Franklin County, Vermont

Hathaway's Tavern has long been the Franklin County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Vermont
Administrative headquarters :	St. Albans
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse PO Box 808 Saint Albans, VT 05478-0808
Foundation :	1792
Made up from:	Chittenden County
Area code :	001 802
Demographics
Residents :	47,746  (2010)
Population density :	28.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1792 km²
Water surface :	142 km²
map

Franklin County is a county in the state of Vermont in the United States . The county seat is in St. Albans .

geography

The county borders Canada in the north and has an area of ​​1792 square kilometers, of which 142 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Orleans County , Lamoille County , Chittenden County , Grand Isle County, and Brome-Missisquoi, Canada.

history

Franklin County was formed on November 5, 1792 from parts of Chittenden County.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1800	8282		-
1810	16,615		100.6%
1820	17.192		3.5%
1830	24,525		42.7%
1840	24,531		0%
1850	28,586		16.5%
1860	27,231		-4.7%
1870	30.291		11.2%
1880	30,225		-0.2%
1890	29,755		-1.6%
1900	30.198		1.5%
1910	29,866		-1.1%
1920	30,026		0.5%
1930	29,975		-0.2%
1940	29,601		-1.2%
1950	29,894		1 %
1960	29,474		-1.4%
1970	31,282		6.1%
1980	34,788		11.2%
1990	39,980		14.9%
2000	45,417		13.6%
2010	47,746		5.1%
1800-1890, 1900-1990, 2000

The county had a population of 45,417 as of the 2000 census . There were 16,765 households and 12,188 families. The population density was 28 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.06% white, 0.30% African American, 1.51% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.02% residents from the Pacific island area and 0.21% from others ethnic groups; 1.64% were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.59% of the population.

Of the 16,765 households, 37.70% had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 58.40% were married couples living together, 9.90% were single mothers. 27.30% were not families. 20.60% are single households and 8.40% have someone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.08.

Franklin County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Typical landscape

For the entire county, the population was composed of 28.10% of residents under the age of 18, 7.00% between 18 and 24 years of age, 31.40% between 25 and 44 years of age, and 22.50% between 45 and 64 years of age 11.00% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.50 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 95.90 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 41,659 , and the median income for a family was $ 46,733. Males had a median income of $ 32,009 versus $ 24,078 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,816. 9.00% of the population and 7.00% of families are below the poverty line. 10.40% of them were under 18 years of age and 10.30% were 65 years of age or older.

cities and communes

In addition to the independent parishes listed below, Franklin County also has two independent villages, Enosburg Falls and Swanton Village , which are co-administered by the higher-level towns. In addition, there is the census-designated place : Richford and the Unincorporated Villages East Berkshire, East Fairfield, Georgia Plains, Morse Line, Sheldon Springs and St. Albans Bay for statistical purposes .

Locality	status	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding	Specialty
Bakersfield	town	1,322	115.6	115.6	11.4	Jan. 25, 1791
Berkshire	town	1,692	109.3	109.3	15.5	June 22, 1781
Enosburgh	town	2,781	126.2	125.8	22.1	May 15, 1780
Fairfax	town	4,285	104.9	104.1	41.2	Aug 18, 1763
Fairfield	town	1,891	177.5	175.6	10.8	Aug 18, 1763
Fletcher	town	1,277	98.4	98.0	13.0	Aug 20, 1781
Franklin	town	1.405	105.6	100.0	14.1	19 Mar 1789
Georgia	town	4,515	117.0	102.3	44.1	17th Aug 1763
Highgate	town	3,535	155.1	132.5	26.7	17th Aug 1763
Montgomery	town	1,201	147.0	147.0	8.2	0Oct 8, 1789
Richford	town	2,308	112.1	112.0	20.6	Aug 21, 1780
Sheldon	town	2,190	101.8	100.1	21.9	Aug 18, 1763
St. Albans (City)	City	6,918	40.1	27.4	252.5	1859	County Seat
St. Albans (Town)	town	5,999	156.8	97.3	61.7	17th Aug 1763
Swanton	town	6,427	159.7	124.4	51.7	17th Aug 1763

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franklin County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . 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. 73 ( 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. ^ Franklin County, Vermont , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .
7. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder

Web links

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Coordinates: 44 ° 52 ′  N , 72 ° 55 ′  W