Averill (Vermont)

Averill
Averill Location in Vermont
Basic data
Foundation :	June 29, 1762
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Essex County
Coordinates :	44 ° 56 ′  N , 71 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 56 ′  N , 71 ° 40 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	24 (as of 2010)
Population density :	0.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	98.6 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of which 93.3 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	637 m
Postal code :	05901
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-02125
GNIS ID :	1462029
Website :	http://Vermont.gov

Averill is an unincorporated town in Essex County in the US state of Vermont . It had a total of 24 inhabitants at the last census in 2010. Averill never formally became a town with its own administration as the population was never large enough. The town is administered by the Unified Towns & Gores of Essex County . It is part of the Berlin Micropolitan Statistical Area .

geography

Geographical location

Averill is in north Essex County, south of the Canadian border . The Nulhegan River flows through the town in a southerly direction, and there are other small streams that flow into the Nulhegan River, or leave the town in a north or east direction. There are several lakes in the Town area, the largest being Great Averill Pond and Little Averill Pond . The surface is hilly, the highest point is the 850 m high Sable Mountain

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Canadian border
• Northeast: Canaan , 7.1 km
• Southeast: Lemington , 5.7 mi
• South: Bloomfield , 3.2 miles
• Southwest: Lewis , 5.5 mi
• West: Warren Gore , 15 mi
• Northwest: Norton , 10 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Averill is between -11.7 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 9 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. The snowfall between mid-October and mid-May is more than two meters, about twice as high as the average snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range of values ​​in the USA, between September and mid-December it is even significantly lower.

history

Averill was founded on October 23, 1762 with an area of ​​23,040 acres (about 93 km²) as one of the New Hampshire Grants by Benning Wentworth . Samuel Averill received the grant together with other speculators. This town was named after Averill. Averill received 21 grants from Wentworth in Vermont and others in New Hampshire. Eight of the Vermont grants are in Essex County. They make up about half of the county. Averill lived in Kent , Connecticut, and many of the other Wentworth Grant recipients never settled in Vermont.

Settlement took place in the town only in the northern tip. In 1880 the town had its largest population with 48 inhabitants. Averill is one of the few towns that never had a post office. The residents make their living from logging or hunting, and summer camps are offered at Forest Lake.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Avrill, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents				1	11	7th	12	14th	48	43
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	18th	15th	4th	9	12	20th	16	8th	15th	7th
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	8th	24

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In a northeasterly direction, Vermont State Route 114 runs along the northern boundary of the town from Norton to Canaan. There are few other streets in Averill.

Public facilities

The North Country Hospital & Health Care in Newport is the closest hospital to the town's residents.

education

There is no school and no other infrastructural facilities in Averill. These are available in neighboring communities. The nearest school and library is in Canaan.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. Volume III p 6 ( limited preview in Google Book search). (for the period up to 1840)
• Benjamin Homer Hall: History of Eastern Vermont . D. Appleton & Co., New York 1865 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

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

• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from August 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Averill in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 18, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ UTG, Essex County , accessed May 30, 2017
4. ↑ Sable Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved March 31, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
6. ^ Averill on the City Daty portal , accessed on May 18, 2017
7. ↑ ^{a b} Averill on Virtual Vermont , accessed May 18, 2017
8. ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results