Richford, Vermont

Richford, Vermont
FIPS code		50-59125[1]
GNIS feature ID	1462185[2]
Website	richfordvt.org

Richford is a

Richford is the birthplace of R. G. LeTourneau, an industrialist who founded LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas.

Richford is the eastern terminus of the Missisquoi Valley Rail-Trail.

Richford is located in the northeast corner of Franklin County, bordered to the north by the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec in Canada. Orleans County, Vermont, is to the east. Richford, the primary community, is in the northwest part of the town along the Missisquoi River. Vermont Route 105 passes through the center of town, leading east across the Green Mountains to North Troy and southwest to Enosburg Falls. Vermont Route 139 leads north from the center of Richford 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the international border.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 43.3 square miles (112.1 km²), of which 43.0 square miles (111.4 km²) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²), or 0.61%, is water.^[4] The Missisquoi River enters from Canada and exits to the south; there are no significant lakes or ponds.

• North: Quebec, Canada: East Pinnacle, Abercorn, Glen Sutton, Alva, Domaine Mont Louis, Sutton
• East: Jay
• Southeast: Westfield
• South: Montgomery
• Southwest: Enosburgh
• West: Berkshire^[5]

On October 8, 1908, a grain elevator owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway exploded, killing thirteen people.^[6]

The

).

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1800	113		—
1810	440		289.4%
1820	440		0.0%
1830	704		60.0%
1840	914		29.8%
1850	1,074		17.5%
1860	1,338		24.6%
1870	1,481		10.7%
1880	1,818		22.8%
1890	2,196		20.8%
1900	2,421		10.2%
1910	2,907		20.1%
1920	2,842		−2.2%
1930	2,544		−10.5%
1940	2,646		4.0%
1950	2,643		−0.1%
1960	2,316		−12.4%
1970	2,116		−8.6%
1980	2,206		4.3%
1990	2,178		−1.3%
2000	2,321		6.6%
2010	2,308		−0.6%
2020	2,346		1.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

As of the

of any race were 0.69% of the population.

There were 899 households, out of which 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.8% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.6 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 90.2 men.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,125, and the median income for a family was $32,016. Males had a median income of $26,607 versus $20,731 for females. The

, including 30.6% of those under age 18 and 14.4% of those age 65 or over.

Several buildings and structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including St. Ann's Episcopal Church, the Sheldon Boright House, the F.W. Wheeler House, the Richford Primary School, the Missisquoi River Bridge, and the Downtown Richford Historic District.^[8]

• U.S. congressman
  from Michigan
• E. Henry Powell, state auditor
• Vermont State Senate
• Percival L. Shangraw, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[9]

• Franklin County
• North Branch Missisquoi River
  , designated Rivière Sutton in Quebec
• Missisquoi River

External links

• Town of Richford official website
• Virtual Vermont Richford page