Hancock (Vermont)

Hancock
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Location in Vermont
Hancock
Basic data
Foundation :	July 31, 1781
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Addison County
Coordinates :	43 ° 54 ′  N , 72 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 54 ′  N , 72 ° 55 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	323 (as of 2010)
Population density :	3.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	98.8 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of which 98.5 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	621 m
Postal code :	05748
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-31525
GNIS ID :	1462114
Website :	hancockvt.us

Hancock is a town in Addison County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 323 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census). The parish is named after John Hancock .

geography

Geographical location

The parish is on the western flank of the Green Mountains . Larger watercourses are Emmerson's Branch , an inlet of the White River, and the Leicester River , which flows into Otter Creek . The main settlement is in the east of the town; the western, mountainous part of the town is covered by a landscape protection area. The superficial one is hilly. The highest point is the 984 m high Monastery Mountain .

Neighboring communities

All information as air lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

• Northeast: Granville , 5.9 miles
• East: Rochester , 10.1 km
• Southeast: Pittsfield , 6.2 mi
• South: Chittenden , 4.7 km
• West: Goshen , 7.7 km
• Northwest: Ripton , 5.4 mi

climate

Hancock's mean mean temperature is between −8.3 ° C (17 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that compared to the long-term mean in the USA, the place is around 10 degrees cooler in winter, while the lower mean in the USA is reached in summer. The snowfall between mid-October and mid-May is up to five and a half 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 in the USA.

history

The area was declared for settlement on November 7, 1780 by Thomas Chittenden and sold on July 31, 1781 to a group around Samuel Willcox . Settlement did not occur until 1788; the constituent local assembly took place on June 18, 1792.

The place lives primarily from agriculture and timber industry, and to a lesser extent from tourism. More than 80% of its area is occupied by the Green Mountain National Forest , a national park.

Religions

A United Church of Christ congregation is located in Hancock . 

Population development

Census Results - Town of Hancock
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										56
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	149	311	442	472	455	430	448	420	382	283
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	253	287	300	303	371	391	323	283	334	340
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	382	323

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Major transport routes are the north and south passing through the valley of the White River Vermont Route 100 and west of Ripton and Middlebury leading Vermont Route 125 . On the other hand, neither a train station nor a nearby airport are available.

Public facilities

Hancock does not have its own public facilities. The closest hospitals are Porter Medical Center  in Middlebury and Gifford Medical Center in Randolph.

education

Hancock Free Library

The local Hancock Village School closed in 2010. School children now attend schools in the surrounding communities. The nearest high school is in Randolph and the nearest colleges in Middlebury , Hanover in New Hampshire and Burlington . The nearest universities are in Middlebury, Norwich and Burlington.

The Hancock Free Library is located on Vermonte State Route 125.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 86 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 1st volume. Burlington 1867, p. 43 f .
• History of Hancock to circa 1880
  Copy from an 1886 History of Addison County, edited by HP Smith. Middlebury College website. ( Memento from August 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Entry on the Vermont State home page
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from September 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• The Green Mountain National Forest on the website of the USDA Forest Service (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hancock in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed October 1, 2014
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Monastery Mountain on Peakery.com , accessed on July 28, 2017
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
6. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
7. ^ School's Out Forever - in Hancock and Granville . In: Seven Days . ( sevendaysvt.com ).