Georgia (Vermont)

Georgia
Nickname : Hells Gate
Georgia Schoolhouse
Location in Vermont
Georgia
Basic data
Foundation :	17th August 1763
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Franklin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 43 ′  N , 73 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 43 ′  N , 73 ° 7 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	4,515 (as of 2010)
Population density :	44.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	117.0 km 2  (approx. 45 mi 2 ) of which 102.3 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	111 m
Postal code :	05478
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-27700
GNIS ID :	1462101
Website :	www.TownOfGeorgia.com

Georgia is a town in Franklin County , Vermont , United States with 4,515 residents (2010 census). Georgia is the third largest parish in Franklin County after Swanton and St. Albans .

geography

Geographical location

Georgia is located in the middle of the Green Mountains , in southwest Franklin County on the east bank of Lake Champlain . The largest lake in the town is Arrowhead Mountain Lake to the south . This is traversed by the Lamoille River , which flows through the southeast of the town. Numerous small streams drain the town, some flow in a north-westerly direction to flow into Lake Champlain, others in a south-easterly direction into the Lamoille River. The area of ​​the town is hilly, the highest point being the 329 m high Cushman Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: St. Albans , 17.4 km
• East: Fairfax , 9 mi
• South: Milton , 2.6 mi
• West: Grand Isle , 13 miles

climate

The mean mean temperature in Georgia 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

Georgia, founded in August 1763 as a British colony, is named after the then British King George III. The namesake, governor Benning Wentworth , tried in this way to prevent the Vermont colony from being added to the New York colony, in which the city name already existed. Wentworth believed that King George would not accept two eponymous cities named after him in the same area. He was right.

During the war against the British colony of Canada (1812), a trade embargo was imposed on the American side. While most of the border areas were under the embargo, it was taken very seriously in Georgia. The embargo was so effective that the smugglers dubbed Georgia the nickname Hells Gate . This epithet is still used today, even if its origin is largely forgotten.

Today the economy of the municipality is determined by agriculture and forestry, and to a lesser extent by tourism.

religion

There are two religious communities in the village, a Baptist and a Roman Catholic . A primary and secondary school, two museums on local history and a library complete the public facilities.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Georgia, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										340
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1068	1760	1703	1897	2106	2686	1547	1603	1504	1282
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1280	1090	1075	1090	1008	1055	1079	1711	2818	3753
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	4375	4515

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In a north-south direction Interstate 89 runs centrally through the town, from the south Milton in a north direction to St. Albans. US Highway 7 runs parallel to the interstate . Vermont State Route 104A branches off to the east above Arrowhead Mountain Lake . There is no Amtrak station in Georgia. 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

Georgia belongs to Fairfax and Fletcher for Franklin West Supervisory Union The Georgia Elementary and Middle School offers classes from preschool to eighth grade.

The Georgia Public Library was founded in 1896.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Alvah Sabin (1793–1885), politician and member of the House of Representatives
• J. Allen Barber (1809–1881), politician and MP in the House of Representatives
• George J. Stannard (1820–1886), farmer and general in the Civil War
• Harry H. Cooley (1893-1986), farmer and politician of the Secretary of State of Vermont was

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 73 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 2 . Burlington 1870, p. 253 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Georgia, Vermont  - collection of pictures, 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 May 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Georgia in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed 17 March 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Cushman Hill on Peakery.com , accessed May 11, 2017
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Georgia on the City Daty portal , accessed May 11, 2017
6. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
7. ↑ Franklin West Supervisory Unionn , accessed on May 11, 2017
8. ^ Georgia Elementary and Middle School , accessed May 11, 2017
9. ^ Georgia Public Library , accessed May 11, 2017