Grafton (Vermont)
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Foundation : | April 8, 1754 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Vermont | |
County : | Windham County | |
Coordinates : | 43 ° 10 ′ N , 72 ° 37 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 679 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 6.8 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 99.5 km 2 (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of which 99.4 km 2 (approx. 38 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 281 m | |
Postal code : | 05146 | |
Area code : | +1 802 | |
FIPS : | 50-28900 | |
GNIS ID : | 1462105 | |
Website : | GraftonVermont.org |
Grafton is a town in Windham County , Vermont , United States with a population of 679 (according to the 2010 census). The area was proclaimed in 1754 under the name Thomlinson and settled since 1768. In 1791 the county was renamed Grafton by the citizens .
geography
Geographical location
Grafton is north of Windham County. The Saxtons River flows in a south-easterly direction through the town and with its tributaries forms a diversified river system. To the north there are several smaller streams that flow into the Williams River . In the area of the town is the Grafton Town Forest , part of the Rockingham Town Forest , the William C. Putnam State Forest , the Mollie Beattie State Forest and near the settlement of Grafton the Grafton Village Park .
geology
The town area is hilly and various minerals have been found. Large amounts of soapstone are stored south of the settlement . Also talc (mineral) , chlorite and actinolite .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Chester , 2.3 mi
- Northeast: Springfield , 9.4 mi
- East: Rockingham , 7.7 miles
- Southeast: Westminster , 7.9 mi
- South: Athens , 2.9 km
- Southwest: Townshend , 8.2 km
- West: Windham , 9.4 km
- Northwest: Andover , 7.7 mi
Note: Due to the shape of the county, there are no common borders between Grafton on the one hand and Andover, Springfield and Westminster on the other. The counties are so close together that it makes sense to include them in the above list.
climate
The mean mean temperature in Grafton ranges from −8 ° C (16 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 18.3 ° C (65 ° Fahrenheit) in July. The snowfall between October and May, with a peak in January of 43 cm (17 inches), is around two meters, about twice the mean snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.
history
First the area was proclaimed in 1754 under the name Thomlinson . The name goes back to for John Thomlinson, Benning Wentworth's agent in England. Settlement started in 1768. In 1791 the town was renamed Grafton . The residents were no longer satisfied with the name Thomlinson, since they could not agree on a new name, the one who made the highest bid was allowed to determine the new name. Joseph Axtell won his $ 5.00 bid and named the town Grafton, Massachusetts, after his former home . However, he never paid that $ 5.00.
Originally an area characterized by sheep breeding and wool mills on the Saxtons River, soapstone finds in nearby Bear Mountain changed the situation significantly. By the end of the 19th century, Grafton was a large soapstone producer, selling its stones as building material far beyond Vermont's borders. After quarrying and the Great Depression of 1929, the number of residents fell from more than 1,500 at the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861 to under 400.
Today, Grafton's economy rests mainly on two legs: a cheese factory (the Grafton Village Cheese Company ), which has existed since 1896 and specializes in the production of cheddar cheese , and tourism through a cross-country skiing center that has been operating since the 1960s Grafton Ponds was built. The historic town center has been systematically renovated. In the village is the Old Tavern , which has existed under the name Grafton Inn since 1801, making it one of the oldest existing hotels in the United States. In Grafton Inn nächtigten figures such as Ulysses S. Grant , Ralph Waldo Emerson , Woodrow Wilson and Henry David Thoreau .
Population development
Census Results - Town of Grafton, Vermont | ||||||||||
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year | 1700 | 1710 | 1720 | 1730 | 1740 | 1750 | 1760 | 1770 | 1780 | 1790 |
Residents | 561 | |||||||||
year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
Residents | 1149 | 1365 | 1482 | 1439 | 1326 | 1241 | 1154 | 1008 | 929 | 817 |
year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
Residents | 804 | 927 | 476 | 453 | 393 | 422 | 426 | 465 | 604 | 602 |
year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
Residents | 649 | 679 |
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Vermont State Route 121 crosses Grafton from the northwest to the southeast, from Londonderry to Bellows Falls. The Vermont State Route comes from the north of Cester, meets State Route 121 in the settlement of Grafton, briefly merges with it and leads south towards Athens.
Public facilities
There is no hospital of its own in Grafton. The closest hospital is Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend.
education
Grafton is part of the Windham Northeast Supervisory Union . The Grafton Elementary School is located in Grafton . It offers school education from kindergarten to the end of the sixth grade.
The Grafton Public Library is located on Main Street in Grafton, in the historic Butterfield House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Benjamin W. Dean (1827-1864), politician and lawyer for the Secretary of State of Vermont was
literature
- Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 75 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Town website
- Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
- Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from March 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Grafton in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved March 18, 2012
- ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
- ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 76 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ Grafton, Vermont (VT 05146) 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 February 25, 2017 (English).
- ↑ a b Grafton, Vermont, New England, USA. In: virtualvermont.com. Retrieved February 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
- ^ Windham Northeast Supervisory Union | WNESU official site. In: wnesu.org. Retrieved February 25, 2017 (American English).
- ^ Grafton Elementary School | A site for GES. In: wnesu.org. Retrieved February 25, 2017 (American English).