Bakersfield (Vermont)

Bakersfield
Former St. George's Catholic Church, now home to the Bakersfield Historical Society
Location in Vermont
Bakersfield
Basic data
Foundation :	January 25, 1791
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Franklin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 47 ′  N , 72 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 47 ′  N , 72 ° 47 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,322 (as of 2010)
Population density :	11.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	115.6 km 2  (approx. 45 mi 2 ) of which 115.6 km 2  (approx. 45 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	225 m
Postal code :	05441
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-02500
GNIS ID :	1462031
Website :	townofbakersfield.org

Bakersfield is a town in Franklin County in the state of Vermont in the United States with 1,322 inhabitants. (according to the 2010 census)

geography

Geographical location

Bakersfield is in the Green Mountains , about 30 kilometers east of Lake Champlain . In southeast Franklin County on the border with Lamoille County . A few smaller streams run through the town, which flow in a northerly direction or in a westerly direction like the Black Creek into the Missisquoi River . The surface is hilly, the highest point is the 577 m high Peaked Mountain

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Enosburgh , 2.7 mi
• Northeast: Montgomery , 12 mi
• East: Belvidere , 7.1 miles
• South: Waterville , 1.6 mi
• Southwest: Fletcher , 8.5 mi
• West: Fairfield , 10 miles

climate

The mean mean temperature in Bakersfield is between −9.44 ° C (15 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° 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

The Bakersfield Grant was proclaimed on February 27, 1787. The grant was confirmed in favor of Luke Knowlton on January 25, 1791. In 1787, Joseph Baker was the first settler in the town, the second owner, who also bought the entire area in 1798 or 1799. The town in Bakersfield was named after him. The original owner Luke Knowlton (or Knoulton) to whom the grant had been awarded can also be found in official names: the name Bakersfield alias Knoultons Gore occasionally appears in old files . In 1792 parts of Fairfield and the former Smithfield were added to the parish, in 1795 the former Knights Gore and 1963 Averys Gore . Originally the grant covered an area of ​​10,000 acres (4,047 hectares ). With these land additions, the size grew to 26,000 acres (10,522 hectares).

Brigham Academy

The Brigham Academy was founded by the town in 1878. This was made possible by a donation from Peter Bent Brigham, a philanthropist and son of the town. It was active as a secondary school until 1966. Well-known graduates were Warren Austin and Mary Jane Safford . The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 .

The residents live primarily from forestry and forestry; Since around 1970, the place has increasingly developed into a dormitory city for commuters to the industrial centers to the south.

religion

Bakersfield has two religious congregations: the United Church of Christ and a Methodist congregation.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Bakersfield, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										13
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	222	812	945	1087	1258	1523	1451	1403	1248	1162
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1158	1079	980	889	827	779	664	635	852	977
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1215	1322

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In the center of town, Vermont Route 108 , which runs north-south from Enosburgh in the north to Cambridge in the south, crosses with Vermont Route 36, which runs west to St. Albans . There is no Amtrak station in Bakersfield. The next one is in St. Albans.

Public facilities

The Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans is the closest hospital for residents of the Town.

education

Bakersfield is one of Berkshire, Enosburg, Montgomery and Richford to Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union The Bakersfield Elementary Middle School caters for about 155 children school classes from kindergarten to eighth grade.

The HF Brigham Library was founded in 1907 and was housed in various residential buildings until 1951. In 1951 the town received a donation from Mary Brigham and the HF Brigham Memorial library was built in memory of her brother.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Peter Bent Brigham (1807–1877), businessman and philanthropist

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 7 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 2nd volume. Burlington 1870, p. 103 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bakersfield in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 17, 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Peaked Mountain on Peakery.com ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 7, 2017  
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Bakersfield on the City Daty portal , accessed May 7, 2017
6. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
7. ^ Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union , accessed May 7, 2017.
8. ↑ Bakersfield Elementary Middle School , accessed May 7, 2017
9. ↑ HF Brigham Library , accessed May 7, 2017