Glover is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 1,114. It contains two unincorporated villages, Glover and West Glover.

The town is named for Brigadier General John Glover, who served in the American Revolutionary War. He was the prime proprietor of the town.

Glover is home to three museums: the Bread & Puppet Museum, the Glover Historical Society museum, and The Museum of Everyday Life.

Glover's residents include John S. Rodgers, who became the Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 2025.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.6 square miles (100.0&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 37.9 square miles (98.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.7 square mile (1.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) (1.92%) is water.

The surface of the town is uneven, with hills and valleys. The highest elevation is Black Hills, at , in the south part of town. The town drains northward via the northern branches of the Barton River, and southward via branches of the Passumpsic, Lamoille, and Black Rivers, which have their sources here. Four ponds of considerable size also are found here, Parker Pond, in the north, Clark's pond, in the central, and Sweeney pond in the west, as well as Shadow Lake. Shadow Lake was first called Chambers Pond, then Stone Pond about 1822. In 1922 it was given its current name. The Abenaki had called it Pekdabowk, or Smoke Pond. In 1836, a suit against the height of the water retained in a dam to power the sawmills was successful. The suit was motivated in large part by the Runaway Pond catastrophe. The end of the dam power marked the beginning of the end for Slab City.

The unincorporated village of West Glover had a municipal septic system which failed in 2008. This was replaced in 2012. It connected to the main sewage line in Glover village, which in turns was connected to the wastewater treatment facility in adjacent Barton. This was funded by USDA Rural Development Agency.

Demographics

As of the census

Economy

Personal Income

The median income for a household in the town was $46,167. Males had a median income of $25,977 versus $21,172 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,112. About 10.8% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 14.9% of those age 65 or over.

The town is second in the county for the highest percentage of second home ownership.

Transportation

Major Routes

  • 20px VT Route 16

Town maintained roads

The town has of dirt roads. These lose an estimated of gravel annually which must be replaced.

Notable people

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  • Stephen Bliss, Presbyterian minister and member of the Illinois Senate.
  • Emory A. Hebard, Member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont State Treasurer
  • Charles Clark Jamieson, U.S. Army brigadier general
  • John S. Rodgers, Lieutenant governor of Vermont
  • Peter Schumann, founder and director of the Bread & Puppet Theater

References

  • Official website
  • Community history from the Orleans County Historical Society