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Formed January 1, 1835 (14th<\/sup> county)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lamoille County (25,939), Hyde Park (432), Morrisville (2,165)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The classy 1910 Colonial Revival and Romanesque courthouse replaced an 1835 version.  The Courthouse is sited on Main Street at Church Street.  Vermont State Highway 100 passes north of the site by one block.  Nichols and Parker provided the red brick designs.  It features a tower with a working clock and veteran memorials on the grounds.  The county was established on January 1, 1835 from parts of Chittenden, Franklin, Orange, and Washington counties as the 14th<\/sup> and final county with Hyde Park as the only county seat.  Lamoille County comes from the French word meaning \u201cseagull.\u201d  The county seat is named for settler Jedediah Hyde.  Lamoille County is the birthplace of 1 Vermont Governor, George W. Hendee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lamoille County government consists of a sheriff, an attorney, and a clerk but doesn\u2019t have a unified government as each township governs.  One Superior Court Judge serves Lamoille County.  The county is in the northern part of the state.  Burlington, Vermont is southwest and Manchester, New Hampshire is southeast of the county.  The county center is 2.1 miles North-Northwest of Hyde Park.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Orleans, Caledonia, Washington, Chittenden, and Franklin counties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area of the county is 461 square miles.  It is 13 out of 14 in the state.  It ranks 12 out of 14 in population in the state.  It has a density of 56.3 persons per square mile making it 8 out of 14 in the state.  <\/a>Lamoille County has 19.0% of its population in its incorporated areas.  There are no Interstates or United States Highways in the county.  The highest point in Vermont, Mount Mansfield, is in the county.  The county looks like a capital letter X.  Hyde Park is located near the center of the county.  Morrisville is directly south of Hyde Park.  Hyde Park is the county seat and Morrisville is the largest city.  Hyde Park is 1.7% of the county population while Morrisville is 8.4% of the county population.  The county is pronounced LA-MOY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Formed January 1, 1835 (14th county) Lamoille County (25,939), Hyde Park (432), Morrisville (2,165) The classy 1910 Colonial Revival and Romanesque courthouse replaced an 1835 version.  The Courthouse is sited on Main Street at Church Street.  Vermont State Highway 100 passes north of the site by one block.  Nichols and Parker provided the red brick … <\/p>\n

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