Dixville, Quebec

45°04′N 71°46′W / 45.07°N 71.77°W / 45.07; -71.77^[1]Country CanadaProvince QuebecRegionEstrieRCMCoaticookConstitutedSeptember 27, 1995Government • MayorRéal Ouimette • Federal ridingCompton—Stanstead • Prov. ridingSaint-FrançoisArea • Total77.40 km² (29.88 sq mi) • Land76.56 km² (29.56 sq mi)Population • Total732 • Density9.6/km² (25/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021 5.2% • Dwellings303Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)Area code819Highways R-141
R-147Websitewww.dixville.ca

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

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 (%)
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

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

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec

References

External links

• Media related to Dixville, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
• (in French) Official site