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About Vershire, Vermont 
Orange County
*Area, Population and Density rankings above refer to Vershire's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here.
The papers of Surveyors General James Whitelaw and Ira Allen show that, prior to its actual granting, the town was referred to as Number 7. The commonly accepted explanation for the current name is that it was coined by the Legislature, combining VER(mont) and (New Hamp)SHIRE. The name was changed to Ely in 1878 (see The Ely War), and back to Vershire in 1882 (not to be confused with the village of Ely in Fairlee.
Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's
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Activities & Points of Interest
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Contact Info Emergency Services (Statewide): 911
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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").
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Utilities Notes about utilities:
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