Fletcher (Vermont)

Fletcher
The Fletcher Union Meetinghouse in the town center
Location in Vermont
Fletcher
Basic data
Foundation :	August 20, 1781
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Franklin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 43 ′  N , 72 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 43 ′  N , 72 ° 54 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,277 (as of 2010)
Population density :	13 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	98.4 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of which 98.0 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	266 m
Postal code :	05444
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-26500
GNIS ID :	1462099
Website :	fletchervt.net

Fletcher is a town in Franklin County , Vermont , United States with 1,277 inhabitants (2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Fletcher is located in the middle of the Green Mountains , about 27 km east of Lake Champlain and 35 km south of the Canadian border, in the south of Franklin County. The largest lake in the town is Metcalf Pond in the north. The Lamoille River flows along the southern border in a westerly direction, and its tributaries run through the town to the south. The area of ​​the town is hilly, the highest point being the 598 m high Gilson Mountain .

geology

There are two geological features in Fletcher. The West Fletcher Esker is a 400 acre (162 hectare) glacial feature of national importance. It extends along a tributary of the Wilkins Brooks.

The second is a natural cave near Metcalf Pond. The hill is surrounded by woodland and was known as a hideout in the historical past.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Fairfield , 2.7 mi
• Northeast: Bakersfield , 8.5 mi
• East: Waterville , 9.7 miles
• South East: Cambridge , 9.0 km
• West: Fairfax , 6.7 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Fletcher ranges from −9.44 ° C (15 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 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

The Grant for Fletcher was proclaimed on November 7, 1780 by the Vermont Republic and the Governor Thomas Chittenden and awarded on August 20, 1781 to Nathaniel Brush, David Avery, Rufus Montague and others. Except for Montague, none of the grant recipients has settled in the town. The town was named after General Samuel Fletcher . The grant covered an area of ​​24,040 acres (9,729 hectares ). The first part of the area was measured in 1786, the second part in 1789. The first settler with family was John Fullington in 1788.

The place is purely agricultural; there are no local industrial companies. Tourism is also largely unknown in Fletcher.

religion

The Baptist Church was founded in Fletcher in 1817. In 1826 the Congregational Church was founded . The Methodist Church finally followed in 1850.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Fletcher
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										47
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	200	382	497	793	1014	1084	916	865	868	793
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	750	737	656	667	549	485	399	456	626	941
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1179	1277

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Vermont Route 104 brushes the town to the south . It runs in a west-east direction, from Fairfax in the west to Cambridge in the east. It continues to follow the course of the Lamoille River. The Vermont Route 108 runs north to south through the eastern part of the Town of Bakersfield in the north to Cambridge in the south. There is no Amtrak station in Fletcher. 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

Fletcher is part of the Franklin West Supervisory Union with Fairfax and Georgia . The Fletcher Elementary School is the elementary school on site and offers classes from pre-kindergarten to sixth grade.

There is no public library in Fletcher.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Elias B. Holmes (1807–1866), politician and representative of New York in the US House of Representatives.
• Milo White (1830–1913), politician and member of the House of Representatives.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 72 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 2nd volume. Burlington 1870, p. 200 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from October 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fletcher in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed March 17, 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Gilson Mountain on Peakery.com , accessed on May 8, 2017
4. ↑ Town Plan Fletcher ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , accessed May 8, 2017 
5. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Fletcher on the City Daty portal , accessed on May 8, 2017
7. ^ ^{A b} History of Franklin and Grand Isle counties, page 541 , accessed May 8, 2017
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ↑ Franklin West Supervisory Unionn , accessed on May 8, 2017
10. ↑ Fletcher Elementary School , accessed May 8, 2017