Athens (Vermont)

Athens
Municipal house from 1817
Location in Vermont
Athens
Basic data
Foundation :	May 3, 1780
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windham County
Coordinates :	43 ° 7 ′  N , 72 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 7 ′  N , 72 ° 36 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	442 (as of 2010)
Population density :	13.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	34.0 km 2  (approx. Err mi 2 ) of which 33.8 km 2  (approx. 13 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	376 m
Postal code :	05143
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-01900
GNIS ID :	1462028

Athens is a town in Windham County in the state of Vermont in the United States with 442 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

The town of Athens has only one settlement core, which is also called Athens . It is a street village that faces north-south in a valley of the Green Mountains that runs parallel to the Connecticut River about ten kilometers west . The village is traversed by Vermont State Route 35 , which connects the community in the north to Cambridgeport , in the southwest to Townshend . The northern boundary of the town touches the Saxtons River , a tributary of the Connecticut River.

Neighboring communities

All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

• North: Grafton , 1.8 mi
• Northeast: Rockingham , 6.5 mi
• East: Westminster , 6.4 mi
• South: Brookline , 2.1 mi
• Southwest: Townshend , 9.4 km

climate

The mean mean temperature in Athens is between −15.0 ° C (5 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 26.7 ° C (80 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This makes the place about 2.5 degrees cooler compared to the long-term mean of Vermont. The snowfalls between October and May are around two meters, with a peak in January of around 45 cm, about twice as high as the mean snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

The town was founded on May 3, 1780 by Governor Benning Wentworth in the wake of the Vermont Charter proclamations ; the settlement took place from Massachusetts. The reason for the naming of the town is not known; the first mention of the place speaks of Ath a ns instead of Ath e ns , so that the city of Athens does not necessarily have to be the namesake. Originally about twice as large as it is today, the southern half of the settlement area declared in 1780 was split off on November 30, 1794 and declared an independent town of Brookline . Between 1827 and 1907 the municipality had its own post office.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Athens, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										450
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	459	478	507	415	378	359	382	295	284	205
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	180	201	123	132	136	139	142	159	250	313
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	340	442

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Vermont State Route 35 runs in a north-south direction by the Town. It connects Athens with Grafton in the north and Townshend in the south. In addition, there are only a few streets in the town area.

Public facilities

There is no hospital in Athens. The closest is Springfield Hospital in Springfield.

education

Athens, along with Bellows Falls, Grafton, Saxton and Westminster, is part of the Windham Northeast Supervisory Union . There is no school in Athens. These are available in the connected towns.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• James M. Shafter (1816-1892), politician and Secretary of State of Vermont
• Henry L. Bowles (1866–1932), politician and representative of the State of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 5 f . ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Athens, Vermont  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from March 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1462028 Athens in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed October 1, 2014
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ Climate, school and media data at www.City-Data.com (English)
5. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
6. ^ Windham Northeast Supervisory Union , accessed June 11, 2017