North Hero is a town in and the shire town (county seat) of Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States. The population was 939 at the 2020 census.
The town was named in honor of the American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen.
Government
thumb|left|Grand Isle County Courthouse
The North Hero Town Office is at 3541 US Route 2 and shares a building with the town community center.
Geography
North Hero is in the center of Grand Isle County and occupies the entire North Hero Island in Lake Champlain, as well as Knight Island, Butler Island, and a handful of much smaller islands. The town is bordered to the north by Alburgh, to the west by Isle La Motte, and to the south by the town of Grand Isle, all in Grand Isle County. To the east, across Lake Champlain, are the towns of St. Albans and Swanton in Franklin County, Vermont, while to the southwest, across the western arm of Lake Champlain, is the town of Beekmantown in Clinton County, New York.
U.S. Route 2 crosses North Hero from north to south, departing the town in the north by a bridge over the Alburg Passage into the town of Alburgh, and in the south by a bridge over The Gut to South Hero Island (Grand Isle).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of North Hero has an area of , of which is land and , or 71.11%, is water.
Demographics
As of the census
Notable person
- Bernie Sanders, former mayor of Burlington (1981–1989), U.S. Senator from Vermont since 2007
References
External links
- Town of North Hero official website
- North Hero State Park