Grand Isle (Vermont)
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 Congregational Church of the Grand Isle |
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| Location in Vermont | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | October 27, 1779 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Vermont | ||
| County : | Grand Isle County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 43 ′ N , 73 ° 18 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,067 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 48.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 91.0 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) of which 42.5 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 53 m | ||
| Postal code : | 05458 | ||
| Area code : | +1 802 | ||
| FIPS : | 50-29275 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1462107 | ||
| Website : | www.GrandIsleVT.org | ||
Grand Isle is a town in Grand Isle County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 2,067 residents (according to the 2010 census).
geography
Geographical location
Grand Isle is located on the northern half of the island of the same name in Lake Champlain , a good thirty kilometers south of the Canadian border. To the west, with the border in the lake, joins the state of New York . To the southeast is Grand Isle State Park. The surface of the town is flat. Several smaller streams flow through the area of the town.
Neighboring communities
Due to its island location, the neighboring communities of Grand Isles can only be reached by ferry or via road embankments, which sometimes force long detours. The following distances are straight line distances; a second distance specification always means the approximate distance on the road.
- North: North Hero , 13 km
- North: Alburgh , 27 km
- Northeast: St. Albans , 17 km / 52 km
- East: Georgia , 13.2 mi
- Southeast: Milton , 10 miles / 20 miles
- South: South Hero , 5 miles
- West: Plattsburgh (New York), 8 miles
climate
The mean mean temperature in Grant Isle 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
As everywhere around Lake Champlain, finds of arrowheads, old storage areas and flint stones on the island of Grand Isle , which do not come from the surrounding area, indicate the long-lasting, sometimes intensive settlement of the area since around 8000 BC. After. The recorded history only begins with the colonization by the French, who planned the area of today's Grand Isle County for settlement from 1734. Conquered by the English and then passed on to the Americans as a result of the American War of Independence , the area of the three towns of North Hero , South Hero and today's Grand Isle was distributed as the Colony of Two Heros to 365 veterans of the War of Independence on October 27, 1779 and from 1783 been colonized; a hundred years later it was disputed who exactly was meant by the "two heroes". In 1798 the two islands of North Hero and South Hero became independent counties under those same names, with the South Island, also called Grand Isle , being divided into two areas. The larger northern part, Middle Hero , was initially co-administered from South Hero, but in 1810 it was completely independent under the current name of Grand Isle . The place lives from agriculture and tourism; Small shipyards and marinas are located in many of the island's bays . Remnants of the formerly widespread sheep breeding can also be found.
religion
A Roman Catholic and a Methodist congregation are located in the village; there is also a church of the Assemblies of God .
Population development
| Census results - Town of Grand Isle, Vermont | ||||||||||
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| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 678 | 623 | 698 | 648 | 724 | 666 | 708 | 682 | 749 | 793 |
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 851 | 839 | 808 | 857 | 791 | 735 | 624 | 809 | 1238 | 1642 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 1955 | 2067 | ||||||||
Culture and sights
Parks
On the east coast of the island, a nature park, the Grand Isle State Park, was established in 1959 and has since been expanded several times. With more than 100 camping spaces and four log cabins, this park is Vermont's second largest campground.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The only road connection between Vermont and New York north of Lake Champlain runs via Grand Isle on US Highway 2 in a north-south direction, from North Hero in the north to South Hero in the south. Grant Isle is connected to Plattsburgh, New York by a ferry. There is no Amtrak stop in Grand Isle. The nearest stop is in Plattsburgh.
Public facilities
There is no hospital in Grand Isle. The closest hospital is the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington.
education
Grand Isle, along with Alburgh, Isle La Motte, North Hero and South Hero, is part of the Grand Isle Supervisory Union . The Grand Isle School offers school classes from kindergarten through eighth grade.
The Grand Isle Free Library is on Hyde Road. The Grand Isle Historical Society maintains two historic buildings, Vermont's oldest log cabin from around 1784 and a schoolhouse from 1814.
literature
- Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. Volume III, p 76 ( limited preview in Google Book search). (for development up to 1840)
- Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 2 . Burlington 1870, p. 517 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Web links
- Homepage of the municipality (English)
- Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
- Grand Isle State Park
Individual evidence
- ^ Grand Isle in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 17, 2012
- ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
- ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Grand Isle on the City Daty portal , accessed May 6, 2017
- ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont: natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. George H. Salisbury, Burlington 1842, p. 76 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
- ^ Grand Isle Supervisory Union. Retrieved May 2, 2017
- ^ Grand Isle School. Retrieved May 6, 2017
- ^ Grand Isle Free Library. Retrieved May 6, 2017
