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In the early 19th century, Brownington was a community on the Hinman Settler Road, a primary route in the county. It was on the stagecoach route from Boston, Massachusetts to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Prior to 1816, the village was one of two county seats. Residents developed a number of facilities to take advantage of the town's situation.
Brownington has three unincorporated villages: Brownington, Brownington Center, and Evansville. The lie of the town is moderate but uneven. The central part of town is somewhat elevated. The Willoughby River flows through the southern part of town. Small streams are found throughout. Brownington Pond is in the north, partly in Derby.
The Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village is a museum run by the Orleans County Historical Society in Brownington, Vermont. The Old Stone House at the heart of the village is a part of the Brownington Village Historic District, a district of ten historic buildings added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]
North of that village it follows the Maple Hill Road north, running through what is now the Orleans Country Club to Brownington. It continues north through Derby to the Canada–US border. [1] It is nearly straight, bearing about 19 degrees from north. [citation needed]
Now reaching the hamlet of Evansville, the route enters the town of Brownington. At Hunt Hill Road, VT 58 leaves Evansville and winds southeast along the returned Willoughby River as Evansville Road. Remaining a two-lane road, the route is rural and runs through fields and dense woods until reaching a junction with VT 5A (Willoughby Lake Road ...
The last exit, 29, which is located less than ¼ mile from the Canada–US border, leads to the village of Derby Line and the town of Holland. The county has 1,041 miles (1,675 km) of state highway and class 1, 2 and 3 roads. 606 miles (975 km) of these are dirt roads (class 3). 141 miles (227 km) are unmaintained roads (Class 4).
Branch Brownington rises as a mountain stream on the north slope of Mount Goodwin which is located in the northeastern of Lake Willoughby. This source is located at: 0.6 km (0.37 mi) north-western boundary of the municipality of Westmore; 4.2 km (2.6 mi) north of Lake Willoughby; 7.7 km (4.8 mi) east of the confluence of the Branch Brownington;
Derby Line is an incorporated village in the town of Derby in Orleans County, Vermont, United States, slightly north of the 45th parallel, the nominal U.S.-Canada boundary.. The population was 687 at the 2020 cens