9.1%
1920	1,048	19.1%
1930	1,400	33.6%
1940	1,374	−1.9%
1950	1,299	−5.5%
1960	1,237	−4.8%
1970	1,061	−14.2%
1980	1,138	7.3%
1990	1,176	3.3%
2000	1,328	12.9%
2010	1,302	−2.0%
2020	1,246	−4.3%
U.S. Decennial Census

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,328 people, 516 households, and 366 families living in the town. The population density was 29.5 inhabitants per square mile (11.4/km). There were 747 housing units at an average density of 16.6 per square mile (6.4/km). The racial makeup of the town was 97.82% White, 0.08% African American, 0.68% Native American, 0.08% Asian, and 1.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.38% of the population.

There were 516 households, out of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,802, and the median income for a family was $33,000. Males had a median income of $26,793 versus $18,594 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,804. About 8.7% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.0% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.

Presidential Election Results


Year	Democrat	Republican	Other	Total	National Winner
1980	156	230	31	417	Ronald Reagan (R)
1984	120	299	0	419	Ronald Reagan (R)
1988	182	278	1	461	George H. W. Bush (R)
1992	227	188	159	574	Bill Clinton (D)
1996	207	164	76	447	Bill Clinton (D)
2000	210	320	29	559	George W. Bush (R)
2004	252	314	7	573	George W. Bush (R)
2008	330	269	19	618	Barack Obama (D)
2012	296	243	28	567	Barack Obama (D)
2016	171	311	80	562	Donald Trump (R)
2020	243	366	32	641	Joe Biden (D)

References

^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
"US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
"Census - Geography Profile: Lunenburg town, Essex County, Vermont". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
"Profile for Lunenburg, Vermont". ePodunk. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
Hemenway, Abby Maria (1867). The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A Magazine, Embracing a History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military. Miss A. M. Hemenway.
"4. The Mountain. Frost, Robert. 1915. North of Boston". www.bartleby.com. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Lunenburg town, Essex County, Vermont". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
"U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
"VT Elections Database » Search Elections". VT Elections Database. Retrieved October 30, 2020.

External links

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Essex County, Vermont, United States
Shire town: Guildhall
Towns	Averill‡ Bloomfield Brighton Brunswick Canaan Concord East Haven Ferdinand‡ Granby Guildhall Lemington Lewis‡ Lunenburg Maidstone Norton Victory	Map of Vermont highlighting Essex County
CDPs	Beecher Falls Canaan Concord Gilman Island Pond Lunenburg
Grants and gores	Avery's Gore Warner's Grant Warren's Gore
Other community	North Concord
Footnotes	‡ Unorganized
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Connecticut River watershed

Tributaries

Connecticut	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Salmon River Scantic River
Massachusetts	Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Connecticut River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Farmington River Fall River Five Mile River Green River Hubbard River Manhan River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mirey Brook North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Otter River Quaboag River Scantic River Seven Mile River Tarbell Brook Ware River Westfield River
New Hampshire	Ammonoosuc River Ashuelot River Blow-me-down Brook The Branch Cold River Connecticut River East Branch Mohawk River Gale River Great Brook Halls Stream Ham Branch Indian River Indian Stream Israel River Johns River Knox River Little River Little Sugar River Mascoma River Millers River Mink Brook Mirey Brook Mohawk River Nash Stream North Branch Gale River North Branch Millers River North Branch Sugar River North Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Oliverian Brook Otter Brook Partridge Brook Perry Stream Phillips Brook Simms Stream South Branch Ashuelot River South Branch Gale River South Branch Israel River South Branch Sugar River Stocker Brook Sugar River Tarbell Brook Upper Ammonoosuc River West Branch Mohawk River West Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Wild Ammonoosuc River Zealand River
Vermont	Black River Connecticut River Deerfield River Fall River Green River Halls Stream Leach Creek Moose River Nulhegan River Ompompanoosuc River Ottauquechee River Passumpsic River Rock River Saxtons River Utley Brook Waits River Wells River West River Whetstone Brook White River Williams River Winhall River

Lakes

Connecticut	Barkhamsted Reservoir Lake Beseck Lake Hayward Lake Pocotopaug
Massachusetts	Brooks Pond Browning Pond Lake Monomonac Quabbin Reservoir Lake Wyola
New Hampshire	Ashuelot Pond Back Lake Canaan Street Lake Cedar Pond Christine Lake Comerford Reservoir Connecticut Lakes Crystal Lake Dublin Pond Eastman Pond Echo Lake Lake Francis (Murphy Dam) Goose Pond Grafton Pond Granite Lake Lakes of the Clouds Little Sunapee Lake Mascoma Lake McIndoes Reservoir Lake Monomonac Moore Reservoir Pearly Lake Silver Lake Spofford Lake Lake Sunapee Surry Mountain Lake Lake Tarleton
Vermont	Ball Mountain Lake Comerford Reservoir Harriman Reservoir Harvey's Lake McIndoes Reservoir Moore Reservoir North Hartland Lake Lake Rescue Townshend Lake

Towns

Connecticut	Chester Cromwell Deep River East Haddam East Hampton East Hartford East Windsor Enfield Essex Glastonbury Haddam Hartford Higganum Lyme Middletown Moodus Old Lyme Old Saybrook Portland Rocky Hill South Windsor Suffield Thompsonville Wethersfield Windsor Windsor Locks
Massachusetts	Agawam Chicopee Deerfield Easthampton Gill Greenfield Hadley Hatfield Holyoke Longmeadow Millers Falls Montague Northampton Northfield South Hadley Springfield Sunderland Turners Falls West Springfield Whately
New Hampshire	Bath Charlestown Chesterfield Claremont Clarksville Colebrook Columbia Cornish Dalton Groveton Hanover Haverhill Hinsdale Lancaster Lebanon Littleton Lyme Monroe Northumberland Orford Piermont Pittsburg Plainfield Stewartstown Stratford Walpole West Lebanon Westmoreland Woodsville
Quebec	East Hereford
Vermont	Ascutney Barnet Beecher Falls Bellows Falls Bloomfield Bradford Brattleboro Brunswick Canaan Concord Dummerston Fairlee Gilman Guildhall Hartford Hartland Lemington Lunenburg Maidstone Newbury Norwich Putney Rockingham Ryegate Springfield Thetford Vernon Waterford Weathersfield Wells River Westminster White River Junction Wilder Windsor

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