Middlebury (Vermont)

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Middlebury
Main Street with the Congregational Church
Main Street with the Congregational Church
Location in Vermont
Middlebury (Vermont)
Middlebury
Middlebury
Basic data
Foundation : November 2, 1761
State : United States
State : Vermont
County : Addison County
Coordinates : 44 ° 0 ′  N , 73 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 0 ′  N , 73 ° 7 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 8,496 (as of 2010)
Population density : 84.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 101.6 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of
which 100.6 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 133 m
Postal code : 05753
Area code : +1 802
FIPS : 50-44350
GNIS ID : 1462146
Website : www.TownOfMiddlebury.org
Middlebury VT - Middlebury Falls.jpg
The Middlebury Falls of Otter Creek in the middle of the village

Middlebury is a town in Addison County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 8,496 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census). It is the administrative center ( Shire Town ) and the economic center of Addison County.

geography

Geographical location

Middlebury lies west of the Green Mountains on the plain east of Lake Champlain , traversed by Otter Creek , which also flows through the main settlement and falls over the first of the Otter Creek waterfalls, which determine the appearance of the river from here to the Falls of Vergennes . On the northern edge of the main settlement is Chipman Hill , at 247 m the highest point in the town.

Neighboring communities

All information as air lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

City structure

Of the 8,496 residents of the Town Middlebury live in the main settlements as census-designated places are recorded at the Village Middlebury 6,588 inhabitants and in East Middlebury 425 inhabitants.

climate

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Source: www.weatherbase.com
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Middlebury, Vermont
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Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -1.9 -1.0 4.9 12.9 20.0 24.8 27.6 26.3 21.9 15.1 7.4 0.2 O 13.3
Min. Temperature (° C) -12.0 -11.8 -5.8 1.1 7.2 12.3 15.1 13.9 9.8 4.2 -1.3 -8.7 O 2.1
Precipitation ( mm ) 54.0 50.0 58.0 65.0 77.0 86.0 91.0 92.0 82.0 78.0 72.0 63.0 Σ 868
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The mean mean temperature in Middlebury ranges from -7.2 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 10 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. At more than five and a half meters, the snowfall between October and May is about 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

The land acquisition of the area took place with the sale of the land by the Governor of New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth , on October 2, 1761 to a group of 62 interested parties as part of his New Hampshire Grants . The prospect's spokesman, John Everest, was also the spokesman for the buyers groups of the two simultaneously sold areas north and south of Middlebury, which he named Salisbury and New Haven; the land area in the middle of the three areas was baptized because of its location Middle bury.

The settlement took place from 1774, after the end of the Indian and French wars in this area. The first settlers came from Salisbury , Connecticut . During the War of Independence, the settlement was burned down on November 6, 1778 and temporarily abandoned by the residents; it was only systematically rebuilt after the end of the war in 1783. As early as 1800 the city had grown so much that a college for administrators, today's Middlebury College , could be established here.

While the city originally served as the area's easily accessible trading center by river, marble finds and the construction of the Bellows Falls – Burlington railroad brought industry to the area in the late 1840s. Wooden bridges over Otter Creek, which were of immense importance for the regional infrastructure, were destroyed several times by fire and ice, until the current stone river bridge was built between 1892 and 1893 directly over the waterfalls. Together with the nearby Congretional Church , it shapes the cityscape of Middlebury.

After the closure of the marble quarries, Middlebury College became the city's most important economic factor; the 8500 residents of the town are faced with more than 2,300 students.

Religions

A number of parishes are settled in the place: a Roman Catholic , an Episcopal , a Unitarian , a Methodist , and a congregation of the United Church of Christ . There is also a Jewish community in the village.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Middlebury, Vermont
year 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790
Residents 395
year 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Residents 1263 2138 2535 3468 3162 3517 2879 3080 2993 2793
year 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Residents 3045 2848 2914 2968 3175 4778 5305 6532 7574 8034
year 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090
Residents 8183 8496

Culture and sights

theatre

The Town Hall Theater in the center of Middlebury provides a stage and exhibition rooms for theater performances and concerts as well as a gallery for third-party art exhibitions. But it does not have its own permanent ensemble.

Museums

The Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History , founded in 1882 and thus the oldest museum in Vermont, collects the relics of Vermont's history in objects, photos and documents and tries to convey the life of the time with exhibitions and seminars.

The Middlebury College Museum of Art not only exhibits works by visual artists from all eras, especially classical European, Asian and American works, but also provides a stage for performing artists and musicians. This takes place partly in its own rooms, but partly also in the rooms of the Town Hall Theater.

In Vermont Experimental Cold-Hardy Cactus Garden , a botanical garden of Middlebury College, winter-hardy cacti are collected and exhibited.

Buildings

The Emma Willard House

The Congretional Church is a classic New England church building that rises up in the center of the city, defining the cityscape.

The Emma Willard House is the former home of Emma Willard , a major pioneer of women's education in the United States. It is included on the list of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In addition to US Route 7 and the railway connection to the east coast with New York City and to the west with Washington, DC , which only handles freight traffic, Middlebury State Airport is an important traffic focal point in the area.

media

In Middlebury, the print edition of the local newspaper Addison County Independent has appeared twice a week since 1946 . It replaced the then discontinued "Middlebury Register". There are also two local radio stations: WFAD, a station operated by the Addison Broadcasting Company, and WRMC-FM, an FM station operated by Middlebury College. There are no television stations in Middlebury; the local TV stations are located in nearby Monkton .

Public facilities

Addison Countys Supreme Court

Middlebury is the county seat of Addison County; accordingly, the county's administrative authorities are housed here. They have 230 full-time jobs. The school board, the Addison Northwest Supervision Union , also based in Middlebury , employs a further 250 people.

Furthermore, in addition to the usual municipal institutions, the central hospital for the area, the Porter Medical Center , is located in Middlebury  . A rehabilitation center and a nursing school are attached to it. It is Addison County's third largest employer, with 600 full-time employees, and Middlebury's second largest employer. Another 175 jobs are offered by the affiliated care and rehabilitation center.

education

Old main house of Middlebury College

Middlebury is part of the Addison Central School District with Bridport, Cornwall, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge.

All types of schools, including college, can be found in Middlebury. The Middlebury College , with more 920 full-time and 145 part-time employees for over 2,000 students is the largest employer Addison counties. The closest universities are in Burlington and Northfield .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who have worked on site

  • Emma Willard (1787–1870), educator, pioneer in the field of women's education and co-education
  • Horace Eaton (1804–1855), politician governor of the state of Vermont, teacher in Middlebury
  • Karen Budge (born 1949), ski racer, ski trainer at Middlebury College

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Middlebury 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. ↑ Chipman Hill on Peakery.com , accessed July 28, 2017
  4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
  5. ↑ a b American FactFinder - Results. In: census.gov. factfinder.census.gov, accessed July 30, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
  7. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
  8. ↑ website of the Town Hall Theater (English)
  9. ↑ Chronology on the website of Henry Sheldon Museum (English)
  10. ↑ Chronology of the website of the Middlebury College Museum of Art (English)
  11. ↑ Exterior shots of the Emma Willard House in the NHLS fund
  12. ↑ http://www.addisonindependent.com/about
  13. ^ A b c Addison County Community Profile , 19; Status: May 2014  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.addisoncounty.com  
  14. ^ Addison Central School District / Homepage. In: acsdvt.org. Retrieved July 27, 2017 (English).
Municipalities in Addison County in Vermont (USA):
City

Vergennes

County location in Vermont
towns

Addison  | Bridport  | Bristol  | Cornwall  | Ferrisburgh  | Goshen  | Granville  | Hancock  | Leicester  | Lincoln  | Middlebury  | Monkton  | New Haven  | Orwell  | Panton  | Ripton  | Salisbury  | Shoreham  | Starksboro  | Waltham  | Weybridge  | Whiting

CDPs

Bristol (CDP) | East Middlebury (CDP) | Middlebury (CDP)

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