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

Dixville
Municipality
Location within Coaticook RCM
Dixville Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45.07°N 71.77°W / 45.07; -71.77[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Coaticook
Constituted	September 27, 1995
Government [2]
• Mayor	Réal Ouimette
• Federal riding	Compton—Stanstead
• Prov. riding	Saint-François
Area [2][3]
• Total	77.40 km2 (29.88 sq mi)
• Land	76.56 km2 (29.56 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	732
• Density	9.6/km2 (25/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	5.2%
• Dwellings	303
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0B 1P0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 141 Route 147
Website	www.dixville.ca

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"

References

External links

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

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