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Town Hall: 6894 Vt. Rte. 113, Vershire, Vt. 05079; 685-2227
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Town Clerk/Treasurer/Selectboard Secretary: Naomi LaBarr, 685-2227
Selectboard: Richard L. Johnson, 333-4528; Louis Cadwell (chairman), 685-3070; Arthur Sylvester (meets on alternate Tuesdays at 7 p.m.)
Administrative Officer: Katherine Sanso, 685-2227
Constable: vacant
Listers: Katherine Sanso (head lister), Larry Matteau, Celia Thorsson
Agent: Martin Ward
Energy Coordinator: vacant
Grand Juror: Edward C. Grant
Delinquent Tax Collector: Robert P. Youngquist
Health Officer: Charles Zue, 685-3182
Police, Fire, Ambulance and FAST Squad Emergency: 911
Orange County Sheriff: non-emergency, 685-4875
State Police: Bradford Barracks, 222-4680
Justices of the Peace: James Gardner, Geraldine Coleman, Danielle Sweet, Sue Kruse, Debra Griffin
Postmaster: Melanie Bacon, 685-3046
Vershire Historical Society: Rita French, 333-9296
Children's Community Library: 685-9982
Planning Commission: Doug Haun (chairman), 685-7837; Timo Bradley; Bill Bayliss; Marc McKee; Alden Smith; Dan Smithwick
Rivendell School Board, Vershire: Dale Ricker; Jack Kruse (meets second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Rivendell Academy)
Superintendent: Noelle Vitt, 353-2170
Westshire Elementary School: 333-4668
Year incorporated or chartered: 1781
Land area: 36 square miles
Percent private and public conserved lands: 1.3
Population:
2000: 629
1990: 560
Number of families: 174
Average family size: 2.94
Income:
Per capita: $16,162
Median family income: $40,714
Median household income: $37,132
Employment:
Residents working in community: 23.9%
Unemployment rate: 2.2%
Top five industries in which residents work:
1. Educational services
2. Manufacturing, durable goods
3. Construction
4. Other professional, related services
5. Retail trade
Housing Units:
Owner occupied: 208
Renter occupied: 53
Vacant: 117
2001 Equalized tax rate: $2.15*
Full-time police department: No
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools:
Elementary: none
Middle-junior high: none
High school: none
The Sarah Drew hiking trail on Patterson Mountain was donated to the town by Sarah Drew for public hiking. The hike takes approximately one hour, and the trailhead is located in Vershire Center.
The Vershire Town Center was originally built as a Methodist church circa 1870. The Advent Christian Society purchased the building from the Methodist church in 1912 and moved it from Copperfield (also known as the Ely Copper Mines area) to South Vershire. In 1973, the historical society purchased the building, and in 1978 the building was moved again-- about four miles, to Vershire Village on Route 113 -- and at that time was given to the town for use as the town hall, for town meetings, elections and other town functions.
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