Charlotte (Vermont)

Charlotte
Town Hall
Location in Vermont
Charlotte
Basic data
Foundation :	June 24, 1762
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Chittenden County
Coordinates :	44 ° 19 ′  N , 73 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 19 ′  N , 73 ° 14 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	3,754 (as of 2010)
Population density :	35.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	130.4 km 2  (approx. 50 mi 2 ) of which 106.9 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	186 m
Postal code :	05445
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-13300
GNIS ID :	1462068
Website :	www.charlottevt.org

Charlotte is a town in Chittenden County of the state of Vermont in the United States , with a population of 3,754 (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Charlotte is located in southwest Chittenden County, on the western shore of Lake Champlains . Many small watercourses run through the town, the largest is Lewis Creek in the south, which flows westward into Lake Champlain. There are only a few small lakes in the area of ​​the town. The surface is flat, with three peaks, the highest of which is the 301 m high Philo Mountain in the south, which forms the Philo Mountain State Park with its slopes .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Shelburne , 1.8 mi
• East: Hinesburg , 16.5 km
• Southeast: Monkton , 7.3 mi
• South: Ferrisburgh , 3.7 miles
• West: Essex NY 18.0 km

City structure

The town is divided into the Villages Charlotte and East Charlotte , and there is also the settlement of Thompson`s Point .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Charlotte is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° 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

Quinlan's Covered Bridge

Charlotte was proclaimed one of the New Hampshire Grants for settlement on June 7, 1763 by Benning Wentworth . Charlotte was named, originally Charlotta after Sophie Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz , the young wife of Georg III . The first settler was Derrek Webb in 1776. He did not stay through the winter, but came back in 1777, but did not stay again and left Charlotte in May of that year. He did not settle permanently until 1784, and other settlers followed. A ferry service to Essex in New York was established as early as 1790. This ferry service is one of the oldest in the United States and is still in service today.

A connection through the Bellows Falls – Burlington railway line existed until 1961. Peter Shumlin , governor of Vermont until 2017, promised to reopen in 2017.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Charlotte, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										635
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1231	1679	1526	1702	1620	1634	1589	1430	1342	1240
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1254	1163	1160	1089	1082	1215	1271	1802	2561	3148
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	3569	3754

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Charlotte is crossed by US Highway 7 in a north-south direction. It connects Charlotte in the north with Shelburne and in the south with Vergennes. There is a regular ferry service to Essex, New York via Lake Champlain. The closest Amtrak stations are in Westport or Essex Junction.

Public facilities

There is no hospital in Charlotte. The University of Vermont Medical Center , Burlington, is the closest hospital.

education

Charlotte belongs to the Chittenden South Supervisory Union with Hinesburg, Shelburne, St. George and Williston . Charlotte Central School is located in Charlotte . It offers school classes from pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade.

The Charlotte Public Library is located on Ferry Road in Charlotte.

In Charlotte, the Charlotte Historical Society takes care of the preservation of history.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Jerediah Horsford (1791–1875), politician, Member of Parliament for Vermont in the US House of Representatives
• John A. Kasson (1822–1910), politician, MP for Iowa in the US House of Representatives

Personalities who have worked on site

• Lawrence S. Hamilton (1925-2016), environmental activist

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 51 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 1st volume. Burlington, Vermont 1867.

Web links

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

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charlotte in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed June 5, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Philo Mountain on Peakery.com , accessed June 5, 2017
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
6. ↑ ^{a b} Charlotte on Virtual Vermont , accessed June 5, 2017
7. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical , p. 51 , accessed June 5, 2017
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ↑ Chittenden South Supervisory Union ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 5, 2017  
10. ↑ Charlotte Central School ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 5, 2017 
11. ^ Charlotte Public Library , accessed June 5, 2017