Official Name: | Fairlee, Vermont |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Vermont#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Fairlee |
Coordinates: | 43.9078°N -72.1422°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Vermont |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Orange |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Fairlee |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.71 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.56 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.15 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population: | 198 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 430 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 05045 |
Area Code: | 802 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 50-25600 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2586631 |
Fairlee is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Fairlee, Orange County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 198 [2] out of 988 in the entire town of Fairlee.
The CDP is on the eastern edge of Orange County, in the southeastern part of the town of Fairlee. It is bordered to the east by the Connecticut River, which forms the Vermont–New Hampshire border. The town of Orford, New Hampshire, is to the east across the river. U.S. Route 5 passes through the center of the village, and Interstate 91 runs along the western edge. Both highways lead north 7miles to Bradford and south the same distance to Thetford. Vermont Route 25A leads east to the Samuel Morey Memorial Bridge across the Connecticut River, at which point it becomes New Hampshire Route 25A, leading into Orford.