Halifax (Vermont)

Halifax
Town Hall
Location in Vermont
Halifax
Basic data
Foundation :	May 11, 1750
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windham County
Coordinates :	42 ° 47 ′  N , 72 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 47 ′  N , 72 ° 45 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	728 (as of 2010)
Population density :	7.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	103.1 km 2  (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of which 102.9 km 2  (approx. 40 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	526 m
Postal code :	05358
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-31150
GNIS ID :	1462113
Website :	www.halifaxvermont.com

Halifax is a town in Windham County in the state of Vermont in the United States with 728 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Halifax is located in the south 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 . Several smaller streams flow through the town's area. The largest are the North River and the Green River . They all flow into the Connecticut River . The highest point is the 615 m high Jolly Mountain.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Marlboro , 9.5 km
• Northeast: Brattleboro , 11.5 miles
• East: Vernon , 20.5 km
• South: Shelburne Falls , 20.5 km
• West: Whitingham , 4.3 mi
• Northwest: Wilmington , 7.8 miles

climate

The mean mean temperature in Halifax is between −7 ° C (19 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.5 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. The snowfall between October and May with a peak in January of 40 cm (16 inches) is around two meters, about twice as high as the mean snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

Halifax is one of the oldest foundations in what is now Vermont. In contrast to many other towns that Benning Wentworth proclaimed in the New Hampshire Grants of 1750, it was populated quickly, namely from 1761, and between 1791 and 1830 was the town with the largest population in Vermont. The town was organized around 1770.

Several mills were built thanks to the good water flow of the North and Green Rivers.

Since a maximum of 1600 inhabitants in 1800, the population decreased continuously until it reached its minimum of only 268 inhabitants in 1960. Since then the number has increased continuously to the current level.

Religions

Congregational and Baptist congregations were established in Halifax . A Congregational Church was built in 1782 and a Babtist Church in 1804.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Halifax, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										1309
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1600	1758	1567	1562	1399	1133	1126	1029	852	702
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	662	635	504	390	353	343	268	295	488	588
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	782	720

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Vermont State Route 112 into West Southern direction by the Town of Wilmington to the northwest of Colrain in the south. The nearest Amtrak station is in Brattleboro.

Public facilities

Halifax does not have its own hospital. The closest hospital is the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Brattleboro.

education

Halifax is part of the Windham Southwest Supervisory Union . The Halifax Elementary School is located in Halifax . It offers school education from kindergarten through eighth grade.

Halifax does not have its own library. The closest is the Guilford Free Library on Guilford Center Road in Guilford.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Elisha Graves Otis (1811–1861), inventor of fall protection for elevators
• Norton P. Otis (1840–1905), politician
• Russell J. Waters (1843-1911), politician

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 85 f . ( Digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Halifax Historical Society website
• Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from March 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Halifay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved March 18, 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Jolly Mountain Map • peakery. In: peakery.com. Retrieved February 25, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Halifax, Vermont (VT 05358) 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). 
6. ^ Halifax, Vermont, New England, USA. In: virtualvermont.com. Retrieved February 25, 2017 . 
7. ^ ^{A b} Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842 ( books.google.de ).
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ Windham Southwest Supervisory Union. In: vt.us. www.windhamsw.k12.vt.us, accessed February 25, 2017 . 
10. ^ Halifax School. In: halifaxschool.net. Retrieved February 25, 2017 . 
11. ↑ guilfordfreelibrary. In: guilfordfreelibraryvt.org. guilfordfreelibrary, accessed February 25, 2017 .