Landgrove

Landgrove
Landgrove Community Church
Location in Vermont
Landgrove
Basic data
Foundation :	November 9, 1780
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Bennington County
Coordinates :	43 ° 16 ′  N , 72 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 16 ′  N , 72 ° 51 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	158 (as of 2010)
Population density :	6.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	23.7 km 2  (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 23.6 km 2  (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	464 m
Postal code :	05152
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-39025
GNIS ID :	1462131
Website :	landgrove.vermont.gov

Landgrove is a town in Bennington County , Vermont in the United States with 158 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Landgrove is located in northeast Bennington County, in the Green Mountains at an altitude of 464 m. There are only a few small rivers in the town. The largest is Utley Brook , which flows eastwards . Some small lakes can be found in the north of the town. The area is hilly without any significant elevations.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Weston, Vermont , 3.5 mi
• East: Londonderry , 4 miles
• South: Winhall , 13.9 km
• West: Peru , 8.7 km

climate

The mean mean temperature in Landgrove ranges from −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 18.3 ° C (65 ° F) in July. This means that the place is around 8 ° C cooler compared to the long-term mean in the USA, but almost 2 ° C warmer than the Vermont mean. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

The Grant for Landgrove was proclaimed on November 6, 1780 and awarded on November 8, 1780 to William Utley and others. The area was settled in 1769 by William Utley, who settled there with his wife and six children. He actually had a grant for land in the town of Peru. He made his way there and settled on a branch of the West River . When he realized that the country he was colonizing no longer belonged to Peru, he asked for the grant for the area and got it. The town's constituent assembly took place in 1800.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Landgrove, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										31
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	147	299	341	355	345	337	320	302	246	220
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	225	160	143	104	64	80	49	104	121	134
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	144	158

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

There is only one major road that reaches Landgrove. The Vermont State Route 11 crosses the town from west to east and connects Landgrove the west with Peru and to the east with Londonderry.

Public facilities

There is no hospital in Landgrove. The closest is Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend.

education

Langrove, along with Danby, Dorset, Londonderry, Manchester, Mt. Tabor, Pawlet, Peru, Rupert, Sunderland, Weston and Winhall, is part of the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union . There is no school in Landgrove. The closest school is the Flood Brook Union School in Londonderry.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 101 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 1st volume. Burlington 1867.

Web links

Commons : Landgrove, 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 May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Landgrove in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed July 15, 2017
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. ^ History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842 ( books.google.de ).
6. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
7. ^ Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union , accessed July 15, 2017
8. ↑ Flood Brook Union School - A Great Place to Learn! In: vermont.com. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .