Guildhall (Vermont)
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 Town and County Offices of Guildhall |
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| Location in Vermont | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | October 10, 1761 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Vermont | ||
| County : | Essex County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 32 ′ N , 71 ° 37 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 261 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 3.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 85.7 km 2 (approx. 33 mi 2 ) of which 84.9 km 2 (approx. 33 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 383 m | ||
| Postal code : | 05905 | ||
| Area code : | +1 802 | ||
| FIPS : | 50-30775 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1462111 | ||
| Website : | guildhallvt.org | ||
Guildhall is a town in Essex County in the US state of Vermont . It had a total of 261 inhabitants at the last census in 2010. It is part of the Berlin Micropolitan Statistical Area and the administrative seat ( Shire Town ) of the county. Guildhall is the smallest Shire Town in a county in Vermont.
geography
Geographical location
Guildhall is in southeast Essex County. The Connecticut River forms the eastern border with New Hampshire , several smaller tributaries of the Connecticut River drain the area of the town. There are no major lakes in the town area. The surface is hilly, the highest point is the 819 m high Stone Mountain .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Maidstone , 2.9 mi
- Northeast: Northumberland , 6.4 mi
- Southeast: Lancaster , 4.8 mi
- South: Lunenburg , 10.9 km
- West: Victory , 14 miles
- Northwest: Granby , 6.8 mi
climate
The mean mean temperature in Guildhall 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 Guildhall was given on October 10, 1761 by Benning Wentworth as part of the New Hampshire Grants to Elisha Hall and others. It is not certain how the name came about. There is only one other Guildhall , the London Guildhall . Settlement started in the southern part of the area in 1764, when it was still thought that this part would belong to the town of Lunenburg. The first settlers were David Page, Thimothy Nash and George Wheeler. More followed in the next few years. They brought their belongings and seeds in canoes from Northfield Massachusetts. During the American War of Independence , the town's residents were attacked several times by Indians or British loyal to the king. Homes were ransacked and several residents were taken captive.
The town's first documented meeting took place in March 1785, but records show that the constituent meeting had taken place earlier. Two secondary schools were built in the town, but both burned down.
Population development
| Census Results - Town of Guildhall, Vermont | ||||||||||
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| year | 1700 | 1710 | 1720 | 1730 | 1740 | 1750 | 1760 | 1770 | 1780 | 1790 |
| Residents | 158 | |||||||||
| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
| Residents | 296 | 544 | 529 | 481 | 470 | 501 | 552 | 483 | 558 | 511 |
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 455 | 445 | 376 | 351 | 313 | 270 | 248 | 169 | 202 | 270 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 268 | 261 | ||||||||
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The US Highway 2 reaches the town in the south-east in a northerly direction, after a few miles it leaves the town over the River Bridge to New Hampshire to run north on the eastern side of the Connecticut River. On the western side, Vermont State Route 102 runs from Maidstone in the north and then on Highway 2 to Lunenburg in the south. There are few other streets in the town area. Guildhall Station was on the Quebec Junction – Lime Ridge railway .
Public facilities
The Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury is the closest hospital for residents of the Town.
education
Guildhall is part of the Essex-Caledonia Supervisory Union with Concord, Granby, Kirby, Lunenburg, Maidstone, Victory and Waterford . The Guildhall Elementary School currently offers three classes.
The Guildhall Public Library is located on Brigde Street near the Connecticut River. The land on which the building was built was donated to the town in 1900 by Colonel EC Benton. Previously, the Essex House , one of the best hotels in the area, operated by Charles Hartshorn, was on this property . It burned down in 1892 and in 1900 Hartshorn sold the property to Benton. The foundation stone for the new building was laid on September 27, 1900. At the same time it was the meeting place of the Masonic Lodge . The building was completed and inaugurated in 1901.
Personalities
Personalities who have worked on site
- Samuel Read Hall (1795–1877), priest and teacher, founded the first institute for teacher training
- John S. Wells (1803-1860), lawyer and politician
literature
- Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. Volume III p 79 ( limited preview in Google Book search). (for the period up to 1840)
- Benjamin Homer Hall: History of Eastern Vermont . D. Appleton & Co., New York 1865 ( 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 at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from November 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guildhall in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 25, 2017
- ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
- ↑ Stone Mountain on Peakery.com , accessed May 25, 2017
- ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Guildhall on the City Daty portal , accessed May 25, 2017
- ^ A b Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical , page 79 , accessed May 25, 2017
- ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
- ↑ Essex-Caledonia Supervisory Union ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 25, 2017
- ^ Guildhall Elementary School , accessed May 25, 2015
- ↑ Guildhall Public Library , accessed May 25, 2017
