Craftsbury

Craftsbury
Craftsbury Church
Location in Vermont
Craftsbury
Basic data
Foundation :	August 23, 1781
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Orleans County
Coordinates :	44 ° 39 ′  N , 72 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 39 ′  N , 72 ° 23 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1.206 (as of:)
Population density :	11.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	102.9 km 2  (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of which 101.7 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	268 m
Postcodes :	05826-05827
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-16300
GNIS ID :	1462078
Website :	www.townofcraftsbury.com

Craftsbury is a town in Orleans County , Vermont . In 2010 there were 1206 inhabitants in 502 households on an area of ​​102.9 km².

geography

Geographical location

Craftsbury is located in southwest Orleans County. The Black River meanders through the town in a north-south direction. There are also other smaller rivers. Centrally located is the Mud Pond and the Little Hosmer Pond is in the north. The surface is quite flat, there are no higher elevations, at 550 m, West Hill is the highest elevation.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Lowell , 5.8 miles
• Northeast: Albany , 3.7 mi
• East: Glover , 17.2 km
• Southeast: Greensboro , 6.9 mi
• South: Hardwick , 3.7 miles
• Southwest: Wolcott , 5.2 mi
• West: Hyde Park , 20.0 km
• Northwest: Eden , 17.0 km

Note: Towns Lowell and Hardwick do not share a border with Craftsbury, but are so close that it made sense to include them on this list.

climate

The mean mean temperature in Craftsbury 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

Houses in the center of Craftsbury

The town was given as a grant to Ebenezer Crafts, Timothy Newell, and 62 others in 1780. The constituent meeting took place on August 23, 1781. It was one of the first populated places in the area. The first name of the place was Minden, but only ten years later it was renamed Craftsbury in honor of Ebenezer Crafts, who was the first settler to reach the town in the summer of 1788. Craftsbury quickly became an important trading center, but there were also clashes with Indians. This led to the establishment of various settlement sites: Craftsbury Village in the valley, East Craftsbury on an elevation and Craftsbury Common on top of a hill. The highest population reached Craftsbury in 1860 with 1413, in 1970 it reached a low point with 632 people. Since then, the population has increased again.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Craftsbury, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										18th
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	229	566	605	982	1151	1223	1413	1330	1381	1271
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1251	1119	1042	976	875	709	674	632	844	994
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1136	1206

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Vermont State Route 14 runs north to south through the town of Albany in the north to the south Hartwig.

Public facilities

There is no hospital of its own in Craftsbury. The closest hospital is Copley Hospital in Morrisville .

education

The Craftsbury Elementary School offers classes from kindergarten through fourth grade.

The Craftsbury Middle School in Minden Hall is attended by students in grades five to eight.

The Craftsbury high school is attended by students of class 9 to 12.

The Wells Village Library is located on Vermont Route 30 in the former Church of the Universalists. The building was erected in 1855. Wells's first library was the Wells-Lochlea Library , in a room above Annie R. Huyck's garage. She donated her books to the library and took care of the possibility of using the former church. She then paid for the church to be converted into a library. Today the library keeps her memory.

Craftsbury Public Library

In Craftsbury, the Craftsbury Public Library is a library on Church Street.

The Sterling College is attended by about 125 students.

Tourism and culture

Craftsbury offers various promotions for tourism. Alfred Hitchcock used the set in 1955 for his crime comedy Always Trouble with Harry , which was filmed in large part during the Indian Summer in Craftsbury.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Roger L. Easton (1921–2014), one of the inventors of the GPS
• Burleigh F. Spalding (1853–1934), politician in the US House of Representatives
• Jay Webber Seaver (1855–1915), medical doctor and pioneer of anthropometry

Personalities who have worked on site

• Samuel C. Crafts (1768–1853), politician and governor of Vermont
• Augustus Young (1784–1857), politician in the US House of Representatives

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 60 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Craftsbury, Vermont  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Town Craftsbury homepage
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• History of Craftburys
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ US Census Bureau: American FactFinder - Community Facts. In: census.gov. factfinder.census.gov, accessed November 26, 2015 . 
2. ^ West Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ). peakery.com ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ Craftsbury, Vermont (VT 05827) 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 March 3, 2017 (English). 
5. ^ History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, January 1, 1842 ( books.google.de ).
6. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
7. ↑ Elementary School. (No longer available online.) In: ossu.org. Craftsbury Schools, archived from the original on March 4, 2017 ; Retrieved March 3, 2017 . 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.  
8. ^ Middle School. (No longer available online.) In: ossu.org. Craftsbury Schools, archived from the original on March 4, 2017 ; Retrieved March 3, 2017 . 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.  
9. ↑ high school. (No longer available online.) In: ossu.org. Craftsbury Schools, archived from the original on March 4, 2017 ; Retrieved March 3, 2017 . 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.  
10. ^ Welcome to the Wells Village Public Library - Wells Village Public Library. In: wellslibrary.com. Retrieved February 19, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Take the Time ... In: craftsburypubliclibrary.org. Craftsbury Public Library, accessed March 3, 2017 (American English). 
12. ↑ Sterling College in Vermont. In: sterlingcollege.edu. Sterling College. Retrieved March 3, 2017 (American English).