Richford is a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States, located along the Canada–United States border. The population was 2,346 at the 2020 census.

Richford is the birthplace of R. G. LeTourneau, an industrialist who founded LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas.

Richford is the eastern terminus of the Missisquoi Valley Rail-Trail.

Geography

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Richford is located in the northeastern corner of Franklin County, bordered to the north by the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. Orleans County is to the east. Richford, the primary community, is in the northwestern part of the town along the Missisquoi River. Vermont Route 105 passes through the center of town, leading east across the Green Mountains to North Troy and southwest to Enosburg Falls. Vermont Route 139 leads north from the center of Richford to the international border.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.61%, is water. The Missisquoi River enters from Canada and exits to the south; there are no significant lakes or ponds.

Surrounding areas

  • North: Quebec, Canada: East Pinnacle, Abercorn, Glen Sutton, Alva, Domaine Mont Louis, Sutton
  • East: Jay
  • Southeast: Westfield
  • South: Montgomery
  • Southwest: Enosburgh
  • West: Berkshire

History

On October 8, 1908, a grain elevator owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway exploded, killing thirteen people.

Government

The Essex-Orleans Senate district includes the town of Richford, as well as parts or all of Essex County, Orleans County, Franklin County and Lamoille County. It is represented in the Vermont Senate by Vincent Illuzzi (R) and Samuel Douglass (R).

Demographics

As of the census

Notable people

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  • John Blaisdell Corliss, U.S. congressman from Michigan
  • E. Henry Powell, state auditor
  • Max L. Powell, President of the Vermont State Senate
  • Percival L. Shangraw, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court

See also

  • North Branch Missisquoi River, designated Rivière Sutton in Quebec
  • Missisquoi River

References

  • Town of Richford official website
  • Virtual Vermont Richford page