Groton (Vermont)

Groton
Groton Post Office
Location in Vermont
Groton
Basic data
Foundation :	October 20, 1789
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Caledonia County
Coordinates :	44 ° 14 ′  N , 72 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 14 ′  N , 72 ° 14 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,022 (as of 2010)
Population density :	7.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	142.4 km 2  (approx. 55 mi 2 ) of which 139.2 km 2  (approx. 54 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	438 m
Postal code :	05046
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-30550
GNIS ID :	1462110
Website :	www.grotonvt.com

Groton is a town in Caledonia County in the state of Vermont in the United States with 1,022 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Groton is located in the southwest of Caledonia County and borders Washington County to the west and Orange County to the south, and the Green Mountains to the northeast . The Wells River with its tributaries flows southeast through the town. It flows into the Connecticut River . There are several lakes in the town's area, the largest being Lake Groton and a little south of Ricker Pond . The surface of the town is hilly, the highest point being the 1022 m high Signal Mountain .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Peacham , 4.5 mi
• Northeast: Barnet , 13.4 mi
• East: Ryegate , 10 miles
• Southeast: Newbury , 10 mi
• South: Topsham , 2.5 km
• Southwest: Orange 10.2 km
• West: Plainfield , 9.7 miles
• Northwest: Marshfield , 7.1 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Groton is between −9.44 ° C (15 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° 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

Highway 232 through Groton

The Grant for Groton was proclaimed on November 7, 1780 and on October 20, 1789 it was awarded to Thomas Butterfield and others. It covered an area of ​​28,000 acres (11,331 hectares). The settlement began in 1787. The constituent assembly of the town took place on March 28, 1797.

It's not clear whether Groton was named after Groton , Massachusetts or Groton , Connecticut . However, these towns were both named after Groton , Suffolk , home of the first Massachusetts governor and two Connecticut governors.

Groton was on the Montpelier – Wells River railway . On September 15, 1873, the section between Wells River and Groton was put into operation and on November 1, the entire route. It was shut down in 1956.

religion

Groton is shaped by the congregations of the Baptist and Methodist churches.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Groton
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										45
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	248	449	595	836	928	895	939	811	1014	1040
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1059	915	902	803	764	712	631	666	667	862
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	876	1022

Culture and sights

Parks

The Groton State Forest covers more than 26,000 acres (10,520 hectares ). This makes it the second largest area administered by the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. It was created in 1919. The Groton State Forest has seven state parks, the Groton Nature Center and eight lakes. The Civilian Conservation Corps developed the area with streets, paths, fire watchtowers and picnic areas.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

US Highway 302 runs through the southeast, connecting Groton with Montpelier and Barre in the west and Wells River in the east. From it branches off in a northerly direction from Vermont State Route 232 to Marshfield.

Public facilities

There is no hospital in Groton. The closest is the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

education

Alice Lord Goodine House

Groton is part of the Blue Mountain Union School District with Ryegate and Wells River .

There is no school in Groton. Schoolchildren attend Blue Mountain Union School in Wells River. She offers classes from pre-kindergarten through high school graduation in the twelfth grade.

The Groton Free Public Library is located on Scotts Highway in Groton in the historic Alice Lord Goodine House .

The Groton Historical Society , founded in the early 1930s, takes care of the preservation of history .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• William Scott (1839–1862), soldier known as The Sleeping Sentinel

Personalities who have worked on site

• Thomas Bartlett (1808–1876), politician and member of the House of Representatives

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . tape III . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 78 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 1 . Burlington 1867, p. 854 ff .

Web links

Commons : Groton, Vermont  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• City website
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Groton in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed June 15, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Signal Mountain on Peakery.com , accessed June 15, 2017
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Groton on the City Daty portal , accessed June 15, 2017
6. ^ History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842 ( books.google.de ).
7. ^ Groton, Vermont, New England, USA. (No longer available online.) In: virtualvermont.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2017 ; accessed on June 15, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ Blue Mountain Union School District , accessed June 15, 2017
10. ^ Blue Mountain Union School , accessed June 15, 2017
11. ^ Groton Free Public Library , accessed June 15, 2017
12. ^ Groton Historical Society , accessed June 15, 2017