Derby Center Vermont Map

About Derby Center, Vermont

Derby Center is a locality in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 635. The population density is 176.0 people per km². Derby Center is located at 44.9478°N, 72.1329°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Derby Center is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 05829.

Derby Center emerges from the northern Vermont landscape as a collection of modest structures defined by the slow, deliberate movement of the Clyde River carving through the valley floor. It lies 57.5 miles east-northeast of Essex Junction, VT (from Essex Junction, VT: bearing 56°T), and is situated 3.6 miles east-northeast of Newport. The air here holds a crisp, thin quality that clarifies the horizon, where the distant, hazy spine of the Green Mountains marks the limit of the sky. To the north and east, the terrain rises into firmer ground, punctuated by the dense, dark canopy of the Derby Center Village Municipal Forest, while the nearby expanse of the Derby Town Forest offers a quiet sanctuary of timber and brush. Only a short distance away, the waters of Lake Salem catch the light of the waning afternoon, their surface reflecting the shifting grays and indigos of the clouds above.

Commerce in Derby Center has long been tied to the rhythms of the land, drawing sustenance from the surrounding fields and the timber that remains a silent witness to the area's development. While the pace of modern life shifts elsewhere, the economy here retains a steady, grounded character, reflecting a history of agricultural persistence and a quiet reliance on the natural resources provided by the river and the woods. Those who seek to traverse the wider region often look toward the Pisgah Trail for a more rugged engagement with the topography, finding a solitude that is increasingly rare. It is a place where the work of the day is measured by the changing shadows on the hills, and the evening light settles over the rooftops with a heavy, undisturbed peace.

About This Derby Center Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Derby Center, Vermont. Coordinates: 44.947825, -72.132878. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Derby Center includes the ZIP code (05829), telephone area code (802), county seat of Orleans County (Newport), and school district assignment (Derby School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.