Abercorn, Quebec

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Country	Canada
Abercorn
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Brome-Missisquoi
Historic region	Eastern Townships
Area
- Total	27.22 km² (10.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	366
- Density	13.4/km² (34.7/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	450
Telephone Exchange	538
GNBC Code	EFGJT
NTS Map	031H02

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.

[edit] Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census^[1]:

• Population:	366 (10.9% from 2001)
• Land area:	27.22 km² (10.51 sq mi)
• Population density:	13.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (35 /sq mi)
• Median age:	N/A (males: N/A, females: N/A)
• Total private dwellings:	228
• Dwellings occupied by permanent residents:	162
• Mean household income:	$N/A