A gore (or, sometimes, a grant), in parts of the northeastern United States (mainly northern New England), is an unincorporated area of a county that is not part of any town and has limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited). The United States of America —commonly referred to as the History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan
Historically, gores were generally the result of errors when the land was first surveyed and the towns laid out. A gore would lie in an area between two (supposedly abutting) towns but would technically be in neither. Surrounding towns have been known to absorb a gore — for example, the gore between Tunbridge, Vermont, and Royalton, Vermont, was eventually attributed to Tunbridge. Tunbridge is a town in Orange County, Vermont Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Royalton is a town in Windsor County, Vermont
Different states have different laws governing gores and other unincorporated territories. In Maine, all unincorporated territories (whether townships, gores, plantations, or grants) are governed directly by the Land Use Resources Council, a state agency. The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean They do not, therefore, enjoy the rights and obligations of direct local self-governance of a corporate Maine municipality, via local elections of town Boards of Selectmen, and town meetings that debate and approve the town budget and expenditures. The Board of Selectmen is commonly the executive arm of Town Governments in the New England region of the United States. A town meeting is a meeting where the population of an entire geographic area is invited to participate in a gathering often for a political administrative or legislative purpose Occasionally, a town will choose to become unincorporated after having been an incorporated town; a recent example of this is the town of Madrid, Maine. Madrid is a former town, now a part of the Unorganized territory of East Central Franklin, in Franklin County, Maine, United
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Some of New England's gores:
| Gore | County | 2000 Population | Area in km² (mi²) | |
| [1] | Averys Gore, Vermont | Essex County, Vermont | 0 | 45. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Averys Gore (or Avery's Gore) is a gore located in Essex County, Vermont, United States. Essex County is the County located in the northeastern part of the U 6 km² (17. 6 mi²) |
| [2] | Buels Gore, Vermont | Chittenden County, Vermont | 12 | 13. Buel's Gore is a gore in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. Chittenden County is a County located in the US state of Vermont. 1 km² (5. 1 mi²) |
| [3] | Warner's Grant, Vermont | Essex County, Vermont | 0 | 8. Warner's Grant, (alternatively Warners Grant, or Warner's Gore) is a grant located in Essex County, Vermont, United States 2 km² (3. 2 mi²) |
| [4] | Warren's Gore, Vermont | Essex County, Vermont | 10 | 30. Warren's Gore or Warrens Gore or Warren Gore is a gore in Essex County, Vermont, United States. 0 km² (11. 6 mi²) |
| [5] | Hibberts Gore, Maine | Lincoln County, Maine | 1 | 2. Hibberts Gore (also called Hibberts) is a gore in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. Lincoln County is a County located in the US state of Maine. As of 2000 the population was 33616 0 km² (. 77 mi²) |
| * | Blake Gore, Maine | Somerset County, Maine | 0 | <n/a> |
| * | Coburn Gore, Maine | Penobscot County, Maine | 0 | <n/a> |
| * | Gorham Gore, Maine | Franklin County, Maine | 0 | <n/a> |
| * | Massachusetts Gore, Maine | Franklin County, Maine | 0 | <n/a> |
| * | Misery Gore, Maine | Somerset County, Maine | 0 | <n/a> |
* Not considered a census-designated place by the United States Census, but legally considered a minor civil division by the state of Maine
See also
- List of places with fewer than ten residents
- The Unseen (book), which author Joseph A. Citro had originally titled The Gore
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