Clarendon (Vermont)

Clarendon
Congretional Church, Clarendon
Location in Vermont
Clarendon
Basic data
Foundation :	September 5, 1761
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Rutland County
Coordinates :	43 ° 32 ′  N , 72 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 32 ′  N , 72 ° 58 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	2,541 (as of 2010)
Population density :	31.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	81.7 km 2  (approx. 32 mi 2 ) of which 81.7 km 2  (approx. 32 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	164 m
Postal code :	05759
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-14500
GNIS ID :	1462072
Website :	www.clarendonvt.org

Clarendon is a town in Rutland County of the state of Vermont in the United States with a population of 2,541 (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Clarendon is centrally located in Rutland County, in the Green Mountains . The area of ​​the town is interspersed with hills and valleys. The Otter Creek and the Clarendeon River flow through the area of ​​the town in a northerly direction, the Mill River in a westerly direction, flowing into Otter Creek. To the west are the Clarendon Caves .

The main settlements in the locality are West Clarendon , East Clarendon , Clarendon Springs , and North Clarendon .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Rutland , 5.5 km
• Northeast: Mendon , 5.8 mi
• East: Shrewsbury , 14.3
• Southeast: Wallingford , 3.4 mi
• Southwest: Tinmouth , 6.1 mi
• West: Ira , 12.1 km
• Northwest: West Rutland , 5.4 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Clarendon is between -7.2 ° C (19 ° 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

Clarendon was founded on September 5, 1761 as a Grant by Benning Wentworth . Not only was it one of the New Hampshire Grants , but it was also a Province of Massachusetts Bay grant . Most of the settlers bought their land from John Henry Lydius, an Indian trader who claimed to have acquired the land from the Mohawk in 1732 . These acquisitions were confirmed by the Royal Governor William Shirley of Massachusetts. In 1760, Lydius divided the land into 35 parcels the size of townships and numbered them. No. 7 was the township of Durham , this corresponded approximately to the area of ​​today's Clarendon and on September 29, 1761 he awarded the grant for this area to James Haven who divided it up. Governor Dunmore of the Province of New York awarded a grant for Socialborough on April 3, 1771 , which included parts of Rutland, Pittsford and also parts of Clarendon. This led to conflict when James Duane, New York Grant holder, tried to take possession of land that had already been granted by the New Hampshire Grant.

Wentworth's grant went to Caleb Williams and seventy others. The Grants covered a larger area than today's Town, parts of Durham and Socialborogh were also included. Settlement began in 1768 by settlers from Rhode Island and Connecticut. First the valley of the Otter Creek was settled. The first settlers did not live in Clarendon for the whole year, but first returned to their homeland in winter. In 1785 the legal situation of the settlers was clarified by the quieting act , all property rights were confirmed and the still unpopulated land was awarded the New Hampshire Grant. As early as the first census in 1790, Clarendon had 1,478 inhabitants, making the town the largest in Rutland County.

Clarendon House in Clarendon Springs

The mineral spring at Clarendon Springs was discovered by Asa Smith. Smith suffered from cancer and in a dream saw the miniral health-promoting spring in the wilderness. He discovered the spring in 1776 and got well. George Rounds built a first log cabin at the spring in 1781 for those seeking healing at the spring. The medicinal value of mineral water was officially recognized around 1793.

Richard Murray later built a large hotel there called Clarendon House , now a listed building, making the place a popular health resort. More homes and businesses were built, and Clarendon Springs became extremely popular. Tourists traveled by horse-drawn carriage and concerts were given in the summer. The spring water was bottled and marketed worldwide.

From Rhode Island, Theopilus Harrington reached Clarendon in 1785 . He was a farmer, politician, and MP in the Vermont House of Representatives and later a judge on the Vermont Supreme Court . He made a landmark decision on an issue of slavery in a free state by negating a slave owner's right to property in a free state.

Religions

The first religious community was founded in 1822 by the Congregational Church .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Clarendon, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										1478
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1789	1797	1712	1585	1549	1477	1237	1173	1105	928
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	915	857	826	883	868	1102	1091	1537	2372	2835
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2811	2571

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The US Highway 7 runs in a north-south direction centrally through the Town, of Wallingfort to Rutland. The Vermont State Route 133 passes in the northwest, the Town and the Vermont State Route 103 leads to the east just north of Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport on US Highway 7. The railway Bellows Falls Burlington has stations in East Clarendon and North Clarendon and the The Rutland – Hoosick Junction railway stops in Clarendon.

Public facilities

Clarendon does not have its own hospital. The closest hospital is the Rutland Regional Medical Center in Rutland .

education

Clarendon is part of the Rutland South Supervisory Union . There is an elementary school, Clarendon Elementary, with classes from pre-kindergarten through grade 6, and Mill River High School, with grades 7-12.

The Baily Memorial Library is located in the Clarendon Grange Community Center.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• George Tisdale Hodges (1789–1860), politician
• Silas H. Hodges (1804–1875), politician and Vermont State Auditor

Personalities who have worked on site

• Theophilus Harrington (1762–1832), politician and judge in the Vermont Supreme Court

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 54 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• HP Smith: History of Rutland County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . D. Mason & co., Syracuse, NY 1886, pp. 554 f . ( archive.org ).

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from December 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Clarendon in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed December 25, 2016
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ ^{A b} Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842, p. 8 ( books.google.de ).
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Clarendon, Vermont (VT 05759) 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 December 25, 2016 . 
6. ^ ^{A b} Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842 ( books.google.de ).
7. ^ History of Rutland County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. In: archive.org. Retrieved December 25, 2016 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b c d} Diana Gale Matthiesen: Brief history of Clarendon Springs, Rutland County, Vermont. In: dgmweb.net. Retrieved December 25, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
10. ^ Town of Clarendon Vermont. In: clarendonvt.org. Retrieved December 25, 2016 . 
11. ^ Bailey Memorial Library. In: wordpress.com. Bailey Memorial Library, accessed December 25, 2016 (American English).