Burke (Vermont)

Burke
Historic Toll House in Burke
Location in Vermont
Burke
Basic data
Foundation :	November 4, 1780
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Caledonia County
Coordinates :	44 ° 37 ′  N , 71 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 37 ′  N , 71 ° 57 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,753 (as of 2010)
Population density :	19.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	88.2 km 2  (approx. 34 mi 2 ) of which 88.2 km 2  (approx. 34 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	309 m
Postal code :	05871
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-10450
GNIS ID :	1462059
Website :	www.BurkeVermont.com
Mayor :	Priscilla Aldrich (Town Clerk)

Burke is a town in Caledonia County in the state of Vermont in the United States with a population of 1,753 (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Burke is located in the northeast of Caledonia County on the border with Essex County , in the northeast of the Green Mountains , about 40 kilometers south of the Canadian border and about 35 kilometers west of the Connecticut River . The surface of the town is hilly, the highest point is the 976 m high Burke Mountain .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Newark , 2.6 mi
• Northeast: East Haven , 14.1 km
• East: Victory , 8 miles
• South: Kirby , 2.2 miles
• Southwest: Lyndon , 5.8 mi
• West: Sutton , 7.3 miles

City structure

There are three main settlements in the area of ​​Town Burke: the West Burke administrative center, the East Burke tourist center at the foot of Burke Mountain and the Burke Hollow settlement on the road between the other two villages.

climate

The mean mean temperature in Burke is between −9.44 ° C (15 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° 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

Declared for settlement in 1780, Burke was not actually made arable until 1792. The first public building stood on a hill above today's Burke Hollow and contained a church, school and assembly room at the same time. The hill quickly turned out to be too stormy for a settlement, so a new village, Burke Hollow, was built in the valley. From there, the other two settlements of the joint community emerged: West Burke at a fork in the road, East Burke at the foot of Burke Mountain. Originally, this was the largest of the three towns, but this changed with the connection of West Burkes to the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad . The station was a good location for timber loading in a wide area. With the advent of tourism in Vermont at the end of the 19th century, West Burke became the starting point for those seeking relaxation at two large lakes nearby. From 1909, tourism developed in East Burke in connection with the forest area on Burke Mountain. In 1931 Mr. Darling, the owner of large tracts of land on and around Burke Mountain, died and bequeathed it to the state. The Darling State Park was set up on these areas , which in addition to four campsites and a hut village primarily offers Burke Mountain, which has developed into an alpine ski area, as a tourist destination.

religion

Church life is shaped by branches of the United Church of Christ and the Methodists .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Burke
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	108	460	541	866	997	1103	1138	1162	1252	1198
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1184	1183	1041	1016	998	1042	922	1053	1385	1406
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1571	1753

Culture and sights

Parks

Burke Mountain

The Darling State Park is located in the Towns Burke and Kirby. It is 1998 acre (808 hectares ). Its starting point is the Fire Tower built on Burke Mountain in 1912. This tower is one of the first in the state of Vermont. The area was donated to the state of Vermont by the Darling family in the 1930s, and Darling State Park was established on that land. The Civilian Conservation Corps built a road to Burke Mountain in 1935. The first ski lift was built in 1953.

Sports

On March 14, 2010, two races of the Alpine Nor-Am Cup took place in the Burke Mountain ski area.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The US Highway 5 runs north to south through the western part of the Town of Barton in the north to the south Lyndon. The Vermont State Route 114 also extends in the north-south direction centrally through the Town. It follows the course of the Passumpsic River . The ski area at Burke Mountain and Darling State Park are accessed by town streets.

Public facilities

There is no hospital in Burke. The closest is Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury.

education

Burke is part of the Caledonia North Supervisory Union with Lyndon, Newark, Sheffield, Sutton, Wheelock and Waterford . Burke Town School is located in Burke . It offers classes from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The East Burke School is a high school and provides the school grades 9 through 12th

The Burke Mountain Academy is a sports school that prepares for college and focuses on sports. 45 Olympians have completed their training here so far.

There are two libraries in Burke, the West Burke Public Library is located on the Vermont Route in West Burke. The East Burke Community Library was founded in 1872.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Charles Woodruff (1845–1920), Brigadier General in the Civil War

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . tape III . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 36 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 1 . Burlington 1867, p. 854 ff .

Web links

Commons : Burke, Vermont  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Community website
• 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 )
• Darling State Park homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Town of Burke in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 18, 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Burke Mountain on Peakery.com , accessed June 10, 2017
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Burke on the City Daty portal , accessed June 10, 2017
6. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
7. ^ Darling State Park , accessed June 10, 2017
8. ^ Caledonia North Supervisory Union , accessed June 10, 2017
9. ^ Burke Town School , accessed June 10, 2017
10. ^ East Burke School , accessed June 10, 2017
11. ↑ Burke Mountain Academy , accessed June 10, 2017
12. ^ West Burke Public Library , accessed June 10, 2017
13. ^ East Burke Community Library , accessed June 10, 2017