Mendon (Vermont)

Mendon
United Methodist Church, Mendon
Location in Vermont
Mendon
Basic data
Foundation :	February 23, 1781
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Rutland County
Coordinates :	43 ° 39 ′  N , 72 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 39 ′  N , 72 ° 54 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,059 (as of 2010)
Population density :	10.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	98.7 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of which 98.6 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	571 m
Postal code :	05701
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-44125
GNIS ID :	1462145
Website :	www.mendonvt.org

Mendon is a town in Rutland County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 1,059 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Mendon is located in the eastern part of Rutland County, in the Green Mountains . The area of ​​the town is interspersed with hills and valleys. Several rivers flow through the area of ​​the town. The Aitken State Forest is in the southwest, the Rutland City Forest in the north and also in the southeast there is another forest area with Killington Peak, Vermont's second highest mountain at 1,291 m, and the adjacent Killington Ski Area. Several smaller rivers flow through the town's area.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Chittenden , 4.9 km
• East: Killington , 14.0 km
• South East: Plymouth , 14.3 miles
• South: Shrewsbury , 3.9 mi
• Southwest: Clarendon , 5.8 mi
• West: Rutland , 3 miles
• Northwest: Pittsford , 9.7 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Mendon is between -7.2 ° C (19 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° 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

Mendon was founded on February 23, 1781 by Thomas Chittenden, initially under the name Medway . The grant went to Joseph Bowker and 43 other settlers.

After an additional area called Parkers Gore was added to the Medway area in 1804 , the name was changed to Parkerstown . Allegedly, the purchase of the land went back to a ruse by Jonathan Parker, who, together with the High Sheriff, a friend, planned the purchase of the land at a time when no other bidder was present and he could thus buy the land at the declared nominal price. In 1827 the name changed again and since then the town has been called Mendon . The reason for the name change is unknown, but many of the early settlers were from Mendon , Massachusetts .

The Towm was formally organized in 1806 and the first inhabitants lived from agriculture and timber industry. Sawmills, a tannery and other mills were established. There were eight school districts in Mendon in 1868, each with its own school building. The town had its highest population in 1880 with 629 inhabitants, but this fell to 151 in 1930. Most moved to Rutland City to find better living conditions in a big city. The population has only increased since the 50s of the 19th century, this is due to the growing ski industry.

Religions

The first priest of a faith moved to Mendon in 1818 for the Methodist Church . A year later the Baptists organized a church in Mendon and in 1836 the Union Evangelical Society .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Mendon, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										34
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	39	111	174	432	545	504	633	612	629	570
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	392	321	264	251	313	334	461	743	1056	1049
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1028	1059

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The US Highway 4 runs in a west-east direction centrally through the town, from Rutland to Killington. The nearest train stations are in Rutland and Killington.

Public facilities

Mendon does not have its own hospital. The closest hospital is the Rutland Regional Medical Center in Rutland .

education

Mendon is part of the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union with Brandon, Chittenden, Goshen, Leicester, Pittsford, Sudbury and Whiting .

There is no longer a separate school in the town. The closest school is the Barstow Memorial School in Chittenden. She has classes from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade.

There is no library in Mendon. The nearest libraries are in Rutland, Chittenden and Killington.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 54 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• HP Smith: History of Rutland County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . D. Mason & co., Syracuse, NY 1886, pp. 556 f . ( archive.org ).

Web links

Commons : Mendon, 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 July 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mendon in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 3, 2016
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Killington Peak . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ). peakery.com ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Mendon, Vermont (VT 05701) 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 January 3, 2017 . 
6. ^ ^{A b} History of Rutland County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. In: archive.org. Retrieved January 3, 2017 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} History of Mendon on the Town Mendon page, accessed January 4, 2016
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ↑ Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 28, 2017 
10. ^ Barstow Memorial School. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed January 4, 2017 .