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The village of Essex Junction originally developed in the early 19th century as a mill village, based on the water power of the adjacent Winooski River.With the advent of the railroads, the village, benefiting from its proximity to Burlington, Vermont's largest city, became a major regional railroad hub, with six different railroad lines meeting in the area.
Essex Junction is located southwest of Essex and is bordered on the south by the Winooski River. The city is 6 miles (10 km) east of downtown Burlington via Vermont Route 15 . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12.3 km 2 ), of which 4.6 square miles (11.8 km 2 ) is land and 0.2 square ...
Essex is located in central Chittenden County, bordered on the south by the Winooski River.Neighboring municipalities are Colchester to the west, Milton at the northwest corner, Westford to the north, Underhill at the northeast corner, Jericho to the east, Williston to the south, and the cities of South Burlington and Essex Junction to the southwest.
Essex Junction, Vermont; C. Chittenden-6-2 Vermont Representative District, 2002–2012; E. Essex High School (Vermont) Essex Junction station; V. Vermont Route 117
A Vermont post office, located on New England Drive in Essex Junction, is getting a pricey makeover, courtesy of the U.S Postal Service. Essex Junction post office tapped for $9 million makeover ...
Chipperfield, Hertfordshire village green and war memorial. A village green is a common open area within a village or other settlement. Historically, a village green was common grassland with a pond for watering cattle and other stock, [citation needed] often at the edge of a rural settlement, used for gathering cattle to bring them later on to a common land for grazing.
Its first town center was about 0.75 miles (1.21 km) south of the present green, and the 1756 relocation of the meeting house to this area was the subject of much debate. This move spurred the construction of houses along what is now Locust Street, which connected the new center to the south coast, and adjacent to the meeting house, where seven ...
Biddenden village sign in Kent of the two maids of Biddenden Old Hunstanton village sign in Norfolk. In many parts of England, an ornamental village sign is erected to announce the village name to those entering the village. They are typically placed on the principal road entrance or in a prominent location such as a village green. The design ...