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Starksboro
05487

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About Starksboro, Vermont
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Addison County
Chartered: November 9, 1780 (Vermont Charter)
Area: 29,158 Acres = 45.56 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 57* ]
Coordinates (Geographic Center): 73°03''W 44°14'N
Altitude: 615 feet ASL
Population (US Census, 2000): 1,898 [ Population Rank: 89* ]
Population Density (persons per square mile): 41.7 [ Density Rank: 106* ]
Tax Rates (2006): Homestead $1.3397; NonResidential $1.2982

*Area, Population and Density rankings above refer to Starksboro's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here.

Named for General John Stark, who led the New Hampshire Militia in the Battle of Bennington.

Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's
Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History
(Used with permission)

Activities & Points of Interest
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Goings-on in and near Starksboro
Calendar of Events provided by the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing.

Starksboro Historical Society

Starksboro Meeting House

Contact Info
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Emergency Services (Statewide): 911
Hospital: Fletcher-Allen Health Care (Burlington) 802-847-0000
Town Clerk: Cheryl L. Estey, 802-453-2639, PO Box 91 Starksboro, VT 05487

Schools
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Robinson School 802-453-2949

Neighboring Towns
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This is a basic geographic reference, intended to show relative location of adjacent towns. Directional accuracy is limited to 16 compass points. There isn't even the slightest suggestion that one can necessarily travel directly from one town to the next (as in "You can't get there from here").

Hinesburg Huntington
Monkton Starksboro
Buels Gore
Bristol Lincoln

Utilities
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Notes about utilities: