Brookfield (Vermont)

Brookfield
Town Hall in Brookfield
Location in Vermont
Brookfield
Basic data
Foundation :	August 5, 1781
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Orange County
Coordinates :	44 ° 1 ′  N , 72 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 1 ′  N , 72 ° 35 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,292 (as of 2010)
Population density :	12.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	107.9 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 ) of which 107.2 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	333 m
Postal code :	05036
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-09325
GNIS ID :	1462054
Website :	brookfieldvt.org

Brookfield is a town in Orange County , Vermont , United States with a population of 1,292 (2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Brookfield is west of Orange County. The Second Branch of White River flows in the eastern part in a north-south direction with various smaller tributaries through the town. There are several lakes in Brookfield. A pontoon bridge carries Vermont State Route 65 over Sunset Lake . To the west of Sunset Lakes are the North Pond and South Pond , to the north of these, in the northwest of the town, are the Lamson Pond and the Baker Pond . The area of ​​the town lies on a plateau between the White and Winooski rivers and is slightly hilly. The highest point of the town is the 619 m high Bear Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Williamstown , 3.6 mi
• East: Chelsea , 10 miles
• South: Randolph , 2.3 mi
• Southwest: Braintree , 8.5 mi
• West: Roxbury , 10 miles

City structure

Marvin Newton House

Four 19th century settlement areas, Pond Village , Brookfield Center , East Brookfield and West Brookfield , still divide the town of Brookfield today. Churches, shops, sawmills, gristmills and cemeteries can be found in these settlement areas. Pond Village , East Brookfield, and West Brookfield are listed in the Vermont Division of Historic Preservation . Pond Village also on the National Register of Historic Places .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Brookfield is between −9.44 ° C (15 ° 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

The Brookfield Grant was proclaimed on November 6, 1780, Phinehas Lyman and others received the Grant. This was confirmed on August 5, 1781. Settlement of the town began in 1779. One of the first settlers was Shubal Cross and his family. The first settlers came from Connecticut. It is not known when the constituent assembly of the town took place, but the conditions of the grant stipulated that the town could be founded without any further formal act, if four legally valid residents decided to found the town and the corresponding functions of the administration could be filled. The first recorded meeting was held on March 4, 1785 at the home of Peter Olcott, Justice of the Peace of Brookfield.

Seventh bridge closed in 2008

A pontoon bridge has spanned Sunset Lake since 1820 ; Vermont State Route 65 crosses the lake via this bridge. It is one of only three pontoon bridges in the United States. The now eighth bridge was inaugurated in 2015 after the seventh bridge was shut down in 2008. After 37 years, the pontoons made of plastic barrels were leaking. The new bridge is made of fiber-reinforced wood, with a wooden deck and railing. The first bridge was built in 1820 after a town resident drowned while trying to cross the lake on thin ice.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Brookfield, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										421
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	988	1384	1507	1677	1789	1672	1521	1269	1239	996
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	996	1008	860	761	808	762	597	606	959	1089
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1222	1292

Culture and sights

Parks

Observation tower in Allis State Park

There are several state parks in the area of ​​the town. To the west is Allis State Park - named after Wallace Allis, who bequeathed his farm, which was located on Bear Mountain, to the state of Vermont. Before that, many visitors came to see the view from Bear Mountain. Allis State Park was founded in 1928, Vermont's second state park. The park was created by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1932.

The Ainsworth State Park is north of the Town. Part of it is in the adjacent town of Williamstown. The Ainsworth State Park has not yet been developed. To the southeast is Brookfield's Town Forest .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Pontoon Bridge over Sunset Lake 2015

The Interstate 89 leads from north to south of Berlin in the north to the south by the Royalton Town. Vermont State Route 12 runs west of it and Vermont State Route 14 runs east , both also in a north-south direction. Vermont State Route 65 runs centrally , it connects the 12 and the 14. Sunset Lake crosses the 65 on a pontoon bridge .

Public facilities

There's no hospital in Brookfield. The Gifford Medical Center , which is located in Randolph, is the nearest hospital.

education

Brookfield is part of the Orange Southwest Supervisory Union . Brookfield is home to Brookfield Elementary School , with classes from kindergarten through sixth grade.

The Brookfield Free Public Library is Vermont's oldest continuously operating public library.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. Volume III, p 34 ( limited preview in Google Book search). (for development up to 1840)
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 2 . Burlington 1870, p. 854 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Brookfield, 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 May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brookfield in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed March 27, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Bear Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ^ Proposed Brookfield Town Plan 2016 - Brookfield, Vermont . In: Brookfield, Vermont . August 23, 2016 ( brookfieldvt.org ).
6. ↑ Brookfield, Vermont (VT 05036) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on March 27, 2017 (English). 
7. ^ History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, January 1, 1842 ( books.google.de ).
8. ^ The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A Magazine, Embracing a History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military . Miss AM Hemenway, 1871 ( books.google.de ).
9. ↑ Vermont's floating bridge a small marvel since 1820 - The Boston Globe . In: BostonGlobe.com . ( bostonglobe.com ).
10. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
11. ^ Vermont State Parks - Allis. In: vtstateparks.com. Retrieved March 27, 2017 (English). 
12. ↑ Vermont State Parks - Other State Park Lands. In: vtstateparks.com. Retrieved March 27, 2017 (English). 
13. ↑ Ossu Public Schools Serving Braintree, Brookfield, and Randolph, Vermont. In: orangesouthwest.org. Retrieved March 27, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Brookfield Elementary School K-6 school in Central Vermont | Brookfield VT schools. (No longer available online.) In: orangesouthwest.org. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017 ; accessed on March 27, 2017 . 
15. ^ Brookfield Free Public Library - Brookfield, Vermont . In: Brookfield, Vermont . ( brookfieldvt.org ).