Hartland (Vermont)

Hartland
Scene on the Ottauquechee River
Location in Vermont
Hartland
Basic data
Foundation :	July 10, 1761
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windsor County
Coordinates :	43 ° 35 ′  N , 72 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 35 ′  N , 72 ° 26 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	3,393 (as of 2010)
Population density :	29.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	117.3 km 2  (approx. 45 mi 2 ) of which 116.2 km 2  (approx. 45 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	276 m
Postal code :	05048
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-32425
GNIS ID :	1462117
Website :	www.hartland.govoffice.com

Hartland is a town in Windsor County , Vermont , United States with a population of 3,393 (2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

The village is located on the west bank of the Connecticut River , whose west bank is also the border with the state of New Hampshire . The area, the eastern foothills of the Green Mountains , is hilly and mostly forested, but not rugged. The Ottauquechee River flows into the Connecticut River near the northern boundary of the town . It is dammed about two kilometers from the mouth by an earth dam to the North Hartland Reservoir , which is primarily used to regulate floods. Hartland is located in Zentralvermont 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: Hartford 4 miles
• Northeast: Lebanon, New Hampshire , 13.2 mi
• East: Plainfield, New Hampshire , 10.4 miles
• Southeast: Cornish, New Hampshire , 9 mi
• South: Windsor , 2.5 mi
• South: West Windsor , 8.0 km
• Southwest: Reading , 11.2 mi
• West: Woodstock , 7.6 miles
• North-west: Pomfret , 9.0 km

Hartland shares no common border with either Pomfret or Reading. The municipalities are so close to each other that it made sense to include them in the list above.

climate

The mean mean temperature in Hartland is between −8.9 ° C (16 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that compared to the long-term mean of Vermont, the place is around 2 degrees cooler in winter and around one degree cooler in summer. The snowfall between October and May is more than two meters, with a peak of about 45 cm in January, 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

The town was proclaimed for settlement on July 10, 1761 under the name Hertford by Benning Wentworth as part of his New Hampshire Grants and, in contrast to many other areas from these grants, was confirmed by New York in 1767, so it was never disputed. The first settlement of this area is documented for 1763, the first town assembly for 1767. On June 15, 1782, the original name of the town was changed to Hartland to avoid confusion with the neighboring town of Hartford, which is almost identical .

Since 1848 Hartland has been connected to the Windsor – Burlington railway , which runs through the Connecticut Valley and connects Canada with the metropolises of the east coast. An originally existing passenger station has now been closed again; in neighboring Windsor , however, there is a connection to a daily express train to the Atlantic coast.

Religions

There is a Unitarian branch and a United Church of Christ branch .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Hartland, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										1652
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1960	2352	2553	2503	2341	2063	1748	1710	1598	1393
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1340	1316	1212	1266	1306	1559	1592	1806	2396	2988
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	3223	3393

Culture and sights

Buildings

Two historic covered bridges of approximately 41 m (135 feet) span are found in the area of ​​the parish of Hartland. Martins Mill Bridge, built in 1881, spans Lull's Brook , a small whitewater river, and the Willard Covered Bridge spans the Ottauquechee River.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Important traffic connections are the Interstate 91 in the Connecticut Valley and the largely parallel US Highway 5 . From Amtrak trains on operated station located in 17 kilometers away in neighboring Windsor and in the 19 km distant White River Junction .

Public facilities

The closest hospital, Mount Ascutney Hospital & Health Center , is in neighboring Windsor.

education

Hartland is part of the Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union with Windsor, West Windsor and Weathersfield .

There are two schools in Hartland, the Albert Bridge School with classes from kindergarten through sixth grade, and the Hartland Elementary School . It is located in the main town of Hartland and offers space for a good 300 students up to eighth grade. For further schools, the surrounding towns must be visited.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Henry M. Bates (1808–1865), politician, Vermont State Treasurer
• Charles Russell Orcutt (1864-1929), botanist

Personalities who have worked on site

• Paul Spooner (1746–1789), politician, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
• George Tooker (1920–2011), painter
• Peter Welch (* 1947), politician and representative of the State of Vermont in the US House of Representatives. Lives in Hartland

literature

• * Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 88 ff . ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Hartland, 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. ↑ Hartland 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. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
5. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
6. ↑ Brief description of the Martins Mill Covered Bridge in the bridge directory of VirtualVermont.com (English)
7. ↑ Brief description of the Willard Covered Bridge in the bridge directory of VirtualVermont.com (English)
8. ^ Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union , accessed June 11, 2017
9. ^ Albert Bridge School , accessed June 11, 2017
10. ↑ Description of the Hartland Elementary School on the school's homepage (English)