Fairfield (Vermont)

Fairfield
East Fairfield Covered Bridge after renovation
Location in Vermont
Fairfield
Basic data
Foundation :	August 18, 1763
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Franklin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 48 ′  N , 72 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 48 ′  N , 72 ° 56 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,891 (as of 2010)
Population density :	10.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	177.5 km 2  (approx. 69 mi 2 ) of which 175.6 km 2  (approx. 68 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	148 m
Postal code :	05455
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-25225
GNIS ID :	1462093
Website :	FairfieldVermont.us

Fairfield is a town in Franklin County , Vermont , United States with 1,891 inhabitants according to the 2010 census.

geography

Geographical location

Fairfield is located in the middle of the Green Mountains , about 30 kilometers from the Canadian border, in central Franklin County. The largest lake in the Town area is Fairfield Pond in the northwest. The Clack Creek flows through the town with its tributaries in a northerly direction and flows into the Missisquoi River at Sheldon . The area of ​​the town is hilly, the highest point being the 449 m high Pine Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Sheldon , 1.9 mi
• Northeast: Enosburgh , 6.1 mi
• East: Bakersfield , 9.6 miles
• Southeast: Fletcher , 2.7 mi
• Southwest: Fairfax , 5.3 mi
• West: St. Albans , 17.4 km

City structure

The parish has two major settlement centers, Fairfield and East Fairfield , but the other areas of the area are also widely populated by scattered farms.

climate

The mean mean temperature in Fairfield is between −9.44 ° C (15 ° 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

Chester A. Arthur's birthplace

The place was founded on August 18, 1763 by Benning Wentworth in the course of colonization by the British and under the New Hampshire Grants released for land acquisition. Samuel Hungerfort and others received the grant. On the same day Hungerford , today's Sheldon and another place Smithfield were founded. Smithfield was split between Fairfield and Bakersfield that same year . The community was named after the city ​​of the same name in Connecticut , from which some of the new settlers came. Settlement began in March 1788 and the town's first settler was Joseph Wheeler. The town's constituent assembly took place in March 1790.

At the first census in 1791, Fairfield had 125 residents; by 1850 the number rose to 2500. The 2010 census showed a population of 1891. The main sources of income for the population are traditionally agriculture - Fairfield is an important agricultural center of northeastern Vermont - and forestry. Tourism is almost unknown in this region.

religion

In Fairfield is a Roman Catholic parish and the congregation of the United Church of Christ is located.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Fairfield, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										129
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	901	1618	1573	2270	2448	2591	2497	2391	2172	1825
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1830	1778	1532	1541	1444	1428	1225	1285	1493	1680
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1800	1891

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In a west-east direction Vermont Route 36 runs from St. Albans in the west to Bakersfield in the east through the town. There is no Amtrak station in Fairfield. The next is in St. Albans.

Public facilities

The Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans is the closest hospital for residents of the Town.

education

Together with St. Albans, Fairfield belongs to the Franklin Central Supervisory Union. The Fairfield Center School offers school classes from kindergarten through eighth grade.

The Bent Northrop Memorial Library was founded in 1987. It goes back to a gift from Consuelo Northrop Bailey in memory of her father, Bent Northrop. Mary Northrop Wallis, sister of Consuelo Northrop Bailey, the first lieutenant governor of a state in the United States, bequeathed her books to the library. The library received another generous donation from Dr. Winston and his wife Frederika Northrop Sargent.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Bradley Barlow (1814–1889), politician and MP in the House of Representatives
• Jeptha Bradley (1802–1864), Vermont politician and state auditor
• Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886), 21st President of the United States
• Consuelo N. Bailey (1899–1976), Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 69 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 2nd volume. Burlington 1870, p. 190 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

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

• The community site (English)
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fairfield in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 17, 2012
2. ↑ ^{a b} Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ Pine Hill. In: peakery.com. Accessed July 21, 2018 (English). 
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Fairfield on the City Daty portal , accessed May 7, 2017
6. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
7. ↑ Franklin Central Supervisory Unionn , accessed on May 7, 2017
8. ^ Fairfield Center School , accessed May 7, 2017
9. ^ Bent Northrop Memorial Library , accessed May 7, 2017