Cabot (Vermont)

Cabot
Town Hall of Cabot
Location in Vermont
Cabot
Basic data
Foundation :	17th August 1780
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Washington County
Coordinates :	44 ° 24 ′  N , 72 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 24 ′  N , 72 ° 18 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,433 (as of 2010)
Population density :	14.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	99.8 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of which 96.6 km 2  (approx. 37 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	440 m
Postal code :	05647
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-11125
GNIS ID :	1462061
Website :	www.cabotvt.us

Cabot is a town in Washington County in the state of Vermont in the United States . In 2010 there were 1,433 inhabitants in 771 households on an area of ​​99.8 km².

geography

Geographical location

Cabot is in northeast Washington County. The town was originally densely forested with hardwoods, hemlock and spruce. In the northwest of the town is the West Hill Pond. US Highway 2 runs through the town . North of the highway is the 665 m high Danville Hill. South of Mollys Pond and Mollys Falls Pond. The Winooski River rises north of Cabot .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Hardwick , 4.4 mi
• Northeast: Walden , 4.5 mi
• East: Danville , 11.9 miles
• Southeast: Peacham , 6.4 mi
• Southwest: Marshfield , 4.8 mi
• West: Calais , 18.9 km
• Northwest: Woodbury , 7.7 mi

City structure

Cabot is divided into the areas of Cabot Village, Cabot Plains, South Cabot, East Cabot, Molly's Pond and Lower Cabot.

climate

The mean mean temperature in Cabot 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

The Town of Cabot was founded on August 17, 1780. The town was named after the later wife of Major Lyman Hitchcock, Sophia Cabot. Hitchcock, an officer in the Continental Army , had the grant for Cabot and after the future father-in-law had visited the country, he allowed the wedding. Sophia Cabot was descended from the explorers Sebastiano Caboto and Giovanni Caboto . The 1790 census reports that Lyman Hitchcock's household consisted of four people. Cabot originally belonged to Caledonia County , later to Washington County.

The first settler in Cabot was Benjamin Webster, who built a small cabin for himself and his family in 1783, which he brought from New Hampshire the following spring. In 1787 the first meeting was called to organize the town. The first inn, the Yellow House, opened a little later. The city councilors were elected for the first time on February 5, 1788. The first school was inaugurated in 1792. After the forest was cleared, potatoes could be grown in the fields and whiskey was distilled from them. The whiskey was sold to Boston and Portland and later smuggled into Canada.

Mill builder Thomas Lyford built the first sawmill on the Winooski River in 1789. Others followed, as well as some shops, a starch factory, forges and a small foundry. A donation in 1790 from Major Hichcock, Captain Jesse Levenworth and Asa Douglas shifted the center of the town from Cabot Plain to Cabot Center, and later to Cabot Village. Another settlement emerged with Lower Cabot. The West Hill area originally consisted of meadows. In 1820, Avery Atkins purchased land and built a dam to damm the West Hill Brook. He used the water power for a sawmill and a grain mill. The reservoir is called West Hill Pond. Further settlements emerged with East Cabot, Hookerville and Peterville along the Molly Brooks.

Religions

The Congregational Church founded in 1806 and the Methodist Church founded by Cabot in 1822 merged to form the Cabot United Church in 1828 .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Cabbot, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										122
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	349	886	1032	1304	1440	1356	1318	1279	1242	1074
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1126	1116	1036	1107	974	826	763	663	958	1043
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1213	1433

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The US Highway 2 runs along the eastern boundary of the Town. It connects Cabot with Danville in the northeast and Marshfield in the south. Vermont State Route 215 runs through the center of town . Also in a north-south direction.

economy

Cabot Farmers Creamery

In 1893 a dairy was established in Cabot and in 1919 a group of 94 farmers bought the dairy and founded the Cabot Farmers Creamery Co. Inc. Today Cabot Creamery, after being taken over by the Agri-Mark Cooperative in 1992.

education

Along with Marshfield and Plainfield, Cabot is part of the Washington Northeast Supervisory Union . In Cabot there is a school center consisting of Pre School , Elementary School and Highschool is connected to a center for Students Performing Arts .

The Cabot Library was established in 1896. The books were kept in different places, partly in shops or with private individuals. However, there was often a lack of books. In 1912, the ladies of Judith Lyford Woman's Club raised funds to purchase additional books. Charles Willey, a summer guest, promised to reward $ 2 for every dollar raised. This resulted in a total of more than $ 11,000 for books.

Hospitals

There is no hospital in Cabot. The closest are Central Vermont Medical Center, Copley Hospital, and Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital.

graveyards

There are seven cemeteries in Cabot, the oldest being established by a donation of land from William Osgood in 1799.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Zerah Colburn (1804–1839), math prodigy
• Will Voigt (* 1976), basketball coach

Web links

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

• official website of the municipality
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Cabot Historical Society
• Citi-Data Cabot
• Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from July 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS): American FactFinder - Results. In: census.gov. factfinder.census.gov, accessed September 15, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Cabot History - Cabot Historical Society. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed September 17, 2015 . 
3. ^ Danville Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Map of Cabot VT | Cabot Vermont | MapQuest.com. In: mapquest.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
6. ↑ Cabot on the City Daty portal , accessed June 11, 2017
7. ↑ ^{a b} Cabot, Vermont, New England, USA. In: virtualvermont.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015 . 
8. ^ The Yellow House - Cabot Historical Society. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed September 17, 2015 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b c d} History of Cabot Vermont. (No longer available online.) In: central-vt.com. www.central-vt.com, archived from the original on September 7, 2015 ; accessed on September 17, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
11. ^ The History of the World's Best Cheddar. In: cabotcheese.coop. Retrieved September 17, 2015 . 
12. ^ Washington Northeast Supervisory Union ( Memento June 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed June 11, 2017
13. ^ Cabot School. In: cabotschool.org. Retrieved November 29, 2015 . 
14. ↑ Town of Cabot. In: cabotvt.us. Retrieved November 29, 2015 . 
15. ↑ Town of Cabot. In: cabotvt.us. Retrieved November 29, 2015 . 
16. ^ Cemeteries in Cabot - Cabot Historical Society. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed September 17, 2015 .