Dixville | |
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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 |
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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 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.
Population trend: [6]
Census | Population | Change (%) |
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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 |
There is a dam in the municipality at 45° 04' 07" 71° 46' 15"