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Irasburg is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. Irasburg was established in 1781 when the land was granted to Ira Allen, Roger Enos, Jerusha Enos (wife of Roger Enos), Jerusha Enos, Jr. (wife of Ira Allen), Roger Enos, Jr. and others by the Vermont General Assembly.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://oldstonehousemuseum.org/irasburg )〕 Ira Allen later obtained the rights of the other proprietors, and he deeded the town to Jerusha Enos, Jr. as a wedding gift.〔Marjorie A. Orcutt, Edward S. Alexander, (A History of Irasburg, Vermont ), 1989, page 20〕 In 2010 the US census reported that there were 1096 citizens living in Irasburg.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.zip-codes.com/zip-code/05845/zip-code-05845-2010-census.asp )〕 Irasburg has a total land area of , being land and being water. On average, it snows 9 out of the 12 months of the year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Climatography of the United States No. 20 )〕 ==History== The land now known as Irasburg Vermont was granted on February 23, 1781, to Ira Allen, by the General Assembly of Vermont. At this point in time, the lands of Vermont were claimed by both New Hampshire and Maine. The Continental Congress ordered that the land would not be distributed until the inhabitants of Maine, New Hampshire, and the land known as "Vermont" resolved the conflict of who truly owned the land. The General assembly of Vermont ignored this order however and Vermont was granted to 40-70 individuals. Ira Allen, the person known to have been granted the most land, was born in Colchester in 1790 and attended Middlebury College and the University of Vermont. The Allens leased the land which they had received to settlers. Although Ira Allen was the first to be granted land, Irasburg's first settler was Caleb Leach in 1798. No land was conveyed by deed however, until Ira H. Allen, son of Ira Allen, became town resident in 1814 and served as town clerk.〔 Captain James Richardson settled Irasburg in 1803 and is believed to have opened the first tavern in Town.〔 The production of salts and pearl-ashes was the primary industry in Irasburg for the beginning of the 19th century. Although there was an embargo, these goods were transported to Canada. During this time, there was a large amount of smuggling of the salts and pearl-ashes by town residents.〔 Mills emerged in Irasburg as early as 1810. By the 1820s, the town began to prosper as industrial sites began to emerge which included, a woolen mill, tannery, and factory production of stoves and plows.〔 The Old Heerman Mill was located here. In 1812, the legislature voted to change the shire town of Orleans County to Irasburg. Supporting buildings were completed in 1816. In 1812, Irasburg became an Orleans County shire town, and remained this was until 1886.〔 In 1886, the legislature moved the shire town to Newport. The first courthouse and jail were built in 1815, by Irasburg residents at their own expense. The original courthouse was moved in 1847 however, and a new one was built on the same site. The original jail was built of timber, and was replaced by one which was made of stone in 1838. This was eventually made of one made of granite in 1862.〔 In 1862, Company E of the 9th Vermont Infantry was recruited, in part, from Irasburg. In 1877, the town was still spelled "Irasburgh." The Irasburg town hall was built in 1911 and remodeled in 1990. The town was in the national news in 2010 when it appeared that a moose was going to be destroyed for theoretically carrying disease; but mostly because "tamed" wildlife is not allowed in Vermont. The Vermont legislature crafted a law that spared the moose's life. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Irasburg, Vermont」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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