Westmore, Vermont - Lake Willoughby, Barton River, Lake Region Union High School, Mount Pisgah, Orleans Central Supervisory Union (Paperback)

Chapters: Lake Willoughby, Barton River, Lake Region Union High School, Mount Pisgah, Orleans Central Supervisory Union, North Country Supervisory Union, Essex-Caledonia-Orleans Vermont Representative District, 2002-2012. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Westmore, Vermont - High schools students are sent to Lake Region Union High School. The town pays an assessment for this and elects a board member to the Orleans Central Supervisory Union. Originally named Westford, the town was chartered on August 17, 1781. Since Chittenden County had a town named Westford, in 1787 the name was changed to Westmore. The first vacation house was built on the lake in 1860. It is known as the "Cheney House, after an owner in the late 19th century. Westmore never attracted many settlers. The town's peak population was in the census year of 1880 with 485 people. Before he became famous, Robert Frost camped here in the summer of 1909 with his family. Songadeewin Camp for girls was located here in the 1920s-1940s. In 1970, the state of Vermont acquired 7,600 acres (3,100 ha) as part of Willoughby State Forest, which included the Cheney House. Nudity is legal throughout Vermont, though in 2007-8, the town discussed whether to ban nudity, aimed at sunbathers on the south beach of Lake Willoughby. Having closely approximated the state's voting percentages for governor, in 2006, and president in 2004, Westmore was considered one of six "bellwether" towns for the 2008 general election. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 37.5 square miles (97.0 km), of which, 34.5 square miles (89.4 km) of it is land and 2.9 square miles (7.6 km) of it (7.85%) is water. One of the town's most prominent features is Lake Willoughby. The lake has a maxi...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=137384