Georgia (Vermont)
Georgia | ||
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Nickname : Hells Gate | ||
Georgia Schoolhouse |
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Location in Vermont | ||
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | 17th August 1763 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Vermont | |
County : | Franklin County | |
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 |
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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 | ||||||||||
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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
- 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
- ↑ Georgia in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed 17 March 2012
- ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
- ↑ Cushman Hill on Peakery.com , accessed May 11, 2017
- ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Georgia on the City Daty portal , accessed May 11, 2017
- ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
- ↑ Franklin West Supervisory Unionn , accessed on May 11, 2017
- ^ Georgia Elementary and Middle School , accessed May 11, 2017
- ^ Georgia Public Library , accessed May 11, 2017