| Official Name: | Shoreham, Vermont |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vermont |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Addison |
| Parts Type: | Communities |
| Parts: | Shoreham Cream Hill East Shoreham Richville |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 120.1 |
| Area Land Km2: | 112.5 |
| Area Water Km2: | 7.6 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1260 |
| Population Density Km2: | 11.2 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 105 |
| Elevation Ft: | 344 |
| Coordinates: | 43.8919°N -73.3125°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 05770 |
| Area Code: | 802 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 50-65050[1] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1462209[2] |
Shoreham is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,260 at the 2020 census.[3]
Shoreham is located in western Addison County along the shore of Lake Champlain. The western boundary of the town, which follows the center of the lake, is also the state border with New York. Neighboring Vermont towns are Bridport to the north, Cornwall and Whiting to the east, and Orwell to the south. Ticonderoga, New York, is to the west across Lake Champlain, accessible in the summertime by the Ticonderoga–Larrabees Point Ferry, a diesel-powered cable ferry.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Shoreham has a total area of 120.1sqkm, of which 112.5sqkm is land and 7.6sqkm, or 6.36%, is water.[4]
The village of Shoreham is located at the intersection of Vermont Route 22A and Vermont Route 74.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,222 people, 453 households, and 342 families residing in the town. The population density was 28.1/mi2. There were 556 housing units at an average density of 12.8/mi2. The racial makeup of the town was 98.53% White, 0.65% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.33% Asian, and 0.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.49% of the population.
There were 453 households, out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.7% were couples living together and joined in either marriage or civil union, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 27.5% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $39,375, and the median income for a family was $43,958. Males had a median income of $27,321 versus $21,912 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,650. About 4.9% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.
Early in the morning of May 10, 1775, American and Green Mountain Boy militias under the command of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold sailed across Lake Champlain from Hand's Cove, in what is today Shoreham, to take part in the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga.