Glover (Vermont)

Glover
Glover Town Hall
Location in Vermont
Glover
Basic data
Foundation :	November 20, 1783
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Orleans County
Coordinates :	44 ° 42 ′  N , 72 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 42 ′  N , 72 ° 13 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,122 (as of 2010)
Population density :	11.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	100.0 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of which 98.1 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	507 m
Postal code :	05839
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-28075
GNIS ID :	1462103
Website :	townofglover.com

Glover is a town in Orleans County , Vermont , United States with 1,122 residents (2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Glover is located in southeast Orleans County. There are several lakes in the area of ​​the town. The largest are Lake Parker to the north and the centrally located Shadow Lake . In front is the Daniels Pond . To the west of the town is Sweeney Pond and to the south of Clarks Pond . Slightly south of Clarks Pond is Runaway Pond, which was created in 1810 by an environmental disaster. Tributaries of the Black River and Barton Rivers connect the lakes and flow in a northerly direction. The area of ​​the town is hilly, the highest peaks are the 658 m high Beach Hill and the 602 m high Fisher Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Irasburg , 7.3 km
• Northeast: Barton , 6.1 mi
• Southeast: Sheffield , 8.5 mi
• South: Wheelock , 9.0 km
• Southwest: Greensboro , 4.1 mi
• West: Craftsbury , 17.2 km
• Northwest: Albany , 7.5 mi

Note: There is no direct border between Irasburg and Glover. Both towns are so close to each other that it makes sense to include them on this list.

climate

The mean mean temperature in Glover is between -11.7 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 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 Glover was given on June 27, 1781 to General John Glover and the men who had served under him in the American Revolutionary War . The town was named after General Glover. This was determined on November 20, 1783. Settlement began in 1793 and was initially slow.

Runway Pond

On June 6, 1810, an environmental disaster took place in Glover. 60 men wanted to dig a canal from what was then Long Pond to supply mills in the north with water that did not have enough water in the dry season. They dug the canal to Long Pond and found quicksand. This loosened and the water masses of the Long Pond poured through the valley towards the north to Lac Memphrémagog . The Long Pond emptied completely within 15 minutes. On their way, the up to 15 m high wall of water tore everything with it. Trees, houses, stones, cattle. No one was harmed. It took her six hours to get to Lac Memphrémagog. The path of the water can still be seen in the valley today, Vermont State Route 16 follows its course. The place is now known as Runaway Pond . However, the flood brought about a significant improvement in the soil due to the sediments carried with it from the pond.

Bread and Puppet Theater

In 1974 the Bread and Puppet Theater moved to a former farm and dairy in Glover . The doll museum, which was set up in 1963, has also been located there since 1998.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Glover, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	36	387	549	902	1119	1137	1244	1178	1055	970
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	891	932	826	860	788	727	683	649	843	820
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	966	1122

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Interstate 91 clips the Town to the northeast of Bartonim north to Sheffield in the east. From Barton in the north, Vermont State Route 11 runs south through the town. From it branches off in an easterly direction from Vermont State Route 122 to Sheffield.

Public facilities

There is no hospital of its own in Glover. The closest hospital is North Country Hospital & Health Care in Newport City.

education

Glover is part of the Orleans Central Supervisory Union . Glover has the Glover Community School , an elementary and middle school with classes up to eighth grade.

The Glover Public Library is in the center of the town.

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• Emory A. Hebard (1917–1993), businessman, politician, and Vermont State Treasurer

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 74 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Glover, Vermont  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Community website
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Maps from 1859 and 1878 and a historical summary
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Glover in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 12, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ Beach Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
4. ^ Fisher Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
5. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
6. ↑ Glover, Vermont (VT 05839) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on March 12, 2017 (English). 
7. ^ ^{A b} History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, January 1, 1842 ( google.de ).
8. ^ Glover, Vermont, New England, USA. In: virtualvermont.com. Retrieved March 12, 2017 . 
9. ^ Runaway Pond - Glover Historical Society . In: Glover Historical Society . ( gloverhistoricalsociety.org ).
10. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
11. ^ Orleans Central Supervisory Union homepage. In: ocsu.org. Orleans Central Supervisory Union, accessed March 12, 2017 . 
12. ^ Glover Community School. In: weebly.com. Glover Community School, accessed March 12, 2017 . 
13. ^ Glover Public Library, Orleans County, Northeast Kingdom Vermont, Route # 16. In: gloverlibrary.org. Retrieved March 12, 2017 (English).