Cradled between the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain, Essex is a town of unlimited potential waiting to be discovered by visitors, businesses and residents alike. Essex has spectacular views of the Adirondacks, Lake Champlain and the Green Mountains of Vermont that change with the seasons.


Rich farmlands and forests surround the five hamlets: Boquet, Brookfield, Essex, Whallons Bay and Whallonsburgh. The hamlet of Essex appears on the National Register of Historical Sites