Dixville, Quebec

Dixville is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated east of Stanstead, in the regional county municipality of Coaticook and the region of Eastern Township.

Dixville
Municipality
Location within Coaticook RCM
Dixville
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45.07°N 71.77°W / 45.07; -71.77[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionEstrie
RCMCoaticook
ConstitutedSeptember 27, 1995
Government
 • MayorRéal Ouimette
 • Federal ridingCompton—Stanstead
 • Prov. ridingSaint-François
Area
 • Total77.40 km2 (29.88 sq mi)
 • Land76.64 km2 (29.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total710
 • Density9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 3.6%
 • Dwellings
291
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0B 1P0
Area code(s)819
Highways Route 141
Route 147
Websitewww.dixville.ca

History

Dixville was originally known as "Drew's Mills", named after a settler, who the early 1800s, had built a saw mill at this location on the Coaticook River. The settlement began around the year 1830; the site was back then part of the Township of Barford. A Mr. Drew set up a dwelling on the banks of the Coaticook River, cleared land to build a sawmill beside a dam which he had built. In 1836, John Wright came to join up with Drew. Soon after, others came to this place and the village became known as Drew's Mills.[4]

Shortly before the turn of the century, it was renamed Dixville, after Richard Dick Baldwin, who was known as "Uncle Dick" by the majority of the town's residents.[5]

The name Saint-Mathieu-de-Dixville was used in the past. It may be the name of the local Roman Catholic church.

Demographics

Population

Population trend:[6]

Census Population Change (%)
2011 710 3.6%
2006 685 8.2%
2001 746 0.7%
1996 751 5.7%
1991 796 N/A

Dam

There is a dam in the municipality at 45° 04' 07" 71° 46' 15"

References
  1. Reference number 306779 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 44023 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2444023) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. Dixville Home inc. celebrates its 50th anniversary, societehistoirecoaticook.ca
  5. History of Dixville, societehistoirecoaticook.ca
  6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census



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