Essex County (Vermont)

Essex County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Vermont
Administrative headquarters :	Guildhall
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 75 Courthouse Drive Guildhall, VT 05905-0075
Foundation :	1792
Made up from:	Orange County
Area code :	001 802
Demographics
Residents :	6306  (2010)
Population density :	3.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1745 km²
Water surface :	22 km²
map

Essex County is a county in the state of Vermont in the United States . The county seat is in Guildhall .

geography

The county borders on New Hampshire to the east and Canada to the north and has an area of ​​1745 square kilometers, of which 22 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Coos County, New Hampshire, Grafton County, New Hampshire, Caledonia County , Orleans County, and Coaticook, Canada.

history

Essex County was formed from parts of Orange County on November 5, 1792.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1800	1479		-
1810	3087		108.7%
1820	3284		6.4%
1830	3981		21.2%
1840	4226		6.2%
1850	4650		10%
1860	5786		24.4%
1870	6811		17.7%
1880	7931		16.4%
1890	9511		19.9%
1900	8056		-15.3%
1910	7384		-8.3%
1920	7364		-0.3%
1930	7067		-4%
1940	6490		-8.2%
1950	6257		-3.6%
1960	6083		-2.8%
1970	5416		-11%
1980	6313		16.6%
1990	6405		1.5%
2000	6459		0.8%
2010	6306		-2.4%
1800-1890, 1900-1990, 2000

According to the 2000 census , the county had 6,459 people. There were 2,602 households and 1,805 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.56% white, 0.17% African American, 0.63% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.00% residents from the Pacific island area and 0.23% from others ethnic groups; 2.14% were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.50% of the population.

Of the 2,602 households, 31.80% had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 56.10% were married couples living together, 8.30% were single mothers. 30.60% were not families. 24.10% were single households and 11.50% had someone living there who was 65 years of age or over. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.92 people.

Essex County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Maidstone State Park

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.60% of residents under the age of 18, 6.50% between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.20% between 25 and 44 years of age, and 25.50% between 45 and 64 years of age 15.20% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 100.10 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 99.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 30,490 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,984. Males had a median income of $ 27,929 versus $ 20,583 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,388. 13.70% of the population and 9.90% of families are below the poverty line. 17.30% of them were under 18 years of age and 12.90% were 65 years of age or older.

cities and communes

In addition to the independent towns listed below, there are also four census-designated places for statistical purposes : Beecher Falls , Canaan , Concord and Island Pond and the Unincorporated Villages : Gilman and North Concord.

Locality	status	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding	Specialty
Averill	town	24	98.6	93.5	0.3	June 29, 1762	without its own administration
Avery's Gore	gore	0	45.6	45.5	0.0	Jan. 27, 1761	without its own administration
Bloomfield	town	221	104.7	104.7	2.1	June 29, 1762
Brighton	town	1,222	138.3	135.2	9.0	13 Aug 1781
Brunswick	town	112	67.3	66.5	1.7	Oct 13, 1761
Canaan	town	972	86.4	86.0	11.3	25 Feb 1782
Concord	town	1,235	138.5	133.2	9.3	Sep 15 1780
East Haven	town	290	96.9	96.9	3.0	Oct. 22, 1790
Ferdinand	town	32	137.3	137.0	0.2	Oct 12, 1761	without its own administration
Granby	town	88	101.2	101.1	0.9	Oct 10, 1761
Guildhall	town	261	84.7	84.7	3.1	Oct 10, 1761	County Seat
Lemington	town	104	91.3	91.3	1.1	June 29, 1762
Lewis	town	0	102.7	102.6	0.0	June 29, 1762	without its own administration
Lunenburg	town	1,302	117.5	116.7	11.2	0July 5, 1763
Maidstone	town	208	82.3	78.9	2.6	Oct 12, 1761
Norton	town	169	102.0	101.1	1.7	Oct 26, 1779
Victory	town	62	111.4	111.3	0.6	06 Sep 1781
Warner's Grant	gore	0	8.2	8.2	0.0	Nov 29, 1791	without its own administration
Warren Gore	gore	4th	30.0	28.3	0.1	Oct. 20, 1789	without its own administration

Individual evidence

1. ^ Essex County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont: natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. George H. Salisbury, Burlington 1842, p. 68 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
3. ↑ Preparation of historical data from the University of Virginia
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ^ Essex County, Vermont , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .
7. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
8. ↑ All founding dates of the table according to the corresponding individual entries on VirtualVermont.com ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

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Coordinates: 44 ° 44 ′  N , 71 ° 43 ′  W