Eden (Vermont)

Eden
Eden
Location in Vermont
Eden
Basic data
Foundation :	August 21, 1781
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Lamoille County
Coordinates :	44 ° 43 ′  N , 72 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 43 ′  N , 72 ° 32 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,323 (as of 2010)
Population density :	8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	166.6 km 2  (approx. 64 mi 2 ) of which 164.7 km 2  (approx. 64 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	342 m
Postcodes :	05652-05653
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-23500
GNIS ID :	1462088
Website :	www.EdenVT.org

Eden is a town in Lamoille County , Vermont , United States with 1,323 residents (2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Eden is in northeast Lamoille County, on a rugged stretch of the northern Green Mountains . There are several lakes in the area of ​​the town. The largest is the centrally located Lake Eden , south of it is South Lake and to the northwest is Belvidere Pond . The area is hilly, there are several mountains, the highest is the 1018 m high Belvidere Mountain in the north , and the 716 m high Hadley Mountain and the 760 m high Mount Norris . Numerous tributaries of the Lamoille River originate in the Eden area and - before industrialization - were widely used to drive sawmills etc.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Jay , 14 mi
• Northeast: Lowell , 7.5 mi
• East: Albany , 10.9 miles
• Southeast: Craftsbury , 14.0 km
• South: Wolcott , 10 miles
• Southwest: Hyde Park , 14 mi
• West: Waterville , 10.9 miles
• North-west: Belvidere , 12.5 km

climate

The mean mean temperature in Eden is between -11.67 ° 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

Eden was proclaimed for settlement on November 7th, 1780 and on August 28th, 1781 by the governor of Vermont, Thomas Chittenden , a number of officers and soldiers from the "continental war" transferred in recognition of their services. The first settlement took place from 1800, on March 31, 1802 the constituent city assembly was held. Only a small part of the land, especially in the west of the municipality, can be used as arable land; the other areas are often suitable for pasture. By 1840, Eden was particularly famous for its beef cattle, which are said to have supplied the best Vermont beef.

The first parish hall was built in 1832 and was used equally by all local parishes for worship.

During the American Civil War, 82 men from Eden served in the Army of the Northern States; of these, 18 died in the field, in hospital or in captivity and six were seriously injured.

Belvidere Mountain, according to the lore of the early inhabitants, was already mined by copper mines before it was settled by the English. Asbestos was industrially mined here between 1936 and 1975 . It left around 2.7 million t of residues. In 2008, the State of Vermont warned all residents of Eden and those in neighboring cities that there was a "health hazard" to people living within a ten-mile radius of the mine. In April 2009, the Vermont Department of Health published a revised study which found that all deaths associated with the asbestos mine occurred in former employees. The report also found that people who live near the mine are not at increased risk of developing diseases caused by asbestos compared to other people living in Vermont.

The Babcock Nature Reserve , an important geological area of ​​the town used by Johnson State College and other Vermont state colleges, is also located in Eden. The reserve is used for courses in geology, biology and ornithology.

religion

Two parishes are located in Eden: a Roman Catholic and a branch of the United Church of Christ . There is also an elementary school, the Eden Central School .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Eden, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	29	224	201	461	702	668	919	958	934	851
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	788	751	619	568	498	496	430	513	612	840
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1152	1323

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The municipality is connected to the Vermont Route 100 , which connects the surrounding towns in a north-south direction, it runs from Lowell in the north to Hyde Park in the south, and Vermont Route 118 , which branches off from this in a westward direction.

Public facilities

There is no hospital in Eden. The closest hospital is Copley Hospital in Morrisville.

education

Eden is part of the Lamoille North Supervisory Union with Belvidere, Cambridge, Hyde Park, Johnson and Waterville . The Eden Central School offers classes from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. Secondary schools in the school district are Lamoille Union Middle School and Lamoille Union High.

There is no public library in Eden. The closest is the Craftsbury Public Library in Craftsbury.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Frank Plumley (1844–1924), politician and member of the US House of Representatives

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . tape III . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 66 ( limited preview in Google Book Search - for development up to 1840).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 2 . Burlington 1870, p. 621 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Eden, 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 October 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eden in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed July 13, 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Belvidere Mountain . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
4. ^ Hadley Mountain . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
5. ↑ Mount Norris . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
6. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Eden, Vermont (VT 05652) 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 April 17, 2017 (English). 
8. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont: natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. George H. Salisbury, Burlington 1842, p. 68 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
9. ^ Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A Magazine, Embracing a History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military . AM Hemenway, 1871, p. 621 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
10. ↑ Vermont Health Department Report , accessed April 28, 2011.
11. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
12. ↑ Home. In: lnsu.org. LNSU, accessed April 17, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Eden Central School. In: edenschool.net. Retrieved April 17, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Take the Time ... In: craftsburypubliclibrary.org. Craftsbury Public Library, accessed April 17, 2017 (American English).