Fairlee, VT

Fairlee is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The 2020 census counted 988 residents. Fairlee includes the village of Ely. Fairlee is home to Lake Morey, which claims to have the longest ice skating trail in the United States. Samuel Morey Elementary School is in Fairlee. Fairlee's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Vermont setting. The local scoop is how Fairlee's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. One of the New Hampshire grants, Fairlee was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth on September 9, 1761, and awarded to Josiah Channey, Joseph Hubbard and 62 others. Fairlee was first settled in 1766. Bounded by the Connecticut River, Fairlee is drained by Glen Falls Brook, Big Brook and the outlet of Lake Morey.