Lunenburg, Vermont

Lunenburg, Vermont
Town
Mount Orne Covered Bridge between Lunenburg and South Lancaster, NH
Location in Essex County and the state of Vermont.
Location of Vermont in the United States
Coordinates: 44°28′4″N 71°41′14″W / 44.46778°N 71.68722°W / 44.46778; -71.68722Coordinates: 44°28′4″N 71°41′14″W / 44.46778°N 71.68722°W / 44.46778; -71.68722
Country	United States
State	Vermont
County	Essex
Area
• Total	45.8 sq mi (118.6 km2)
• Land	45.1 sq mi (116.7 km2)
• Water	0.7 sq mi (1.8 km2)
Elevation	1,296 ft (395 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,302
• Density	29/sq mi (11.2/km2)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	05904, 05906
Area code(s)	802
FIPS code	50-41425
GNIS feature ID	1462139

Lunenburg is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,302 at the 2010 census, the most populous in Essex County. The name stems from one of the titles for Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunenburg.

Lunenburg contains the villages of West Lunenburg, South Lunenburg, and Gilman, and is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Lunenburg was the home of Vermont State Representative Adino Nye Bell.

Lunenburg is also believed to have inspired the Robert Frost poem "The Mountain", which takes place in a town called Lunenburg.

Lunenburg is in southern Essex County along the Connecticut River, the border between Vermont and New Hampshire. It is bordered to the west by the town of Concord, to the northwest by Victory, at its northernmost point by Granby, and to the northeast by Guildhall, all in Vermont. Across the Connecticut, to the east is the town of Lancaster, New Hampshire, and to the south is the town of Dalton, New Hampshire. U.S. Route 2 crosses through the center of Lunenburg, leading west to St. Johnsbury and east to Lancaster and Gorham, New Hampshire. The Mount Orne Covered Bridge is in the eastern part of town, crossing the Connecticut to South Lancaster, New Hampshire.