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Orleans County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Orleans County, Vermont, Orleans County, VT
county in Vermont, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Vermont
- Named after
- Orléans , France
- Shire town
- Newport
- Largest city
- Derby
- Total
- 721 sq mi (1,870 km )
- Land
- 693 sq mi (1,790 km )
- Water
- 28 sq mi (73 km ) 3.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 27,600
- Density
- 39.5/sq mi (15.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
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Encyclopedic overview
Orleans County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,393. Its shire town (county seat) is the city of Newport. The county was created in 1792 and organized in 1799. As in the rest of New England, few governmental powers have been granted to the county. The county is an expedient way of grouping and distributing state-controlled governmental services.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orleans County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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