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 | |
|---|---|
Location within Coaticook RCM | |
Dixville Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°04′N 71°46′W / 45.07°N 71.77°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Coaticook |
| Constituted | September 27, 1995 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Réal Ouimette |
| • Federal riding | Compton—Stanstead |
| • Prov. riding | Saint-François |
| Area | |
| • Total | 77.40 km2 (29.88 sq mi) |
| • Land | 76.56 km2 (29.56 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 732 |
| • Density | 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 5.2% |
| • Dwellings | 303 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways | R-141 R-147 |
| Website | www |
History edit
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 edit
Population edit
Population trend:[6]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 732 | 3.6% |
| 2016 | 696 | 2.0% |
| 2011 | 710 | 3.6% |
| 2006 | 685 | 8.2% |
| 2001 | 746 | 0.7% |
| 1996 | 751 | 5.7% |
| 1991 | 796 | N/A |
Dam edit
There is a dam in the municipality at 45° 04' 07" 71° 46' 15"
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 306779". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 44023". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Dixville, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
- ^ Dixville Home inc. celebrates its 50th anniversary, societehistoirecoaticook.ca
- ^ History of Dixville, societehistoirecoaticook.ca
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
External links edit
- Media related to Dixville, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
- (in French) Official site