Lyndon (Vermont)

Lyndon
Town Hall in Lyndon
Location in Vermont
Lyndon
Basic data
Foundation :	November 20, 1780
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Caledonia County
Coordinates :	44 ° 33 ′  N , 72 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 33 ′  N , 72 ° 1 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	5,981 (as of 2010)
Population density :	58.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	103.1 km 2  (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of which 102.2 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	215 m
Postcodes :	05849, 05850
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-41725
GNIS ID :	1462140
Website :	Homepage

Lyndon is a town in Caledonia County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 5981 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Lyndon is in the north of Caledonia County, in the Green Mountains . The Passumpsic River flows through the town in a southerly direction. Two main streams of the river join a little north of the villages. Other smaller streams and rivers flow into it. There are several small lakes in the town area, the largest being Bean Pond to the west. The surface of the town is hilly, the highest point is the 464 m high Shonya Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Sutton , 2.9 mi
• Northeast: Burke , 5.8 mi
• Southeast: Kirby , 5.8 mi
• South: St. Johnsbury , 2.1 miles
• Southwest: Danville , 8.1 mi
• West: Wheelock , 10 miles
• Northwest: Sheffield , 7 mi

Note: Due to its shape, Lyndon has no direct border with Sheffield. But it is the closest settlement in this direction.

City structure

In Lyndon there are several settlement centers, of which Lyndonville as a incorporated village with 1207 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census) is the center. Other important places, un incorporated villages , are Lyndon , Lyndon Center and East Lyndon .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Lyndon is between −9.44 ° C (15 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° 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 Lyndon was proclaimed on November 2, 1780 by the Vermont Republic . It was given to Jonathan Arnold and 53 other settler families on November 20, 1780. Many of these settlers came from a regiment stationed in Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War . Settlement began in 1788 and Lyndon's first settler was Daniel Cahoon. On July 4, 1791, the town's constituent assembly took place.

Lyndon was named after Jonathan Arnold's eldest son: Josiah Lyndon Arnold , who was best known for publishing poetry for the first time on Vermont soil after his death.

In the first few years Lyndon could be reached at the postal address Lindon : a mistake in the spelling of the post office was not corrected for a long time.

religion

There are five parishes in the Lyndons area: two of the United Church of Christ and one each of the Assemblies of God , the Episcopal and the Roman Catholic Church.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Lyndon
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										59
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	542	1090	1296	1822	1753	1752	1695	2179	2434	2619
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	2956	3204	3558	3285	3144	3360	3425	3705	4924	5371
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	5448	5981

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In a north-south direction from the Canadian border in the north to New York City in the south, Interstate 91 runs through the west of the town. US Highway 5 also runs in a north-south direction . It connects Lyndon with Burke in the north and St. Johnsbury in the south. Vermont State Route 114 branches off from it in a northeastern direction .

Public facilities

There is no hospital in Lyndon. The closest is Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury.

education

Lyndon is part of the Caledonia North Supervisory Union with Burke, Newark, Sutton and Sheffield . In Lyndon, Lyndon Town School offers school classes from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.

The private high school, the Lyndon Institute, is located in Lyndonville, as is Lyndon State College .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Isaac Fletcher (1784–1842), politician and member of the US House of Representatives
• Charles W. Willard (1827–1880), politician and member of the US House of Representatives

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . tape III . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 108 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 1 . Burlington 1867, p. 854 ff .

Web links

Commons : Lyndon, Vermont  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• City website
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from October 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lyndon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved March 18, 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Shonya Hill on Peakery.com , accessed June 11, 2017
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Lyndon on the City Daty portal , accessed June 11, 2017
6. ↑ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical , p. 108 , accessed June 11, 2017
7. ↑ ^{a b} Lyndon on Virtual Vermont , accessed June 11, 2017
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ Caledonia North Supervisory Union , accessed June 11, 2017
10. ^ Lyndon Town School , accessed June 11, 2017