Grand Isle County
Grand Isle County is the smallest and most northwesterly of Vermont’s 14 counties. It is the only county in the contiguous United States that does not have a land border with any other part of the United States. It consists of islands in Lake Champlain and a peninsula that extends from Canada. Grand Isle links west to New York State by bridge from the town of Alburg, east by bridge to Franklin County at Swanton, south to Chittenden County by causeway, and north to the Haut-Richelieu Memorial Municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec.
The U.S. census of 2000 indicates Grand Isle has a population of just under 7,000. The shire town is North Hero. Of the county’s 2,761 households, 31.20% included children under the age of 18. The average household size comprised 2.50 persons, and the average family size was 2.93. The median household income was just over $43,000, the median family income was just under $49,000. Grand Isle has a number of elementary schools, but high school students attend classes in nearby Franklin and Chittenden counties.
Dairy farming is the principal industry in Grand Isle, but the county also boasts a number of tourist attractions that include the Isle La Motte Shrine and a popular winery.
For information on the five towns of Grand Isle County, we suggest you log onto wikipedia.com and search for:
| Alburg | Grand Isle |
| Isle La Motte | North Hero |
| South Hero |
With information from WIkipedia.org
