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Abercorn is a village in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Québec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2016 Census was 334.[2][4]

Abercorn
Village municipality
Waterfall in the village of Abercorn, Québec
Location within Brome-Missisquoi RCM.
Abercorn Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°02′N 72°40′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Brome-Missisquoi
Historic region	Eastern Townships
Settled	1797
Constituted	June 25, 1929
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Guy Gravel
• Federal riding	Brome—Missisquoi
• Prov. riding	Brome-Missisquoi
Area [2][4]
• Total	27.00 km2 (10.42 sq mi)
• Land	26.72 km2 (10.32 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	334
• Density	12.5/km2 (32/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	14.6%
• Dwellings	236
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0E 1B0
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways	Route 139
Census profile	2446005[4]
MAMROT info	46005[2]
Toponymie info	88[1]

It is bordered by the larger township of Sutton to the north and east, by Frelighsburg to the west, and the town of Richford, Vermont in the United States to the south.

Toponymy

The place was first known as Sheppard's Mills in honor of Thomas Sheppard, one of the first inhabitants in 1879. However, the origin of the name Abercorn remains uncertain. This name is probably related to the title held by James Hamilton (1811-1885), Duke of Abercorn. This title is itself linked to a Scottish village located east of Edinburgh.

History

Thomas Spencer built the first log cabin near Abercorn in 1792. The village was originally called Sheppard's Mills in honour of Thomas Shepard, a New Hampshire loyalist who built the area's first grain and saw mill. Originally part of Sutton, Abercorn was established as a township in 1929.

Geography

The village is located on the northern edge of the Green Mountains in the Sutton Valley, flanked to the west by the Pinnacle and to the east by the Sutton Mountain range. The Sutton river runs through the valley, as does Route 139 and the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway.

Located about 105 km from Montréal via Autoroute 10 and near the ski hills of Mount Sutton, Bromont, Jay Peak, Vermont, and Mont Owl's Head, Abercorn is a popular day trip and vacation spot for Montrealers.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Abercorn had a population of 341 living in 180 of its 240 total private dwellings, a change of 2.1% from its 2016 population of 334. With a land area of 26.72 km² (10.32 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.8/km² (33.1/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Population trend:[6]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2016	334	14.6%
2011	391	6.8%
2006	366	10.9%
2001	330	4.1%
1996	344	7.2%
1991	321	N/A

Mother tongue (2016)[7]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French	200	59.7%
English	115	34.3%

Visible minorities and Aboriginal population
Canada 2016 Census		Population	% of Total Population
Visible minority group Source:[7]	South Asian	0	0
	Chinese	0	0
	Black	0	0
	Filipino	0	0
	Latin American	0	0
	Southeast Asian	0	0
	Arab	0	0
	West Asian	0	0
	Korean	0	0
	Japanese	0	0
	Mixed visible minority	0	0
	Other visible minority	0	0
Total visible minority population		0	0
Aboriginal group Source:[8]	First Nations	45	14.3
	Métis	0	0
	Inuit	0	0
Total Aboriginal population		45	14.3
White		270	85.7
Total population		315	100

See also

• List of village municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

• Eastern Townships: Towns and Villages: Abercorn

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