Canaan (Vermont)

Canaan
House in Canaan
Location in Vermont
Canaan
Basic data
Foundation :	February 25, 1782
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Essex County
Coordinates :	44 ° 59 ′  N , 71 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 59 ′  N , 71 ° 36 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	972 (as of 2010)
Population density :	11.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	86.6 km 2  (about 33 mi 2 ) of which 85.5 km 2  (about 33 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	390 m
Postcodes :	05902, 05903
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-11800
GNIS ID :	1462064
Website :	canaan-vt.org

Canaan is a town in Essex County in the US state of Vermont . It had a total of 972 inhabitants at the last census in 2010. It is part of the Berlin Micropolitan Statistical Area .

geography

Geographical location

Canaan is located in northeast Essex County, south of the Canadian border . The Connecticut River forms the eastern border with New Hampshire , and there are other small streams that flow into the Connecticut River. The Lac Wallace protrudes to the north on the area of ​​the town. The surface is hilly, the highest point is the 682 m high Canaan Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• Northwest: Dixville , Canada, 12 mi
• North: Guild of Saint-Herméné , Canada, 5.3 mi
• Northeast: Pittsburg , 23 mi
• East: Clarksville , 18 mi
• East: Stewartstown , 13.3 miles
• Southeast: Colebrook , 13.2 mi
• Southwest: Lemington , 2.7 mi
• West: Averill , 7.1 km

City structure

The town is divided into several settlement areas, including the Village Canaan , Beecher Falls , Wallace Pond , South Canaan and Canaan Hills .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Canaan 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

Connecticut River

The Grant for Canaan was given on February 25, 1782 by the Vermont Republic to John Wheeler, Jonathan and Araad Hunt and 41 others. Settlement began in 1785. The area of ​​Norfolk Town was added to the town in 1801. The early settlers lived from agriculture and hunting. The border with Canada was made mandatory in 1925 and that with New Hampshire in 1934. Until then, there were occasional skirmishes on the borders. At the beginning of the 20th century, many immigrants from Quebec moved to Canaan.

In 1895 a subsidiary of Ethan Allen Global, Inc. was established in Beecher Falls. Furniture was made at this location. At times the factory was the largest furniture factory east of Michigan. The location was closed in 2009. As a result, 250 people lost their jobs.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Canaan, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										19th
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	45	332	227	373	378	471	408	419	637	829
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	934	869	982	906	872	969	1094	949	1196	1121
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1078	972

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In a west-east direction parallel to the border with Canada, Vermont State Route 114 runs along the northern border of the town. It leads to Avrill in the west. In a north-south direction, Vermont State Route 102 branches off from it in a south direction.

Public facilities

The North Country Hospital & Health Care in Newport is the closest hospital to the town's residents.

education

Alice M. Ward Library

Canaan is part of the Essex North Supervisory Union with Bloomfield, Brunswick, Lemington and Norton .

The Canaan Schools offer classes for around 200 pupils from kindergarten through the 12th grade.

The Alice M. Ward Library is on Park Street, in a former stagecoach station. The building was known as Jacobs Stand and was erected in 1846. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The building was purchased by Alice M. Ward in 1888. She was the wife of doctor Dr. Artemas Ward. He set up his practice in part of the building. In her will, Alice M. Ward left the building to the town with the condition that a library be established in the building. In a meeting in the town in December 1930 this inheritance was accepted.

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• Samuel Ingham (1793–1881), Canaan lawyer and member of the US House of Representatives

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. Volume III p 44 ( limited preview in Google Book search). (for the period up to 1840)
• Benjamin Homer Hall: History of Eastern Vermont . D. Appleton & Co., New York 1865 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Canaan in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed May 18, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Canaan Hill on Peakery.com , accessed May 21, 2017
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Canaan on the City Daty portal , accessed on May 21, 2017
6. ↑ History of the Town, on the Town of Canaan page , accessed on May 21, 2017
7. ↑ History of the Town, on the Town of Canaan page , accessed on May 21, 2017
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ Essex North Supervisory Union , accessed May 21, 2017
10. ^ Canaan Schools , accessed May 21, 2015
11. ^ Homepage of the Alice M. Ward Library , accessed on May 21, 2017
12. ↑ Information on the National Register page , accessed on May 21, 2017