Derby Center, VT

Derby Center is an incorporated village in the Town of Derby, Orleans County, near the northern Vermont border and the road network around Lake Memphremagog. The village grew beside the Clyde River and Derby Pond, with covered bridges, gristmill sites, and farm roads shaping its older landscape. Its location in the Northeast Kingdom puts Quebec, Newport, Jay Peak, and the lakes of northern Vermont within the wider regional map.

Today the village maintains its own water and sewer services, while North Country Union Junior High School brings students from several surrounding towns to the Derby area. Main Street and the village offices sit within a community that still feels tied to the river crossings and agricultural history around it. Winter roads, maple country, lake recreation, and the nearby school calendar give Derby Center a year-round rhythm. It is a Vermont village with a formal charter, a working crossroads, and a landscape shaped by water at both the river and pond.