Alburg is a town in the Grand Isle County, Vermont, USA. It a part of the Burlington metro area and is in the Eastern Standard time zone. The town was originally spelled ‘Alburgh’, but sometime in the 1930s, the US Post Office changed the spelling to ‘Alburg’. Finally, on the Town Meeting Day in 2006, by a majority vote of the citizens, the name was reverted to the earlier spelling of ‘Alburgh.’ The town derives its name from the place called Allenburg.
The town of Alburg incorporated or chartered in 1781, is believed to have been founded by Ira Allen. Later in the same year (1781), Ira Allen became one of the commissioners appointed to negotiate the boundary of Alburg between the Republic of Vermont and the State of New York. It was finally agreed that Alburg was a part of Vermont.
A considerable amount of traffic passes through Alburg, it being the only land route (via bridge) between New York and Vermont, north of the Crown Point Bridge at Addison. The town has successfully managed to resist any commercial developments associated with high traffic volume along Routes 2 and 78, maintaining a peaceful and calm atmosphere. It is primarily an agricultural town. The land of Alburg is a peninsular projection, southward from Canada into Lake Champlain. This makes it a popular destination for summer homes and camps. Some of its neighboring cities are Rouses Point at a distance of 6.8 miles, Isle La Motte at a distance of 8.1 miles and North Hero at a distance of 9.4 miles from here.
