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Essex Junction, Vermont Essex Junction is a village in the town of Essex in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The population was 8,591 at the 2000 census. It was incorporated on November 15, 1892.Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides daily service to Essex Junction, which serves as a focal point for rail travel in the greater Burlington area, which includes Essex and Winooski. Amtrak operates its Vermonter from St. Albans, VT to Washington, D.C..The Village of Essex Junction is also one of three voting districts (District 6-2) in the Town of Essex, with Districts 6-1 & 6-3 together comprising the town outside the village. The Village and Town each operate their own fire department, library, parks department, and municipal services, and contain separate school districts for grades K–8. Both governments operate a unified police department, and the unified Essex High School.Essex Junction is home to IBM's Burlington Design Center and 200 mm wafer fabrication plant. IBM is the state's largest private employer, with approximately 6500 employees. History Modern history has been affected in a major way by the presence of the IBM corporation which chose the village as a site in 1957.In 2003, as a result of a nationally publicized suicide of a 13-year old, Vermont, and other states, passed legislation curtailing cyber-bullying. IBM In 1957, IBM leased a 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) facility for its new Data Processing Division. By the end of the year, there were 500 workers. In 1969, the plant expanded to 820,000 square feet (7.6 ha).In 1982, employment reached an all-time high of 8,000. In 2007, the town listers dropped the value of the plant from a high of $147.5 million to $104 million. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.85 square miles (12.6 km2), of which, 4.76 square miles (12.3 km2) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2) (1.86%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 8,591 people, 3,409 households, and 2,253 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,804.1 people per square mile (696.8/km²). There were 3,501 housing units at an average density of 735.2/sq mi (284.0/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 95.55% White with a large proportion of those 53% being of Irish descent, 0.69% African American, 0.24% Native American, 2.36% Asian, 0.29% from other races, and 0.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.14% of the population.There were 3,409 households out of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 26.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.04.In the village the population was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males. Personal income The median income for a household in the village was $53,444, and the median income for a family was $61,985. Males had a median income of $40,287 versus $26,910 for females. The per capita income for the village was $24,142. About 1.8% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over. Industry The largest industrial facility in Vermont is IBM's semiconductor plant in Essex Junction. In 2007, the IBM plant had the largest assessment in the town, $104 million dollars. The Champlain Valley Expo Essex Junction is home to the Champlain Valley Expo, a former dirt racetrack that has evolved into a large event field, with stadium seating for concerts, and multiple halls that can host a variety of indoor events. Champlain Valley Fair The 10-day Champlain Valley Fair is the most notable event held at the Expo. The state's largest fair consists of five components blended together at the same time:A large agricultural exhibit, with a dairy cows, other farm animals, and4-H-style events for both livestock and agriculture. A commercial exhibit for a variety of local and regional vendors to showcase their products to the public. A large area dedicated to a mix of local foods like realmaple syrup, and conventional fair foods such as fried dough and cotton candy. A Midway provided by Reithoffer Shows with rides typical of a large traveling carnival. The 46 rides in 2010 included aWild Mouse roller coaster, a largeFerris wheel, and theSpeedpremier ride. Nightly concerts, which in 2010 includedLyle Lovett,Keith Urban,Bill Cosby, andJustin Bieber. Over the last decade total Fair attendance has been almost 300,000 per year. In 2010, the Fair had 46 carnival rides, and almost 200 vendors. Other Expo events Other events held at the Champlain Valley Expo include: Antique Car Show, WOKO Giant Flea Market, Vermont International Festival, and the Champlain Valley Balloon Festival.[citation needed] Government The village of Essex Junction was formed within the town of Essex on 1892-11-15. The village was formed to provide services (such as sidewalks, water, and sewers) to the villagers that the rest of the, mostly rural, town citizens did not want, and did not want to pay for.As the town outside the village developed, it added similar services. By 1958, the first hints of merger showed up in a voter petition. Since then a series of votes (often contentious) had defeated or passed merger in each community, but never at the same time in both. The state legislature required a positive vote in both.This temporarily changed on 2006-11-07 when merger passed in the town as a whole, and in the village. Everyone in the town voted on the merger; the Villagers voted in a second ballot on the merger if it passed the townwide vote. The large regional paper initially misreported the results as a defeat of the merger, based solely on the vote results outside the village. The next day the correct results were reported in both the town’s paper, and as a correction in the regional paper.On 2006-12-06 a petition to reconsider the merger was submitted to the town. The petition contained signatures totaling more than 5 percent of registered voters, which is the threshold required to force a re-vote. The revote was held on 2007-01-23 with a result that overturned merger by 191 votes, rejecting the current merger proposal.If the results had stood, a multi-year merger process would have resulted in a new town of Essex Junction replacing the current governments of Essex and Essex Junction. Education The Essex Junction School District funds and supervises: Essex High School, Summit Street School, Fleming School, Albert D. Lawton School, the Hiawatha School, and the Center for Technology. Notable people Trey Anastasio, member of the bandPhish Loung Ung, author ofFirst They Killed My FatherandLucky Child