Gore (Vermont)
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A gore (or a grant), in the U.S. state of Vermont, is an unincorporated portion of a county that is not part of any town and has limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited). The state of Vermont has 255 political units, or "places". This includes 237 towns, 9 cities, 5 unorganized towns, 3 gores, and 1 grant.
Historically, gores were generally the result of survey errors when the land was first surveyed and the towns layed out. A gore would lie in an area between two (supposedly abutting) towns but would technically be in neither. Surrounding towns have been known to attribute and absorb a gore - e.g. the gore between Tunbridge and Royalton was eventually attributed to Tunbridge.
A gore featured prominently in the horror novel of the same name by Vermont author Joseph A. Citro.
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Vermont's gores and its grant:
| Gore | County | 2000 Population | Area in km² (mi²)
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| [link] | Averys Gore, Vermont | Essex County, Vermont | 0 | 45.6 km² (17.6 mi²)
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| [link] | Buels Gore, Vermont | Chittenden County, Vermont | 12 | 13.1 km² (5.1 mi²)
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| [link] | Warner's Grant, Vermont | Essex County, Vermont | 0 | 8.2 km² (3.2 mi²)
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| [link] | Warren's Gore, Vermont | Essex County, Vermont | 10 | 30.0 km² (11.6 mi²)
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