Tag: Lyndonville
Lyndonville is a village in the town of Lyndon, in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. Lyndonville’s population was 1,227 at the 2000 census.
In 1883, trustees purchased a hand fire engine from Franklin, New Hampshire to start a fire fighting company. The fire department volunteers named themselves the “Tiger Fire Company No. 1” and appear in parade uniform for photos starting in 1889.
In 1931, a Boston paper reported that the town had become a haven for “Rum Running” Gangsters!
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), all land.
In 2007, voters at first decided to merge with the town of Lyndon by dissolving the village government, but a re-vote rescinded this decision .
As of the census of 2010, there were 5,981 people. As of the census of 2000 there were 589 households, and 279 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,531.2 people per square mile (592.2/km²). There were 635 housing units at…
