# Brome County, Quebec

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{{Short description|Former municipal county of Quebec}}
'''Brome County''', is a historical [county of Quebec](/source/list_of_Quebec_counties). It takes its name from the name of a manor in the parish of [Barham](/source/Barham%2C_Kent) in [Kent](/source/Kent), [England](/source/England) that was named after the [broom plant](/source/broom_(plant)).  It was named by English surveyors.  The earliest settlers to this region were brought from New Hampshire by the Quaker leader, [Nicholas Austin](/source/Nicholas_Austin_(Quaker_leader)) in the 1790s. The county was formed in 1855 from parts of [Stanstead](/source/Stanstead_County%2C_Quebec), [Shefford](/source/Shefford_County%2C_Quebec) and [Missisquoi](/source/Missisquoi_County%2C_Quebec) counties.  The county is located in the [Eastern Townships](/source/Eastern_Townships), one of the 12 regions of Quebec.  The county lies in the foothills of the [Appalachian Mountains](/source/Appalachian_Mountains). Its eastern half is rolling countryside while its western half is part of the [Richelieu River](/source/Richelieu_River) plains.

The county is roughly an  upside-down "L" shape, bound on the south by the [Canada–US border](/source/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border) (along 45° for 17.5 km from 72° 15′ W in [Lake Memphremagog](/source/Lake_Memphremagog) to 72° 41.5′ W), in the east by in part [Lake Memphremagog](/source/Lake_Memphremagog) and Stanstead County, in the north by Shefford County (45° 20′  N for 48 km from 72° 15′ W to 72° 52′ W) and in the west by [Rouville](/source/Rouville_County%2C_Quebec) and Missisquoi counties. The county is divided into five townships, three in the north and two in the south.  The townships in the north are, from east to west, the [Township of Bolton](/source/Bolton_Township%2C_Quebec), the [Township of Brome](/source/Brome_Township%2C_Quebec) and the [Township of Farnham](/source/Farnham_Township%2C_Quebec).  The southern townships are the [Township of Potton](/source/Potton%2C_Quebec) in the east and the [Township of Sutton](/source/Sutton%2C_Quebec) in the west.  The county seat is [Knowlton](/source/Knowlton%2C_Quebec) in the Township of Brome.  Notable physical features of the county include [Mount Brome](/source/Mont_Brome) in the northwestern corner of the Township of Brome and the much larger [Mount Sutton](/source/Mount_Sutton) in the Township of Sutton, and [Brome Lake](/source/Brome_Lake) in the eastern part of the Township of Brome, which flows into the [Yamaska River](/source/Yamaska_River), site of a famous duck farm.  Along Lake Memphremagog in the Township of Potton are three mountains, from north to south, [Mount Sugar Loaf](/source/Mount_Sugar_Loaf), the larger [Mount Owl's Head](/source/Mount_Owl's_Head),  and [Mount Bear](/source/Mount_Bear).  Owl's Head and Sutton are well-known ski hills.

In the early 1980s the county was abolished and the western half was transferred to the new [Regional County Municipality of Brome-Missisquoi](/source/Brome-Missisquoi_Regional_County_Municipality%2C_Quebec) and the eastern half was transferred to the [Regional County Municipality of Memphrémagog](/source/Memphr%C3%A9magog_Regional_County_Municipality%2C_Quebec). A small part in the northwest were transferred to the [Regional County Municipality of La Haute-Yamaska](/source/La_Haute-Yamaska_Regional_County_Municipality%2C_Quebec).

==Municipalities==
*[East Bolton](/source/East_Bolton%2C_Quebec)
*[West Bolton](/source/West_Bolton%2C_Quebec)
*[Brigham](/source/Brigham%2C_Quebec)
*[Brome](/source/Brome%2C_Quebec)
*[East Farhnam](/source/East_Farnham%2C_Quebec)
*[Eastman](/source/Eastman%2C_Quebec)
*[Brome Lake](/source/Brome_Lake%2C_Quebec) (Knowlton prior to 1971)
*[Potton](/source/Potton%2C_Quebec)
*[Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton](/source/Saint-%C3%89tienne-de-Bolton%2C_Quebec)
*[Sutton](/source/Sutton%2C_Quebec)

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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517013456/http://www.townshipsheritage.com/Eng/Org/Society/HS_brome.html Brome County Historical Society]
*[http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/quebec/resources/101010.htm History of Brome County From the Dates of the Grants of Land therein to the Present Time, With Records of some Early Families - Two Vols. By Rev. Ernest M. Taylor, M.A. Vol I 1908, Vol II 1937]

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Category:Former counties of Quebec

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