Lowell (Vermont)

Lowell
View over Lowell to Jay Peak Mountain
Location in Vermont
Lowell
Basic data
Foundation :	February 7, 1791
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Orleans County
Coordinates :	44 ° 48 ′  N , 72 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 48 ′  N , 72 ° 27 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	879 (as of 2010)
Population density :	6.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	145.2 km 2  (approx. 56 mi 2 ) of which 145.1 km 2  (approx. 56 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	287 m
Postal code :	05847
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-40525
GNIS ID :	1462137
Federated Church

Lowell is a town in Orleans County in the state of Vermont in the United States with 879 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Lowell is in west Orleans County. The McAllister Pond in the north of the Town is the only major lake. The Missisquoi River has its source in the area of ​​the town and flows north. Other smaller streams form its tributaries. The area of ​​the town is hilly and lies on the eastern edge of the Green Mountains ; the highest point is the 1018 m high Belvidere Mountain .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Westfield , 2.6 mi
• North: Troy , 9.4 km
• Northeast: Newport Town 11.2 mi
• East: Irasburg , 12 miles
• Southeast: Albany , 8.3 mi
• South: Craftsbury , 5.8 mi
• Southwest: Belvidere , 15 miles
• West: Montgomery , 10 miles

Note: Towns Craftsbury and Lowell do not share a common border, but they are so close that it makes sense to include them on this list.

climate

The mean mean temperature in Lowell is between -11.7 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 9 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. The snowfall between mid-October and mid-May is more than two 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 of values ​​in the USA, between September and mid-December it is even significantly lower.

history

The grant for Lowell was proclaimed on March 5, 1787 under the name and the grant was set on June 7, 1791 under the name Kellyvale in favor of John Kelly. Settlement began in April 1806 with Major Wm. Caldwell of Barre, Massachusetts, and on March 31, 1812, the town's inaugural session took place. The name was changed to Lowell on November 1, 1831.

On November 18, 1852, Lowell gave land to Irasburg and on November 5, 1858, part of the western lands were given to Montgomery.

Kelly sold the grant to Franklin and Robinson, New York, who could not meet the grant and it came to M. Mawhurst. Some parcels still belong to family members today. Other plots were resold by speculators and traded several times. The town's area was first accessed to the west through the Hazen's Notch , now Vermont State Route 58. The road was laid by Colonel Hazen, who provided access through the wilderness during the American Revolution .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Lowell, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents			144	314	431	637	813	942	1067	641
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1178
Residents	983	1086	1005	725	615	643	617	515	573	594
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	738	879

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Vermont State Route 100 leads north to south of Westfield in the north to Eden in the south. It runs centrally through the town and crosses Vermont State Route 58 in the center of town . This leads in a west-east direction centrally through the town of Montgomery in the west to Irasburg in the east.

Public facilities

There is no hospital of its own in Lowell. The closest hospital is North Country Hospital & Health Care in Newport City.

education

Lowell is part of the North Country Supervisory Union . Lowell is home to the Lowell Village School , with classes from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.

The Lowell Community Library is located in Town Hall on State Route 100.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• John C. Caldwell (1833–1912), teacher, general, and diplomat

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 104 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

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

• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Maps from 1859 and 1878 and a historical summary
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lowell in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 20, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Belvidere Mountain . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Lowell, Vermont (VT 05847) 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 March 20, 2017 (English). 
6. ^ History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842, p. 104 ( books.google.de ).
7. ↑ ^{a b} Lowell | Old Stone House Museum. In: oldstonehousemuseum.org. Retrieved March 20, 2017 (American English). 
8. ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
9. ^ NCSU. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed May 19, 2019 . 
10. ^ Lowell Graded School. In: ncsuvt.org. lgs.ncsuvt.org, accessed March 20, 2017 . 
11. ^ Lowell Community Library - Lowell, VT. In: librarytechnology.org. Retrieved March 20, 2017 (English).