[PLACEHOLDER — replace with real history narrative from capstone research]
North Montpelier grew up around the dam and mills on the Winooski River's north branch, where water power once turned lumber and grain into the goods that built the surrounding towns. What's left today is a village still shaped by that history — the pond behind the dam, the worn granite foundations, and a tight cluster of homes, churches, and civic buildings that has outlasted the industry that built it.
The mill years
[PLACEHOLDER] A paragraph or two on the founding of the mills, who built them, and what they produced — pulled from the capstone research notes.
A village, not a town
[PLACEHOLDER] Explain North Montpelier's status as an unincorporated village within the Town of East Montpelier, and why that distinction matters for how the community organizes itself today.
North Montpelier today
[PLACEHOLDER] Bridge from history to the present-day character of the village — who lives here now, what the community values, and how it's changing.
