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51-475: Shoreham / ˈ ʃ ɔː r əm / is a town in Addison County, Vermont , United States. The population was 1,260 at the 2020 census . Shoreham is located in western Addison County along the shore of Lake Champlain . The western boundary of the town, which follows the center of the lake, is also the state border with New York . Neighboring Vermont towns are Bridport to the north, Cornwall and Whiting to

102-683: A drinking contest with British soldiers in order to escape capture. Millard Barnes, owner of the St. Frederic Inn, claimed that the tavern in the inn was the location of the legendary drinking bout. In fact, the tavern was built in the mid-1780s, a decade after the exploits of the Green Mountain Boys. The original Lake Champlain Bridge, although unidentified, played a prominent part in the 2000 supernatural thriller What Lies Beneath , directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. In

153-630: A historic rural post office. Exhibits and special events present the story of the three early cultures in the Chimney Point area — prehistoric and historic Native American, French colonial, and early American after the Revolutionary War. The park hosts the annual Northeast Open Atlatl Championship and workshops on Native American techniques of atlatl and dart construction, flint knapping, hafting stone points, and cordage making. Chimney Point Historic Site and Crown Point State Historic Site across

204-486: A household in the town was $ 39,375, and the median income for a family was $ 43,958. Males had a median income of $ 27,321 versus $ 21,912 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 17,650. About 4.9% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over. Early in the morning of May 10, 1775, American and Green Mountain Boy militias under

255-508: A lake controlled by the British navy. With the end of the Revolutionary War in the mid-1780s, Benjamin Paine built a tavern at Chimney Point and began a ferry service across the lake. By 1826, the ferry was powered by horses and made scheduled crossings to the town of Port Henry , about 3 miles away. The tavern was later enclosed in brick by Asahel Barnes, whose family acquired it in 1821. In 1890,

306-612: A narrows. It is one of the earliest settled and most strategic sites in the Champlain Valley. For thousands of years, the locale was occupied by Native Americans. In 1731 it was settled by the French, who built fortifications and houses on both sides of the lake. Along with the Crown Point peninsula across the narrows, the area was the site of conflicts between Great Britain and France as they struggled for control of North America. During

357-508: A small stone defense at Chimney Point that he, 12 soldiers, and 20 Mohawk allies occupied for about a month. In 1731, the French occupied the area, first building a stockade fort on the bluff at Pointe-à-la-Chevelure, today's Chimney Point. In 1734 or 1735, they began construction on the stone Fort St. Frédéric on the west side of the lake. At first both sides were considered part of a single royal domaine with Louis XV as seigneur . In 1743, Gilles Hocquart , Intendant of New France ,

408-590: A steam ferry, the G.R. Sherman made the crossings on a greatly expanded schedule. Also in the 1890s, Millard Barnes enlarged the tavern and operated it as a summer resort, the St. Frederic Inn. Chimney Point was a stop for passenger steamboats that traveled the lake. The first Lake Champlain Bridge connecting Chimney Point and Crown Point was built from June 1928 to August 1929. It was dedicated on August 29, 1929, with 40,000 people in attendance. Vermont Governor John E. Weeks and New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt , three years before his election as president, met at

459-597: A turning point for the American independence against British. Addison County was established by act of the Legislature October 18, 1785, during the period of Vermont Republic . In 1791, Vermont joined the federal union after the original thirteen colonies. The main product of the county was wheat. In the 1820s, farmers began to raise sheep. The Champlain Canal was opened in 1823, making it possible for ships to navigate from

510-406: Is bounded by Lake Champlain and Hospital Creek. At its narrowest, Lake Champlain is about .3 miles (0.48 km) across at Chimney Point. The Lake Champlain Bridge is one of only two bridges across the lake in its length of 125 miles (201 km). The spot is a favorite with anglers. A boat launch at Chimney Point allows access to the lake. Archeologists have found evidence of human habitation in

561-476: Is the first regular passenger rail route in the county since the Rutland Railroad discontinued service in 1953. Vermont Translines , an intercity bus carrier and interline partner with Greyhound and Amtrak, serves Addison County from Middlebury and Vergennes as well. Chimney Point, Vermont Chimney Point is a peninsula in the town of Addison, Vermont , which juts into Lake Champlain forming

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612-424: Is water. The village of Shoreham is located at the intersection of Vermont Route 22A and Vermont Route 74 . As of the census of 2000, there were 1,222 people, 453 households, and 342 families residing in the town. The population density was 28.1 people per square mile (10.8 people/km). There were 556 housing units at an average density of 12.8 units per square mile (4.9 units/km). The racial makeup of

663-503: The 2010 United States Census , there were 36,821 people, 14,084 households, and 9,340 families living in the county. The population density was 48.0 inhabitants per square mile (18.5/km ). There were 16,760 housing units at an average density of 21.9 per square mile (8.5/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 95.3% white, 1.4% Asian, 0.8% black or African American, 0.2% American Indian, 0.5% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.9% of

714-474: The American Revolutionary War , Chimney Point was occupied at different times by both the American and British armies. With the end of the war in 1783, American settlers returned to the Champlain Valley. In 1785, regular ferry service across the lake was established to and from Chimney Point. A tavern, once visited by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, served travelers and the community. In 1929,

765-630: The Hudson River . In 1840, the county produced more wool than any other county in the United States. When Vermont was admitted into the Union in 1791, there were 9,267 people living in Addison County. By 1830, the population had grown to 26,503 people. In 2008, the federal government declared the county a disaster area after severe storms and flooding June 14–17. According to the U.S. Census Bureau ,

816-620: The Marble Valley Regional Transit District , respectively. Although the majority of rides are provided through the Shuttle Bus System, ACTR also operates a Dial-A-Ride System. This system enhances ACTR's ability to provide comprehensive transportation alternatives for all Addison County residents. The Dial-A-Ride System includes programs that focus on specialized populations including elders, persons with disabilities, low-income families and individuals, as well as

867-581: The Nine Years War in Europe. With sparse numbers of colonists, both sides made allies among Native American peoples to aid them in their warfare. In 1690, the British governor of New York sent Captain Jacobus de Warm from Albany with orders to watch the French and Indians from Canada on Lake Champlain and to “endeavor to despoil, plunder and do them all injury as enemies, according to the usages of war.” De Warm built

918-566: The Chimney Point area for as long as 7,500 years. Native Americans camped, hunted, and fished at Chimney Point. Their tools show they adapted to a warming climate and moved with the seasons to hunt, fish, and gather food. They made spear throwers and stone spear points for hunting animals, and stone tools for cutting, scraping, and working wood and other stone. In the Woodland period, the native peoples made ceramic pots for storage of foodstuff, water, and use with foods and produce. Samuel de Champlain

969-544: The Chimney Point-Crown Point narrows. Archeologists from the University of Vermont surveyed the area and worked with engineers and construction crews to protect historically significant sites. Numerous discoveries were made at Chimney Point, include the location of the 1731 French Fort and the foundation of the chimney that likely gave the peninsula its name. A new Lake Champlain Bridge , designed by Ted Zoli of

1020-539: The age of 18 living with them, 57.40% were married couples living together, 8.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.30% were non-families. 23.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.02. Age distribution was 24.90% under the age of 18, 12.50% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 11.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

1071-457: The area from mid-October to early November 1776. Lieutenant General John Burgoyne and his army of 8000 men returned to Crown Point briefly in late June 1777 before continuing south to Ticonderoga and Mount Independence. German troops from the Duchy of Brunswick under command of Major General Friedrich Adolf Riedesel camped at Chimney Point. For the rest of the war, Chimney Point was a no man's land on

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1122-498: The center of the bridge. For 80 years, the bridge was a crucial link in the life and economy of the Champlain Valley, promoting tourism and tying the two sides of the lake together commercially and socially. The bridge closed with almost no warning on October 16, 2009, after New York inspectors discovered serious deterioration of the piers. The bridge was demolished two months later. Ferry service reopened early in 2010, carrying more than 1.5 million vehicles and 2.6 passengers across

1173-471: The command of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold sailed across Lake Champlain from Hand's Cove, in what is today Shoreham, to take part in the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga . Addison County, Vermont Addison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont . As of the 2020 census , the population was 37,363. Its shire town ( county seat ) is the town of Middlebury . Iroquois settled in

1224-516: The county before Europeans arrived in 1609. French settlers in Crown Point, New York , extended their settlements across Lake Champlain . A few individuals or families came up the lake from Canada and established themselves at Chimney Point in 1730. In 1731, Fort Frederic was erected at Cross Point. In 1759, General Amherst occupied Cross Point and British settlers came in. The Battle of Bennington in Bennington, fought on August 16, 1777, brought

1275-457: The county has a total area of 808 square miles (2,090 km ), of which 766 square miles (1,980 km ) is land and 41 square miles (110 km ) (5.1%) is water. It is the third-largest county in Vermont by total area. Addison County is located in the western half of the state of Vermont and nearly in the center north and south; between 43° 50′ and 44° 10′ north latitude. The primary stream of

1326-410: The county is Otter Creek , which runs through the county from the south to the north. According to the 2000 census , there were 35,974 people, 13,068 households and 9,108 families living in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile (18 people/km ). There were 15,312 housing units at an average density of 20 units per square mile (7.7 units/km ). The racial makeup of

1377-521: The county voted for National Republican Party candidate John Quincy Adams . In 1832 , the county voted for Anti-Masonic Party candidate William Wirt . From William Henry Harrison in 1836 to Winfield Scott in 1852 , the state would vote the Whig Party candidates. From John C. Frémont in 1856 to Richard Nixon in 1960 , the Republican Party would have a 104-year winning streak in

1428-532: The county was 96.86% White , 0.54% Black or African American , 0.26% Native American , 0.73% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 0.29% from other races , and 1.29% from two or more races. 1.10% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 15.5% were of English , 12.7% American , 12.0% French , 10.8% French Canadian , 10.8% Irish and 6.7% German ancestry. 96.0% spoke English , 1.8% French and 1.2% Spanish as their first language. There were 13,068 households, of which 34.40% had children under

1479-510: The county. In 1964 , the county was won by Democratic Party incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson , who became not only the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the county, but to win the state of Vermont entirely. Following the Democrats victory in 1964, the county went back to voting for Republican candidates for another 16 year winning streak starting with Richard Nixon in 1968 and ending with Ronald Reagan in 1984 , who became

1530-632: The defeat of the American fleet at the Battle of Valcour Island , the Crown Point-Chimney Point narrows remained an advanced outpost and naval base. With the approach of the British on October 13, 1776, the Americans destroyed defenses and buildings. Settlers on both sides of the lake fled south, leaving, wrote one observer, their houses and all their possessions “to the enemy, or to the flames.” The British under Governor General Guy Carleton occupied

1581-410: The east side of the lake and 19 on the west. The French settlement at Pointe-à-la-Chevelure was close to major fighting in the French and Indian War, which took place at the southern end of Lake George (Lac du Saint-Sacrement) and at Fort Ticonderoga (Carillon). When Major Robert Rogers , commander of the provincial ranger forces, scouted Fort St. Frédéric in early May 1756, he found settlements on

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1632-559: The east, and Orwell to the south. Ticonderoga, New York , is to the west across Lake Champlain, accessible in the summertime by the Ticonderoga–Larrabees Point Ferry , a diesel-powered cable ferry . According to the United States Census Bureau , Shoreham has a total area of 46.4 square miles (120.1 km), of which 43.4 square miles (112.5 km) is land and 2.9 square miles (7.6 km), or 6.36%,

1683-499: The engineering firm HNTB, was constructed in two years, opening on November 8, 2011. Although the new bridge utilizes a different structural design, its central arch recreates the graceful lines of the earlier bridge. The new bridge has bicycle lanes and sidewalks for pedestrians. Noted Swedish-Finnish explorer and naturalist Pehr (Peter) Kalm visited the French settlement at Pointe-à-la-Chevelure in July 1749, staying more than two weeks. In

1734-536: The film, the ghost of a murdered university student lies in the water beneath the bridge. In 1966, the State of Vermont bought the Chimney Point property to protect it from private development. In 1971, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its long and significant history. The state restored the tavern, and in 1991 reopened it as a museum. It has one of the most intact early tap rooms as well as

1785-474: The first Lake Champlain Bridge opened. It increased traffic and improved communication between Vermont and upstate New York. Following the discovery of deterioration in the piers in 2009, that bridge was demolished and replaced by a new bridge, which opened in 2011. Chimney Point is a Vermont State Historic Site, preserving a 1785 tavern and presenting the story of three cultures, Native American, French Colonial, and early-American. The Chimney Point peninsula

1836-571: The lake. On July 7, 1776, a council of generals presided over by Major General Philip Schuyler , commander of the Northern Department, ordered the army to withdraw from Crown Point and to fortify a peninsula opposite Fort Ticonderoga, later named Mount Independence . Among reasons for the withdrawal, Schuyler believed that American fortifications on the Crown Point side of the lake would be vulnerable to cannon fire from Chimney Point. Until

1887-498: The lake. A remaining chimney on the east shore gave the area its new English name, Chimney Point. On the west side of the lake, the British built massive Fort Crown Point with forty-foot-high walls and a six-acre parade ground, but it was destroyed by fire in 1773. When a British engineer inspected the fort in 1774, he found it to be “an amazing useless mass of Earth only.” During the American Revolution, Chimney Point's fate

1938-606: The last Republican presidential candidate to win the county. In 1988 , the county was won by Michael Dukakis and has been won by Democratic candidates ever since. Addison County has the following high schools: Addison County is also home to two institutions of higher learning , Middlebury College and the Community College of Vermont , both located in Middlebury . The Middlebury State Airport serves private aviation for Addison County. Commercial airlines are available to

1989-704: The night May 31, the party stayed in the tavern at Chimney Point. Madison observed, “On Crown point is one family only. On the opposite side the country is well inhabited.” A tavern at Chimney Point was featured in the popular 1839 romance, The Green Mountain Boys: A Historical Tale of the Early Settlement of Vermont by Daniel Pierce Thompson . In the novel, which Thompson claimed was based upon "incidents which actually occurred," Green Mountain Boys leaders Ethan Allen and Charles Warrington (a fictionalized Seth Warner ) engage in

2040-668: The north at Burlington International Airport in Chittenden County, and to the south at Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport in Rutland County. Public bus service in Addison County is operated by Tri-Valley Transit (formerly ACTR). There is extensive bus service around Middlebury with connections to Vergennes, New Haven and Bristol, seasonal service to Middlebury Snow Bowl, as well as commuter buses to Burlington and Rutland operated in conjunction with Green Mountain Transit and

2091-493: The population. In terms of ancestry, 18.1% were English , 17.2% were Irish , 12.0% were German , 7.5% were American , 7.2% were French Canadian , 5.9% were Italian , and 5.3% were Scottish . Of the 14,084 households, 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 33.7% were non-families, and 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size

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2142-439: The third volume of his Travels into North America , he included detailed descriptions of the lives of soldiers, the houses at the settlement, Fort St. Frédéric, the wind-mill, and the plants, animals, and minerals of the area. In 1791, future presidents Thomas Jefferson , then Secretary of State, and Congressman James Madison , accompanied by slaves James Hemings and Matthew, toured upstate New York and eastern New England. On

2193-550: The town was 98.53% White , 0.65% African American , 0.25% Native American , 0.33% Asian , and 0.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.49% of the population. There were 453 households, out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.7% were couples living together and joined in either marriage or civil union , 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.0% had someone living alone who

2244-661: The visually impaired. Those eligible for Medicaid, Reach Up, are aged 60+ or with a disability may be eligible for free transportation. Nearly 40 Volunteer Drivers work with ACTR to provide these rides. Additional information about ACTR's transportation services are available at www.actr-vt.org. Amtrak 's daily Ethan Allen Express train serves two stations in Addison County: Middlebury and Ferrisburgh–Vergennes . The train makes major stops in Burlington , Rutland , Albany , and New York City . Begun in July 2022, this

2295-414: The west side of the lake largely abandoned and was able to observe the fort from across the lake. The party slaughtered 23 head of cattle before returning to Fort William Henry on Lake George. In the summer of 1759, as British Major General Jeffery Amherst and his army of 12,000 men seized Ticonderoga, the French retreated north to Canada, blowing up Fort St. Frédéric and burning houses on both sides of

2346-471: Was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.88. The median age was 41.3 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 55,800 and the median income for a family was $ 67,721. Males had a median income of $ 43,643 versus $ 34,486 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 26,599. About 5.7% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over. In 1828 ,

2397-595: Was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.40 males. The median household income was $ 43,142, and the median family income was $ 49,351. Males had a median income of $ 31,836 versus $ 24,416 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 19,539. About 5.10% of families and 8.60% of the population were below the poverty line , including 9.10% of those under age 18 and 8.00% of those age 65 or over. For historical populations since 1900, see Historical U.S. Census totals for Addison County, Vermont As of

2448-459: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.08. In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 27.5% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males. The median income for

2499-587: Was closely tied to that of Crown Point. A small British garrison at Crown Point was captured by Americans under Captain Seth Warner on May 11, 1775. For nearly a year-and-a-half afterwards, the narrows was an important base for the American army and for their vessels of war on the lake. Headquarters was on the west side of the lake, but Chimney Point was occupied as well. During the American retreat from Canada in June and early July 1776, sick men were cared for on both sides of

2550-455: Was granted a seigneurie of approximately 115,000 acres (47,000 ha) on the east shore of the lake, much of today's Addison County . French settlement on Lake Champlain was both military and agricultural with farms on both sides of the lake. The population of settlers at Pointe-à-la-Chevelure peaked at the beginning of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), at approximately 150 with 21 houses on

2601-535: Was the first European to explore the lake that settlers later named for him. In 1609 he traveled at least as far south as present-day Ticonderoga , 13 miles (21 km) from Chimney Point. There were years of conflict between the French and English in North America as they competed for power, territory, and the fur trade. King William's War continued with actions from 1688 to 1697 as the North American front of

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