Brookline (Vermont)

Brookline
Town Hall
Location in Vermont
Brookline
Basic data
Foundation :	November 30, 1794
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windham County
Coordinates :	43 ° 2 ′  N , 72 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 2 ′  N , 72 ° 37 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	530 (as of 2010)
Population density :	16 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	33.4 km 2  (approx. 13 mi 2 ) of which 33.2 km 2  (approx. 13 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	190 m
Postal code :	05345
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-09475
GNIS ID :	1462055
Website :	www.BrooklineVT.com

Brookline is a town in Windham County , Vermont , United States with 530 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

The area of ​​the town lies west of the first chain of hills that form the west bank of the Connecticut River and are between 300 and 400 meters high. Brookline consists primarily of an elongated, north-south, flat valley, which is traversed by a small watercourse, the Grassy Brook , in a south direction and which flows into the West River , which in turn is the southwestern border of the town forms. In the south of the area, the area widens to a river valley on the meanders of the West River. There are no significant hills in the town.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Athens , 3.3 km
• East: Westminster , 7.2 mi
• Southeast: Putney , 5.7 mi
• Southwest: Newfane , 6.5 mi
• West: Townshend , 8.0 km

climate

The mean mean temperature in Brookline is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is about 1 degree warmer than Vermont's long-term mean. The snowfall between October and May is around 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 in the USA.

history

Proclaimed and settled as part of Athens in 1780 , the southern half of this settlement area was declared an independent town of Brookline on November 30, 1794 . In addition, small parts were Putneys and the east of the 1819 West River situated shares Newfanes the Town slammed shut.

Round School

In 1822 a first school building was built, the Round School : The first teacher in the community, Dr. John Wilson, had the building erected as a rotunda based on the building of the Scottish Parliament. After Wilson's death in 1847, it became known that he was the wanted Scottish highwayman, Captain Thunderbolt , on whom a reward of 500 pounds sterling had been offered by the British government in 1816. The Round School was used as a school building until 1929, then as the town hall until 1989. Today it is considered a sight of the place.

Religions

Brookline has a Baptist congregation that also maintains a church building built in 1836 as the Brookline Baptist Church .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Brookline, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	472	431	391	376	328	285	243	203	205	162
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	171	137	105	101	104	132	127	180	310	403
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	467	530

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture and livestock farming, which shaped the town for large parts of its existence, had declined to just one farm and one cattle breeding business by 2013. First and foremost, Brookline serves as a dormitory city for the surrounding larger communities.

traffic

Brookline is only accessed by small country roads without any special signage. The next major street is Vermont Route 30 , which passes Brookline in Newfane, neighboring southwest. The closest Amtrak stations are in Bellows Falls (approx. 20 km away) and Brattleboro (approx. 22.5 km). A helipad enables the evacuation of the seriously injured.

Public facilities

The village does not have its own public facilities. The nearest hospital is in Brattleboro.

education

Brookline does not have its own schools; a previously existing, five-class elementary school was closed due to insufficient occupancy. Instead, the Newbrook Elementary is operated together with Newfane , which runs from kindergarten through sixth grade. The Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School in Townshend serves as a secondary school up to grade 12 . Nearby, larger colleges exist in Keene, New Hampshire and Williamstown, Massachusetts ; the nearest universities are in Rindge, New Hampshire and Amherst, Massachusetts .

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 35 f . ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Brookline, 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 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Location 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. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
5. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
6. ↑ Self-presentation on the municipality's website (English)
7. ↑ Homepage of the Newbrook Elementary (English)
8. ↑ Homepage of Seeland & Gray (English)