Guilford (Vermont)
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Foundation : | April 2, 1754 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Vermont | |
County : | Windham County | |
Coordinates : | 42 ° 49 ′ N , 72 ° 34 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 2,121 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 20.5 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 103.5 km 2 (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of which 103.3 km 2 (approx. 40 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 245 m | |
Postal code : | 05301 | |
Area code : | +1 802 | |
FIPS : | 50-30925 | |
GNIS ID : | 1462112 | |
Website : | www.guilfordvt.net | |
The Covered Bridge in Guilford is passable at 8 mph |
Guilford is a town in Windham County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 2121 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).
geography
Geographical location
Guilford is located in the southeast of Windham County, on the border with Massachusetts , between the foothills of the northwestern edge of the Appalachians and the southern edge of the Green Mountains , on the west bank of the Connecticut River . Several smaller streams flow through the area of the town, leaving the town to the northeast and south. They all flow into the Connecticut River. There are two smaller lakes in Guilford with the Sweet Pond and the Weatherhead Hollow Pond . The highest point is Gouvenor's Mountain with a height of 497 m. The main settlement is traversed by the Green River , which is also crossed by a covered bridge .
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Brattleboro , 2.2 miles
- Northeast: Chesterfield , 7.1 mi
- Southeast: Hinsdale , 4.7 miles
- South: Greenfield 16 miles
- Southwest: Halifax , 17 mi
- West: Wilmington , 16 miles
- Northwest: Dover , 15 miles
climate
The mean mean temperature in Guilford is between −8 ° C (16 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 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
Guilford was proclaimed in 1754 by Benning Wentworth and again in 1758. It was one of the areas over which the colonies of Massachusetts and New York fought; thus the first proclamation was made by Massachusetts, the second by New York. The first settlers did not reach the area until 1761. The tensions between "Yorkists" and "Vermontists" - the settler groups from the two states mentioned - led to such strong unrest that in 1783 Ethan Allen was sent by the Vermont administration to fight the conflict of soldiers to finish. This incident came to be known as the "Guilford War". The tensions did not end until 1791 with the proclamation of Vermont as a separate state and the accession to the Union of the United States.
In 1957, Guilford hit the headlines when the Franklin Barbecue took place. When an 80 kg calf was born there in 1953, the plan arose to have a barbecue when the Franklin family's sons had returned from the war. In 1957 the barbecue was held with more than 1400 visitors, which attracted media attention worldwide.
Even today, many residents earn their living primarily from agriculture. In addition, Guilford serves as a dormitory city for commuters to the northern neighboring town of Brattleboro . The attempt made since the mid-1980s to build a winter sports industry in Guilford has so far been unsuccessful.
Religions
The social needs of the place are served by two churches (a Catholic religious church and a branch of the United Church of Christ ) as well as by a historical society. In addition, a Central School leads up to 8th grade. Medical care for the citizens is ensured by a hospital in nearby Brattleboro.
Population development
Census Results - Town of Guilford, Vermont | ||||||||||
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year | 1700 | 1710 | 1720 | 1730 | 1740 | 1750 | 1760 | 1770 | 1780 | 1790 |
Residents | 2432 | |||||||||
year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
Residents | 2256 | 1872 | 1862 | 1760 | 1525 | 1389 | 1291 | 1277 | 1096 | 870 |
year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
Residents | 782 | 769 | 684 | 663 | 686 | 796 | 823 | 1108 | 1532 | 1941 |
year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
Residents | 2046 | 2121 |
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Interstate 91 into a north-south direction along the eastern border of the Town. US Highway 5 follows its course from Brattleboro in the north to Bernadston in the south. The nearest Amtrak station is in Brattleboro.
Public facilities
There is no hospital of its own in Guilford. The closest hospital is the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Brattleboro.
education
Guilford is part of the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union . Guilford Central School is located in Guilford . It offers school education from kindergarten to the end of the sixth grade.
The Guilford Free Library is located on Guilford Center Road in Guilford. It is one of the oldest continuously operating public libraries in Vermont. It was founded in 1890 and goes back to the estate of Cynthia King. The Guilford Parish used its inheritance to buy books. In 1891 a building for the library was built in the country by William Barney. The cost of the building was $ 300. It was opened on July 2, 1892. Even before it was founded, there is said to have been a small private library from 1790 to 1815.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Charles E. Phelps (1833–1908), politician
- Halbert S. Greenleaf (1827-1906), politician
Personalities who have worked on site
- Adolf Busch (1891–1952), violinist and composer
- Benjamin Carpenter (1725–1804), politician and Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
- Raphe Malik (1948-2006), free jazz trumpeter
- Rudolf Serkin (1903–1991), pianist
literature
- Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 79 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Homepage of the town
- Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
- Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from March 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guilford 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
- ^ Governors Mountain . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ Guilford, Vermont (VT 05301) 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).
- ↑ Historical Events . ( guilfordvt.net ).
- ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
- ^ Windham Southeast Supervisory Union. In: vt.us. www.wssu.k12.vt.us, accessed on February 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Vermont GCS. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed February 25, 2017 .
- ↑ guilfordfreelibrary. In: guilfordfreelibraryvt.org. guilfordfreelibrary, accessed February 25, 2017 .