Bristol (Vermont)

Bristol
Main Street in Bristol Village
Location in Vermont
Bristol
Basic data
Foundation :	June 26, 1762
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Addison County
Coordinates :	44 ° 6 ′  N , 73 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 6 ′  N , 73 ° 3 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	3,894 (as of 2010)
Population density :	36.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	109.2 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 ) of which 107.5 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	310 m
Postal code :	05443
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-09025
GNIS ID :	1462053
Website :	www.BristolVT.org

Bristol is a town in Addison County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 3894 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Bristol is on the western edge of the Green Mountains and about two thirds of it is covered by forest. The highest point is the 701 m high South Mountain . Only the western third of the area, which lies in the plain on the east bank of Lake Champlain , is used intensively for agriculture, especially dairy farming. The major rivers are the New Haven River and its tributary, Baldwin Creek . The main town of the parish, Bristol Village , lies directly on the western edge of the Green Mountains at the transition to the plain; the New Haven River flows on the southern outskirts.

Neighboring communities

All information as air lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

• North: Monkton , 6.4 mi
• Northeast: Starksboro , 7.8 km
• East: Lincoln , 5.2 mi
• South: Ripton , 4.2 miles
• Southwest: Middlebury , 5.5 mi
• West: New Haven , 8.1 mi

City structure

The main settlement Bristol in the town of Bristol is listed as a census-designated place . In 2010, of the 3894 inhabitants of the town, 2030 people lived in the main settlement.

climate

Bristol, Vermont
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     71   -4 -15     61   -2 -14     79   3 -9     97   11 -1     112   18th 6th     117   22nd 11     127   25th 13     137   24 12     104   19th 7th     127   13 2     104   6th -3     89   0 -10 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: www.weatherbase.com for Bristol, Vermont

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Bristol, Vermont Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -3.6 -1.6 3.1 10.6 17.7 22.3 24.6 23.6 19.4 12.6 6.4 -0.4 O 11.3 Min. Temperature (° C) -14.8 -13.6 -8.6 -0.6 5.5 10.6 12.9 12.1 7.4 1.5 -3.1 -10.2 O -0 Precipitation ( mm ) 71.1 61.0 78.7 96.5 111.8 116.8 127.0 137.2 104.1 127.0 104.1 88.9 Σ 1,224.2 Rainy days ( d ) 15.8 12.5 14.7 13.8 15.1 15.0 13.1 12.8 12.2 14.5 14.9 16.1 Σ 170.5 Source: www.weatherbase.com for Bristol, Vermont

The mean mean temperature in Bristol is between −9.2 ° C (15 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.8 ° C (67 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that compared to the long-term mean in the USA, the place is around 10 degrees cooler in winter, while the lower mean in the USA is reached in summer. The snowfall between October and April is up to five and a half 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 in the USA.

history

The area was sold to a group of 63 settlers on October 21, 1762 by Benning Wentworth , the governor of New Hampshire , under the name Pocock. At that time the area was 22,000 acres (about 8900 hectares), of which 4400 acres (about 1780 hectares) were ceded to the adjacent town of Lincoln on November 18, 1824 . Hydropower was used extensively on Haven River and Baldwin's Creek with the construction of a number of sawmills and flour mills.

The first permanent settlement took place from 1768, although there are reports of another, earlier settler who is said to have been settled in the region for twelve years: a man of German origin, a certain John Brodt, is said to have left Unadilla after a neighborhood dispute with fatal outcome Fled here in the British colony of New York and hid in the wild. Brodt was found by the first reconnaissance troops of the settlers and spent the winter with them. At the end of winter, a pardon that the settlers had sent to the governor of New York was accepted and Brodt had returned to Unadilla.

The constituent assembly was held on March 2, 1789, and the congregation has been a permanent member of the Vermont Senate since September of that year. Shortly afterwards, on October 21, 1789, the town council decided to change the name of the town from Pocock to Bristol; this name was not changed afterwards. Agriculture and forestry were the most important sources of income from the start; shortly after 1800, sheep breeding became popular in this area, as in many areas of Vermont, which was only replaced by the dairy industry that is predominant today between 1870 and 1890.

The railways, which began to cross Vermont from around 1845, were laid through the valleys in the vicinity, but passed Bristol. From 1890, the Bristol Railroad was a branch line to the nearby Rutland and Burlington Railroad , which enabled modest passenger and freight traffic to the town. In 1920, however, the most important goods customer, a dairy, burned down and was not rebuilt. The route became uneconomical and closed in 1930, shortly after the start of the Great Depression.

The main town of the municipality, Bristol Village, was independent until 1994, but has since been administered by the town council.

Religions

The first church congregation, Baptists, was founded on August 7, 1794 and was quickly supplemented by several other religious communities.

Today there are five religious congregations in the town: two Methodist congregations and one each for Roman Catholic , Baptist and United Church of Christ .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Bristol, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										211
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	665	1179	1051	1274	1233	1344	1355	1365	1579	1828
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	2061	2005	1952	1832	1939	1988	2159	2744	3293	3762
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	3788	3894

Culture and sights

Buildings

Downtown Bristol Village has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Bristol Downtown Historic District since 1983 .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The town is now connected to the surrounding communities by Vermont Route 17 , which runs east to west through Bristol.

media

Bristol Village has two local radio stations and one cable television station.

Public facilities

With the exception of the City Hall and schools, Bristol has no public facilities. The closest hospital is Porter Medical Center in Middlebury.

education

Bristol is part of the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union with Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven, Starksboro and Mt. Abraham .

In addition to the Bristol Elementary School with school classes from kindergarten to sixth grade, there is also a middle and high school, Mount Abraham Union High School , in Bristol Village . The facilities in the surrounding towns, especially in neighboring Middlebury, must be used to attend secondary schools.

The Lawrence Memorial Library is located on North Street in Bristol. It was founded privately in 1883 by some of Bristol's residents. Initially, the books were in a room above the Patterson General Store. It became a public library in March 1902, when the town contributed $ 50 towards the cost. In 1910, William A. Lawrence offered the town a donation to build a building for the library. The town accepted and the building was ready to move into as early as 1911. It was named in memory of his first wife Lockie Partch Lawrence and second wife Minnie Peet Lawrence.

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• Martin Sommerfeld (1894–1939), German literary scholar who emigrated to the USA before the Nazis and died while teaching in Bristol

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 34 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 1st volume. Burlington 1867, p. 19th ff .
• History of Bristol to circa 1880
  Copy from an 1886 History of Addison County, edited by HP Smith. Middlebury College website. ( Memento from August 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from March 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bristol in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed October 1, 2014
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ South Mountain on Peakery.com , accessed on July 28, 2017
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ American FactFinder - Results. In: census.gov. factfinder.census.gov, accessed July 30, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
7. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
8. ↑ ANESU. In: anesu.org. Retrieved July 28, 2017 . 
9. ^ Bristol Elementary School. In: besvt.org. Retrieved July 28, 2017 . 
10. ^ Mt. Abraham Union Middle / High School. In: mtabevt.org. Retrieved July 28, 2017 . 
11. ^ History, Lawrence Memorial Library . In: Lawrence Memorial Library . ( lawrencelibrary.net ).