Dixville is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated east of Stanstead, in the regional county municipality of Coaticook within the region of the Estrie.
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.Dixville Home inc. celebrates its 50th anniversary, societehistoirecoaticook.ca
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.History of Dixville, societehistoirecoaticook.ca
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:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census 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"
See also List of anglophone communities in Quebec
References
External links
Official site