Dixville, Quebec

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Dixville
Municipality
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Location within Coaticook RCM
Location within Coaticook RCM
Dixville is located in Southern Quebec
Dixville
Dixville
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°04′N 71°46′W / 45.07°N 71.77°W / 45.07; -71.77Coordinates: 45°04′N 71°46′W / 45.07°N 71.77°W / 45.07; -71.77[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionEstrie
RCMCoaticook
ConstitutedSeptember 27, 1995
Government
[2]
 • MayorRéal Ouimette
 • Federal ridingCompton—Stanstead
 • Prov. ridingSaint-François
Area
[2][3]
 • Total77.40 km2 (29.88 sq mi)
 • Land76.64 km2 (29.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total710
 • Density9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 3.6%
 • Dwellings
291
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0B 1P0
Area code(s)819
Highways Route 141
Route 147
Websitewww.dixville.ca

Dixville is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated east of Stanstead, in the regional county municipality of Coaticook and the region of Eastern Township.

History[]

Dixville was originally known as "Drew's Mills", named after a settler, who the early 1800s, had built a saw mill at this location on the Coaticook River. The settlement began around the year 1830; the site was back then part of the Township of Barford. A Mr. Drew set up a dwelling on the banks of the Coaticook River, cleared land to build a sawmill beside a dam which he had built. In 1836, John Wright came to join up with Drew. Soon after, others came to this place and the village became known as Drew's Mills.[4]

Shortly before the turn of the century, it was renamed Dixville, after Richard Dick Baldwin, who was known as "Uncle Dick" by the majority of the town's residents.[5]

The name Saint-Mathieu-de-Dixville was used in the past. It may be the name of the local Roman Catholic church.

Demographics[]

Population[]

Population trend:[6]

Census Population Change (%)
2011 710 Increase 3.6%
2006 685 Decrease 8.2%
2001 746 Decrease 0.7%
1996 751 Decrease 5.7%
1991 796 N/A

Dam[]

There is a dam in the municipality at 45° 04' 07" 71° 46' 15"

References[]

  1. ^ Reference number 306779 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Geographic code 44023 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "(Code 2444023) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ^ Dixville Home inc. celebrates its 50th anniversary, societehistoirecoaticook.ca
  5. ^ History of Dixville, societehistoirecoaticook.ca
  6. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

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