Ludlow (Vermont)

Ludlow
View of Main Street, listed in the NRHP
Location in Vermont
Ludlow
Basic data
Foundation :	September 16, 1761
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windsor County
Coordinates :	43 ° 24 ′  N , 72 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 24 ′  N , 72 ° 42 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,963 (as of 2010)
Population density :	21.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	92.5 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 91.1 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	308 m
Postal code :	05149
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-41275
GNIS ID :	1462138
Website :	www.Ludlow.VT.us

Ludlow is a town in Windsor County , Vermont , United States with 1,963 residents (2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

The village is located in the southern central area of ​​the Green Mountains in a wide valley floor, which is bordered by mountain ranges in the east and west. Important elevations are Okemo Mountain at 1019 m (3344 ft ) and Ludlow Mountain at 1015 m (3330 ft). The valley is traversed by the Black River , which is the main outflow for the multitude of small, mostly nameless watercourses from the surrounding mountains.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Plymouth , 2.3 mi
• Northeast: Reading , 7.5 mi
• East: Cavendish , 7.2 mi
• Southeast: Chester , 5.7 mi
• South: Andover 2.5 mi
• Southwest: Weston , 7 mi
• West: Mount Holly , 7.2 mi

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Ludlow, Vermont Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -1 0 5 12 20th 25th 27 26th 21st 15th 7th 0 O 13.1 Min. Temperature (° C) -14 -13 -7 -1 4th 9 12 11 7th 1 -3 -10 O −0.3 Precipitation ( mm ) 80 71 87 92 93 100 100 90 91 87 96 83 Σ 1,070 Rainy days ( d ) 14th 12 13 12 14th 14th 13 13 13 12 13 14th Σ 157 Source: www.weatherbase.com

The mean mean temperature in Ludlow is between −7 ° C in January and 19 ° C in July, with an annual mean of 6 ° C. Thus, the place is largely in the range of the long-term mean Vermont, is only slightly cooler in the summer half-year. The snowfalls between October and May are well over two meters, almost 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

Ludlow was already announced for sale by Benning Wentworth as part of his New Hampshire Grants on September 16, 1761 , despite its location in the middle of the mountains . The first settlements did not occur until 1784/1785 along the banks of the Black River by settlers from Massachusetts . The constituent city assembly took place in 1792; since then, Ludlow has sent an MP to Vermont Parliament.

Black River Academy

In 1835 the Black River Academy was founded; a grammar school that spawned a number of later famous personalities. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and now serves as a museum.

With the opening of the Bellows Falls – Burlington railway line on December 18, 1849, not much changed in the primarily agricultural and forestry orientation of the village; only the sales area increased. In contrast to many other municipalities in Vermont, which experienced either significant population increases or decreases after being connected to a railway line, the population of Ludlow remained largely stable. This also applies to the years after 1953, when passenger traffic was shut down, and 1961, when the entire line was shut down.

The largest Vermont ski area, which opened on Mount Snow in 1954 and has since been continuously expanded to include additional attractions, runs, lifts and cross-country trails, benefits not only the neighboring communities of Chester and Andover, but also Ludlow, where some of the runs on the eastern flank of Mount Snow are located.

Religions

Parishes in Ludlow were relatively late in forming for New England standards. Regular Sunday meetings of the congregationalists only came down to us from 1792, which led to the first plans to found a congregation from 1803. But this was not implemented until 1806. In 1810 a first permanent priest was appointed by the community. It was not until 1819 that the first, simple meeting house shared by all denominations was built, which was replaced in 1839 by a more complex building.

The Baptist community was formed from 1806; 13 Baptists are documented in the church for this point in time. A separate parish was not formally founded with 50 members until 1825; A second Baptist community followed in 1834. In 1840 there were officially 147 Baptists in the town.

In 1835 the universalists also founded a congregation, which was followed by their own church building in 1836.

Today in Ludlow there are congregations of the Congregationalists and Methodists ( United Church of Ludlow ), Catholics ( Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ), the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist ( Old Stone Church ).

Population development

Census Results - Town of Ludlow, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										179
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	410	877	1144	1227	1363	1619	1568	1827	2005	1768
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	2042	2215	2421	2305	2458	2428	2386	2463	2414	2302
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2449	1963

Economy and Infrastructure

The current economic structure of the place is determined by tourism, especially winter sports. On the east side of Ludlow Mountain there is the Okemo ski resort with 140 trails and runs; other ski areas can be found in the immediate vicinity. Summer guests will find a golf course and a variety of hunting and fishing opportunities in the surrounding mountains and waterways. Other important sources of income are the construction sector and the arts and crafts for the local shops.

traffic

The village is primarily accessible by two state routes that cross in the main settlement. There is Vermont State Route 103 , which connects Ludlow with Rutland in the northwest and Bellows Falls in the southeast. On the other hand, the town is crossed by Vermont State Route 100 , which runs along the main chain of the Green Mountains in a north-south direction and connects important ski areas in Vermont. There is also an airfield with a single runway, Smith Airport , on the town's territory. The closest passenger station with Amtrak service , the Ethan Allen Express , is located in Claremont, New Hampshire, about 30 km away. In winter there is a bus shuttle from there to Ludlow. The station in Windsor is just a little further away .

Public facilities

Ludlow has a public library in addition to the public schools and standard city facilities listed below. The closest hospital is the Rutland Regional Medical Center in Rutland City .

education

Ludlow is part of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union with Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish, Chester, Mt. Holly and Plymouth .

In Ludlow, all school education up to high school graduation is possible: The Ludlow Elementary School offers places for around 120 elementary school students from kindergarten to sixth grade, the Black River High School complements the seventh grade through the 12th grade of the American educational system. The closest major colleges are Castleton and Dartmouth College in Hanover , New Hampshire . Universities can be found in Northfield and Rindge, New Hampshire . The Fletcher Farm School for the Arts & Crafts , a private art school, is also located in Ludlow .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Richard F. Pettigrew (1848–1926), politician and US Senator from South Dakota
• Ida May Fuller (1874–1975), first person to receive American pension benefits

Personalities who have worked on site

• Peter T. Washburn (1840-1870), governor of Vermont; was a lawyer in Ludlow
• Leighton P. Slack (1867–1938), Lieutenant Governor and Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court; studied at the Black River Academy
• Ernest Gibson Sr. (1871–1940), politician and Vermont representative in the US Senate; studied at the Black River Academy

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 104 ff . ( Digitized version ).

Web links

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

• The community site (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. ^ Ludlow 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. ↑ Entry of Okemo Mountain on peakery.com (English)
4. ↑ Entry of Ludlow Mountain on peakery.com (English)
5. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
6. ↑ ^{a b} climate data and employment figures at www.City-Data.com (English)
7. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
8. ↑ http://www.okemo.com/
9. ↑ Entry of Smith Airport on the website of city-data.com (English)
10. ^ Two Rivers Supervisory Union , accessed June 11, 2017
11. ↑ Homepage of the Ludlow Elementary School (English)
12. ↑ Homepage of the Fletcher Farm School for the Arts & Crafts (English)