Addison County

Addison County Courthouse in Middlebury
administration
US state :	Vermont
Administrative headquarters :	Middlebury
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 5 Court Street Middlebury, VT 05753-6014
Foundation :	1785
Made up from:	Rutland County
Area code :	001 802
Demographics
Residents :	36,821  (2010)
Population density :	18.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2093 km²
Water surface :	99 km²
map

Addison County is a county in the state of Vermont in the United States . The county seat is Middlebury .

geography

The county is located in west-central Vermont, borders New York to the west and has an area of ​​2,093 square kilometers, of which 99 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Chittenden County , Washington County , Orange County , Windsor County , Rutland County , Washington County (New York), and Essex County (New York).

The area is on the south east bank of Lake Champlain and the Hudson River . Two thirds of the area consists of the lowlands along these two bodies of water; only the eastern third of the area lies in the western foothills of the Green Mountains . The plain is largely used for agriculture; the dairy industry dominates. The wooded slopes of the Green Mountains are primarily used for the timber industry and secondarily for tourism.

The largest river is Otter Creek , which runs through the county from south to north and is navigable to Vergennes ; the highest point is Mount Abraham at 1224  m . The largest city and economic center is the administrative center of Middlebury .

history

Addison County was formed on February 27, 1787 from parts of Rutland County.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	6420		-
1800	13,417		109%
1810	19,998		49%
1820	20,469		2.4%
1830	24,940		21.8%
1840	23,583		-5.4%
1850	26,549		12.6%
1860	24,010		-9.6%
1870	23,484		-2.2%
1880	24.173		2.9%
1890	22,277		-7.8%
1900	21,912		-1.6%
1910	20,010		-8.7%
1920	18,666		-6.7%
1930	17,952		-3.8%
1940	17,944		-0%
1950	19,442		8.3%
1960	20,076		3.3%
1970	24,266		20.9%
1980	29,406		21.2%
1990	32,953		12.1%
2000	35,974		9.2%
2010	36,821		2.4%
1790-1890, 1900-1990, 2000

The county had 35,974 people as of the 2000 census . There were 13,068 households and 9,108 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.86% white, 0.54% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.73% Asian, 0.03% residents from the Pacific island area and 0.29% from others ethnic groups; 1.29% were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.10% of the population.

Of the 13,068 households, 34.40% had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 57.40% were married couples living together, 8.30% were single mothers. 30.30% were not families. 23.40% were single households and 8.90% had someone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.02.

Northern part of Lake Dunmore

Addison County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Hancock Overlook

West Addison Methodist Church is on Church Street in Addison, Vermont

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.90% residents under 18 years of age, 12.50% between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.90% between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.30% between 45 and 64 years of age 11.30% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.70 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 95.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 43,142 , and the median income for a family is $ 49,351. Males had a median income of $ 31,836 versus $ 24,416 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,539. 8.60% of the population and 5.10% of families are below the poverty line. 9.10% of these were under 18 years of age and 8.00% were 65 years of age or older.

cities and communes

In addition to the independent parishes listed below, Addison County has the census-designated places for statistical purposes : Bristol, East Middlebury and Middlebury as well as three Unincorporated Villages , which are co-administered by the respective higher-ranking towns : Bread Loaf , Chimney Point and Satan's Kingdom .

Locality	status	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding	Specialty
Addison	town	1,371	126.7	107.6	12.8	Oct 14, 1761
Bridport	town	1,218	119.9	113.3	10.8	Oct 10, 1761
Bristol	town	3,894	109.2	107.5	36.2	June 26, 1762
Cornwall	town	1,185	74.1	73.7	16.1	0Nov 3, 1761
Ferrisburgh	town	2,775	158.4	122.8	22.6	June 24, 1762
Goshen	town	164	53.9	53.5	3.1	0Feb. 2, 1792
Granville	town	298	133.4	133.2	2.2	0Aug 2, 1781
Hancock	town	323	98.8	98.5	3.9	July 31, 1781
Leicester	town	1,100	56.4	54.0	20.4	Oct. 20, 1761
Lincoln	town	1,271	115.5	115.1	11.0	0Nov 9, 1780
Middlebury	town	8,496	101.6	100.6	84.5	0Nov 2, 1761	County Seat
Monkton	town	1,980	93.9	92.9	21.3	June 24, 1762
New Haven	town	1,727	107.6	106.7	16.2	0Nov 2, 1761
Orwell	town	1,250	128.7	122.2	10.2	0Aug 8, 1763
Panton	town	677	57.1	17.0	39.8	0Nov 3, 1761
Ripton	town	588	129.1	128.7	4.6	Apr 13, 1781
Salisbury	town	1,136	77.8	74.8	15.2	0Nov 3, 1761
Shoreham	town	1,265	120.2	112.5	11.2	0Oct 8, 1761
Starksboro	town	1,777	118.8	118.3	15.0	0Nov 9, 1780
Vergennes	City	2,588	6.5	6.3	410.8	Oct 23, 1788
Waltham	town	486	23.5	23.7	20.5	Oct 31, 1796
Weybridge	town	833	45.5	44.0	18.8	0Nov 3, 1761
Whiting	town	419	35.5	35.2	11.9	0Aug 6, 1763

Individual evidence

1. ^ Addison County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Brochure of the Chamber of Commerce on the county's homepage (in English)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. As of January 31, 2013  
3. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont: natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. George H. Salisbury, Burlington 1842, p. 2 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
4. ↑ Preparation of historical data from the University of Virginia
5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
7. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
8. ↑ All founding dates of the table according to the corresponding individual entries on VirtualVermont.com ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

Commons : Addison County, Vermont  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 44 ° 3 ′  N , 73 ° 7 ′  W