Lamoille County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. In 2000, its population was 23,233. Its shire town is Hyde Park.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 464 square miles (1,201 km²), of which, 461 square miles (1,194 km²) of it is land and 3 square miles (7 km²) of it (0.60%) is water.
In 2008, the state notified residents of Belvidere, Eden, Hyde Park, Johnson, Waterville and eight towns in the adjac...
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Lamoille County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. In 2000, its population was 23,233. Its shire town is Hyde Park.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 464 square miles (1,201 km²), of which, 461 square miles (1,194 km²) of it is land and 3 square miles (7 km²) of it (0.60%) is water.
In 2008, the state notified residents of Belvidere, Eden, Hyde Park, Johnson, Waterville and eight towns in the adjacent counties of Orleans and Franklin, that a review of health records from 1995 to 2006 had revealed that residents within ten miles (16 km) of the former asbestos mine on Belvidere Mountain had higher than normal rates of contracting asbestosis. The state and federal government continues to study this problem.In April 2009 the Vermont Department of health released a revised study which found that all of deaths related to the asbestos mine were caused by occupational exposure. The report also concluded that people living near the mines had no...
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