Derby (Vermont)

Derby
The state line at the Haskell Free Library and Opera House
Location in Vermont
Derby
Basic data
Foundation :	October 29, 1779
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Orleans County
Coordinates :	44 ° 57 ′  N , 72 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 57 ′  N , 72 ° 8 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	4,621 (as of 2010)
Population density :	36 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	149.2 km 2  (approx. 58 mi 2 ) of which 128.5 km 2  (approx. 50 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	307 m
Postal code :	05829
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-17350
GNIS ID :	1462081
Website :	www.DerbyVT.org

Derby is a town in Orleans County in the state of Vermont in the United States with 4,621 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Derby borders the Canadian border to the south ; to the west the town lies on the shores of Lake Memphremagog . The town is primarily agricultural; Initial attempts to attract tourists have so far been limited to sport anglers who have come across large fish stocks in the Clyde River . There are four large lakes in the town area; Despite the location on the northern foothills of the Appalachian Mountains , the terrain is mainly flat and has only a few rolling hills. The highest point is the 444 m high Salem Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Stanstead, Quebec , 2.9 mi
• North-east: Holland , 16.8 km
• East: Morgan , 14 miles
• Southeast: Charleston , 7.5 mi
• South: Brownington , 2.7 mi
• Southwest: Coventry , 6.9 mi
• West: Newport (City) , 5.7 miles
• Northwest: Newport , 11.2 mi

City structure

The town has three settlement cores, two of which, the main Derby Center with the administrative center and the Derby Line border town to Canada, have been declared villages .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Derby 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

Derby was proclaimed on October 29, 1779 (actually not until 1788, but the document in question was dated back to the stated, thereby official date of establishment); however, the first settlement did not take place until 1795. In addition to the originally declared areas, Derby 6,000 acres were added to the adjacent town of Gatesborough to the south , which was founded and sold, but whose purchase price had never been paid. The remaining parts of the unsold land were founded and sold as Town Salem , but this town was also dissolved and part of the neighboring Newport was added; the rest of the lost Town Salem was slammed in 1880 the Town Derby. The first city assembly was held on March 29, 1798. For a number of years in Derby hunter groups of the St. Francis Indians , a sub-tribe of the Abenaki , did business with the local traders, especially with fur.

Derby Line Hotel 1908

The Village Derby Line was built in 1795 when the town was first settled directly on the Canadian border, which runs along the 45th parallel. Due to incorrect measurements, however, part of the place north of this border was built, which was only noticed decades later. In 1842, the 45th parallel was confirmed as the border line, so that since then the border has run right through the town, sometimes even directly through houses and a factory (the Canadian part of which was closed in 1982, while the American part still exists). Derby Line is therefore a special case for border controls between Canada and the USA, which the authorities of both countries fear that it will encourage illegal immigration of third parties (e.g. Mexicans). All the more so as the Canadian part of Derby Lines, which bears the name Stanstead and belongs to Québec , and the American town still have a strong sense of togetherness and thwart efforts to limit border crossings to official customs offices. For example, there is a shared main road, which was laid out so that the border runs in the middle of the street, and the Haskell Free Library and Opera House , which was deliberately built on the border line in 1904 , whose auditorium is on US-American soil, while the stage is on Canadian soil , and its public library has access from both the Canadian and the US side.

There is a Methodist congregation in Derby Line ; education is provided by an elementary school and a high school in Derby Center .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Derby, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	178	714	925	1469	1681	1750	1906	2039	1967	2900
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	3274	2530	2201	2165	2118	2245	2506	3252	4222	4479
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	4604	4621

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Interstate 91 runs north to south through the town, from Canada in the north to Barton in the south. From Newport in the west, US Highway 5 runs parallel to Interstate 91 north. From it branch off in an easterly direction from Vermont State Route 111 to Morgan and Vermont State Route 5A to Charleston.

Public facilities

There is no hospital of its own in Derby. The closest hospital is North Country Hospital & Health Care in Newport City.

education

Derby is part of the North Country Supervisory Union . In Derby, there is Derby Elementary School on Elm Street with classes from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. Grades 7 and 8 are offered at North Country Union Junior High School .

Haskell Free Library and Opera House, Canadian side

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House was deliberately built on the border with Canada. The auditorium is on US-American soil, while the stage is on Canadian soil, and there are access to the library from both the Canadian and US-American sides.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Lucien Bonaparte Chase (1817–1864), politician and member of the US House of Representatives
• Charles Kendall Adams (1835–1902), historian
• Roberta Como (≈1922–2006), musician and arranger

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 59 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Maps from 1859 and 1878 and a historical summary
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from December 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Derby in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed April 27, 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ Salem Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Derby, Vermont (VT 05829) 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 4, 2017 (English). 
6. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont: natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. George H. Salisbury, Burlington 1842, p. 63 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
7. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
8. ^ School Calendars - North Country Supervisory Union. (No longer available online.) In: ncsuvt.org. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016 ; accessed on March 4, 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. ^ North Country Union Junior High School. In: ncsuvt.org. ncujhs.ncsuvt.org, accessed October 14, 2017 .