Hartford (Vermont)

Hartford
Hartford Village, Historic District. Listed in the NRHP
Location in Vermont
Hartford
Basic data
Foundation :	4th July 1761
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windsor County
Coordinates :	43 ° 40 ′  N , 72 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 40 ′  N , 72 ° 23 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	9,952 (as of 2010)
Population density :	85.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	118.8 km 2  (approx. 46 mi 2 ) of which 116.5 km 2  (approx. 45 mi 2 ) is land
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-32275
GNIS ID :	1462116
Website :	www.Hartford-VT.org

Hartford is a town in Windsor County , Vermont , United States with 9,952 residents (2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Hartford is located in the western Green Mountains on the White River , a tributary of the Connecticut River . Important elevations are the Neals Hill (398 m), the Savage Hill (389 m) and the Loveland Hill (374 m). There are five settlement cores in the town that are politically and administratively dependent on the town: Hartford Village, Quechee, West Hartford, White River Junction and Wilder. Hartford is located in central Vermont on a plateau of the Green Mountains, the so-called Upper Valley .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Norwich , 4.9 mi
• Northeast: Hanover, New Hampshire , 13.2 mi
• East: Lebanon, New Hampshire , 9.4 mi
• Southeast: Plainfield, New Hampshire , 7.6 mi
• South: Hartland , 6.5 km
• Southwest: Woodstock , 11.2 mi
• West: Pomfret , 14.0 km
• Northwest: Sharon , 4.2 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Hartford is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 21.1 ° C (70 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This makes the place about 3 degrees cooler compared to the long-term mean of Vermont. The snowfall between October and May is more than two meters (with a peak in January of about 45 cm) almost 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

The community was proclaimed on July 4, 1761 by Governor Benning Wentworth as part of the so-called New Hampshire Grants as a settlement area. The first permanent settlement was made from around 1764, the first community meeting took place on March 8, 1768. The originally strongly agricultural area quickly became a local industrial center with a large number of mills and factories, which were located on the White River and the Ottauquechee River to the south through the systematic use of hydropower for industrial purposes . The town's population grew accordingly rapidly. For 1840, in addition to 14 mills and three wool weaving mills, 17 schools, six shops and three taverns for 2194 inhabitants are recorded.

With the construction of the Windsor – Burlington railway line , Hartford was connected to the emerging US railway network as early as June 1848. In addition, there was a north-south connection along the Connecticut River to Montreal. At the intersection of these lines and an additional connection across the river through New Hampshire to the metropolises on the east coast, the White River Junction station was built. Although it has significantly fewer inhabitants than the main settlement, it is much better known. On the night of February 5, 1887, the worst train accident in Vermont with around 40 deaths took place on the bridge over the White River, when the Montreal Express derailed in front of the bridge and partly fell into the frozen river. The Hartford train station is now closed, but the lines along Connecticut and the crossing line to Burlington are still used.

Religions

Several parishes of the Episcopal Church , Methodist , United Church of Christ and Catholics are located in the various main settlements .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Hartford, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										988
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1494	1881	2010	2044	2194	2159	2396	2480	2954	3740
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	3817	4179	4739	4888	4978	5827	6355	6477	7963	9404
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	10,367	9952

Culture and sights

Parks

In the south of the town, Quechee State Park was created, a nature reserve with campsites and leisure activities, which has seen steadily increasing visitor numbers since its creation in 1965.

Economy and Infrastructure

Today the town is known not only as a local center for medium-sized industry but also as a tourist destination.

traffic

The town's traffic connections have existed since the 1960s, particularly in US Highway 4 , Interstate 89 and Interstate 91 , all of which cross the area of ​​the town. To the southeast of the town, across the Connecticut River, is Lebanon Municipal Airport 6.5 km as the crow flies. In White River Junction there is a daily passenger train connection to the east coast through the Amtrak .

media

A local television station, the WNNE, broadcasts from Hartford. In addition, an FM transmitter (WWOD, 104.3 MHz) from Hartford and two from White River Junction (W232AP, 94.3 MHz and WSSH on 95.3 MHz) and a medium wave transmitter (WNHV, 910 Hz), also from White River Junction.

Public facilities

In addition to the usual municipal administrations, the town has a library and a historical society. The nearest hospital is in White River Junction.

education

In addition to the usual elementary school, which almost all Towns Vermonts have, there is also a middle school, Hartford Memorial Middle School, and a high school, Hartford High School, in the town. A vocational school, the Hartford Area Career & Technology Center, extends the offer. The closest college is in Hanover, New Hampshire ; university degrees are possible in Burlington and Middlebury , for example .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Ezra C. Gross (1787–1829), lawyer and politician; New York State Representative to the US House of Representatives
• Willis Hall (1779-1856), politician, Vermont State Auditor was
• James Marsh (1794–1842), philosopher and President of the University of Vermont
• Charles W. Porter (1849-1891), lawyer and politician of the Secretary of State of Vermont was
• Andrew Tracy (1797–1868), politician and New York State representative in the US House of Representatives
• Horace Wells (1815–1848), dentist and pioneer of modern anesthesia

Personalities who have worked on site

• George Edward Wales (1792–1860), politician and the State of Vermont in the US House of Representatives. Worked in Hartford as a counselor and probate judge
• Samuel E. Pingree (1832–1922), politician and governor of Vermont. Law practice in Hartford
• Sarah Stewart Taylor (* 1971), writer. Taught at the Center for Cartoon Studies

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 87 ff . ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Hartford, Vermont  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hartford 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. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ ^{a b} climate and media data at www.City-Data.com (English)
5. ↑ Contemporary report on the train accident on the pages of '' Celebrate Boston '' (English)
6. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
7. ↑ Quechee State Park on the Vermont State Park Administration website. Accessed May 31, 2020 (English).  
8. ↑ Homepage of the Hartford Memorial Middle School (English)
9. ↑ Homepage of Hartford High School (English)
10. ↑ Homepage of the Hartford Area Career & Technology Center (English)