Abercorn, Quebec

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Abercorn
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settlement_type = Village
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = flagicon|Canada Canada
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = flagicon|Quebec Quebec
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name2 = Montérégie
subdivision_type3 = RCM
subdivision_name3 = Brome-Missisquoi
subdivision_type4 = Historic region
subdivision_name4 = Eastern Townships
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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Jean-Charles Bissonnette
leader_title1 =MP
leader_name1 =Christian Ouellet
leader_title2 =MNA
leader_name2 =Pierre Paradis
established_title = Settled
established_date = 1797
established_title2 = Incorporated
established_date2 = 1929
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population_total = 366
population_density_km2 = 13.4
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postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = J0E 1B0
area_code = 450
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Abercorn (2006 population 366) is a village in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Canada. Ranked 3,426 in terms of population among Quebec municipalities, it is situated in the southeastern Regional County Municipality of Brome-Missisquoi in the administrative region of the Montérégie. It is bordered by the larger township of Sutton, Quebec to the north and east, by Frelighsburg to the west, and the town of Richford, Vermont in the United States to the south.

The village is located on the northern edge of the Green Mountains in the Sutton Valley, flanked to the west by the Pinnacle and to the east by the Sutton Mountain range. The Sutton River runs through the valley, as does Route 139 and the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway.

Located about 105 km from Montreal via Autoroute 10 and near the ski hills of Mount Sutton,
Bromont, Quebec, Jay Peak, Vermont, and Mont Owl's Head, Abercorn is a popular day trip and vacation spot for Montrealers.

Thomas Spencer built the first log cabin near Abercorn in 1792. The village was originally called Sheppard’s Mills in honor of Thomas Sheppard, a New Hampshire loyalist who built the area's first grain and saw mill. Originally part of Sutton, Abercorn was established as a township in 1929.

Demographics

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References

* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=301&SR=4&S=1&O=A&RPP=100&SRCH=1 Abercorn's Population Data]
* [http://www.easterntownships.org/ATRCE/en/modules/visite/villes_et_villages/description.php?municipalite=46005 Eastern Townships: Towns and Villages: Abercorn]

Geographic Location
Centre = Abercorn
Northwest = Dunham
North = Sutton
Northeast = Sutton
West = Frelighsburg
East = Sutton
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