Clarendon (Vermont)
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | September 5, 1761 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Vermont | |
County : | Rutland County | |
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 |
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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.
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 | ||||||||||
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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
- 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
- ↑ Clarendon in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed December 25, 2016
- ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
- ^ A b Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842, p. 8 ( books.google.de ).
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ 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 .
- ^ A b Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842 ( books.google.de ).
- ^ 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 .
- ↑ a b c d Diana Gale Matthiesen: Brief history of Clarendon Springs, Rutland County, Vermont. In: dgmweb.net. Retrieved December 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
- ^ Town of Clarendon Vermont. In: clarendonvt.org. Retrieved December 25, 2016 .
- ^ Bailey Memorial Library. In: wordpress.com. Bailey Memorial Library, accessed December 25, 2016 (American English).