Brownington (Vermont)

Brownington
Old Stone House Museum
Location in Vermont
Brownington
Basic data
Foundation :	October 2, 1790
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Orleans County
Coordinates :	44 ° 50 ′  N , 72 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 50 ′  N , 72 ° 8 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	988 (as of 2010)
Population density :	13.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	73.6 km 2  (approx. 28 mi 2 ) of which 73.3 km 2  (approx. 28 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	353 m
Postal code :	05860
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-09850
GNIS ID :	1462056

Brownington is a town in Orleans County in the state of Vermont in the United States with 988 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Brownington is centrally located in Orleans County. The area of ​​the town is hilly without any significant elevations. To the north is Brownington Pond. Several rivers drain the area, such as the Day Brook, which flows through Brownington Pond, and to the south the Barton River with its tributaries.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Derby , 2.7 miles
• Northeast: Charleston , 6.9 mi
• Southeast: Westmore , 9.1 mi
• South: Barton , 2 miles
• West: Irasburg , 17.3 km
• Northwest: Coventry , 7.5 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Brownington 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

First, Brownington was proclaimed on February 26, 1782. There was a dispute over the grant between the beneficiaries and the legislature, as well as the governor. The primary beneficiaries were Daniel and Timothy Brown, six other male members of the Brown family and Sarah Brown. The town of Brownington was named after them when it was founded on October 2, 1790. However, no members of the family settled in Brownington. Settlement started in 1800.

The Orleans County Grammar School , the first high school of the county, was founded in 1822 in Brownington. The school opened in 1823 under the leadership of Rev. James Woodward. After that, Rev. AL Twilight ran the school for many years. After the civil war, the school ceased operations from 1865 to 1870 and was moved from its location to the village center. The old school was moved back to its original location in 2016 by 40 oxen.

The northern part of the town, the Brownington Historic District , was listed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1973 .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Brownington, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	65	236	265	412	486	613	761	901	854	799
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	748	760	741	697	689	673	599	522	708	705
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	885	988

Culture and sights

Buildings

The Brownington Historic District is home to a variety of buildings that have been on the National Registry of Historic Places since 1973 . These include:

• Samuel Read Hall House , built in 1831 by George Carlton West. West planned to live in the house himself but moved away before completion, and Samuel Read moved into the house in 1856 when he became pastor of Brownington Congregational Church and principal of Orleans County Grammar School.
• Cyrus Eaton House , built in 1834 by Cyrus Eaton, an early settler from Canada. Eaton owned a lot of land in what is now the Historic District and he sold it to Alexander Twilight to build his house and boarding school.
• Twilight Homestead , first residence of Alexander Twilight when he reached Brownington in 1829.
• Twilight Farmhouse , Twilight's house, on the second floor, students from Grammar School were housed.
• Old Stone House , built in 1836 by Alexander Twilight as a boarding school for the students of the Grammar School. It was called the Athenian Hall .
• Lawrence barn , was not originally built in Brownington. It was donated by Ruth and Roland Lawrence in 1997.
• Observatory on the top of Prospect Hill , built in 1898, a donation from William Barstow Strong
• Orleans Country Grammar School Building , the building was returned to its original location in 2016.
• Rice and Going Hotel
• Brownington Congregational Church

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Interstate 91 runs in a north-south direction by the northwest corner of Brownington and then runs parallel to the clay further north, of Derby in the north to the south Barton. Also in a north-south direction, Vermont State Route 5A runs north-south from Charleston in the north to Westmore in the south. From it branches off in a westerly direction from Vermont State Route 58 to Irasburg. There is no rail link to Brownington.

Public facilities

Brownington does not have its own hospital. The closest hospital is North Country Hospital & Health Care in Newport City.

education

Brownington is part of the Orleans Central Supervisory Union . Brownington is home to Brownington Central School , an elementary and middle school with classes from kindergarten through eighth grade.

There is no library in Brownington. The Barton Public Library is the closest library.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Portus Baxter (1806–1868), politician
• William Barstow Strong (1837-1914), President of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Personalities who have worked on site

• Alexander Twilight (1795–1857), school principal, politician and pastor

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 36 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

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

• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from May 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Brownington in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 7, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ Brownington, Vermont (VT 05860) 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 7, 2017 (English). 
5. ^ ^{A b} History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842, p. 36 ( books.google.de ).
6. ^ [VIDEO] Oxen pull Brownington School House to original location - Newport Dispatch . In: Newport Dispatch . August 8, 2016 ( newportdispatch.com ).
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Brownington | Old Stone House Museum. In: oldstonehousemuseum.org. Retrieved March 7, 2017 (American English). 
8. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
9. ^ Orleans Central Supervisory Union homepage. In: ocsu.org. Orleans Central Supervisory Union, accessed March 7, 2017 . 
10. ^ Brownington Central School. In: weebly.com. Brownington Central School, accessed March 7, 2017 .