Bloomfield (Vermont)
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 Town Hall from Bloomfield |
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| Location in Vermont | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | June 29, 1762 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Vermont | ||
| County : | Essex County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 49 ′ N , 71 ° 38 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 221 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 2.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 105.0 km 2 (approx. 41 mi 2 ) of which 104.4 km 2 (approx. 40 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 535 m | ||
| Postal code : | 05905 | ||
| Area code : | +1 802 | ||
| FIPS : | 50-06325 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1462044 | ||
| Website : | http://Vermont.gov | ||
Bloomfield is a town in Essex County in the US state of Vermont . At the last census in 2010 it had a total of 221 inhabitants. It is part of the Berlin Micropolitan Statistical Area .
geography
Geographical location
Bloomfield is located in northeast Essex County, on the west bank of the Connecticut River not far from the border with Canada . The Nulhegan River flows through the town in an easterly direction in the south and flows into the Connecticut River in the southeastern tip of the town. There are also other small streams that flow into the Nulhegan River or the Connecticut River. There are no lakes in the town area. The surface is hilly, the highest point is the 617 m high Potash Mountain which lies west of the Bloomfield Town Forests.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Averill , 3.2 mi
- Northeast: Lemington , 3.9 mi
- East: Columbia , 8.7 mi
- South-east: Stratfort , 13.0 km
- South: Brunswick , 3.6 miles
- West: Lewis , 7.2 mi
climate
The mean average temperature in Bloomfield 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
Bloomfield was founded on June 29, 1762 with an area of 23,040 acres (about 93 km²) as one of the New Hampshire Grants by Benning Wentworth under the name Minehead . The grant went to a group of Connecticut residents who also received grants that day for the neighboring towns of Averill, Lemington and Lewis. The name came from Minehead in England, where many of the grant recipients came from. The settlement started before 1800, but it was very hesitant. In 1830 the name was changed to Bloomfield by the Vermont Legislature at the request of residents.
The population development of Bloomfield has always been subject to great fluctuations. It peaked when many of the residents found work in the logging industry and running the Nulhegan Lumber Company's mills . Today there is only one settlement to the south of Bloomfield, at the intersection of Vermont Routes 105 and 102.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Bloomfield, Vermont | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 27 | 144 | 132 | 150 | 179 | 244 | 320 | 455 | 627 | 827 |
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 504 | 496 | 382 | 417 | 326 | 291 | 212 | 196 | 188 | 253 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 261 | 221 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
To the north, Vermont State Route 102 runs along the eastern boundary of the town. It follows the course of the Connecticut River. In the south, Vermont State Route 105 follows the course of the Nulhegan River.
Public facilities
The North Country Hospital & Health Care in Newport is the closest hospital to the town's residents.
education
Bloomfield is part of the Essex North Supervisory Union with Brunswick, Canaan, Lemington and Norton .
In Bloomfield there is no school and no other infrastructure besides the Town Hall. 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 25 ( 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
- Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
- Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bloomfield in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed May 20, 2017
- ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
- ↑ Potash Mountain on Peakery.com , accessed May 20, 2017
- ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Bloomfield on the City Daty portal , accessed May 20, 2017
- ↑ Bloomfield on Virtual Vermont , accessed May 20, 2017
- ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
- ^ Essex North Supervisory Union , accessed May 21, 2017
