Middlesex (Vermont)

Middlesex
Middlesex Town Hall
Location in Vermont
Middlesex
Basic data
Foundation :	June 8, 1763
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Washington County
Coordinates :	44 ° 20 ′  N , 72 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 20 ′  N , 72 ° 38 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,731 (as of 2010)
Population density :	16.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	103.2 km 2  (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of which 102.7 km 2  (approx. 40 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	313 m
Postal code :	05602
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-44500
GNIS ID :	1462147
Website :	middlesexvermont.org

Middlesex is a town in Washington County in the state of Vermont in the United States . In 2010 there lived 1731 inhabitants in 764 households on an area of ​​103.2 km².

geography

Geographical location

Middlesex is centrally located in Washington County. The Winooski River meanders along the southern border of the town. Several streams and rivers flow through Middlesex in a north-south and west-east direction, all of which flow into the Winooski River. To the northeast is the Wrightsville Reservoir. The western part of the town is occupied by the CC Putnam State Forrest. The 452 m high East Hill is located in the southeast of Middlesex.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Stowe , 7.1 miles
• Northeast: Worcester , 4.3 mi
• East: Calais , 11.4 miles
• Southeast: East Montpelier , 8.6 mi
• South-east: Montpelier , 6.9 km
• South: Berlin , 4.9 km
• Southwest: Moretown , 6 mi
• Northwest: Waterbury , 8.1 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Middlesex is between -10.0 ° C (14 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.9 ° C (66 ° Fahrenheit) in July. The snowfall between October and May is up to 50 centimeters (19.5 inches ), the daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range of values ​​in the USA.

history

Middlesex was established on June 8, 1763 as part of the New Hampshire Grants . The first settlers arrived in the area around 1782. Many of the original settlers were from Middlesex, England, and Charles Sackville was Lord Middlesex before succeeding his father as the Duke of Dorset in 1765. Seeing him as a potential supporter, Benning Wentworth named the town after Middlesex.

At the end of the 18th century the population rose to more than 1200 inhabitants. However, there were also extremely many bears in the area, a story tells of a settler and his wife who found one of their sheep torn from a bear. They immediately went to take stock of their flock. The farmer saw a bear and killed him, a short time later his wife saw a bear and the farmer killed it too. They then returned to their pasture and saw a third bear eating another of their sheep. The farmer also killed the bear. This part of the town was long known as Beartown, and another as Skunks Misery due to the poor living conditions.

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Green in Middlesex

The devastation caused by the New England hurricane also affected Middlesex. In addition to many damaged and destroyed homes and buildings, the Middlesex-Winooski River Bridge, which led US Route 2 over the Winooski River, was also destroyed. This cut Middlesex off from trading with the surrounding towns. A new bridge was built with state funding from the American Bridge Company. The bridge was used as a model for many other bridges in Vermont. It is a Pratt truss bridge, based on a patent from 1844. Aids from the Civilian Conservation Corps were also involved in the reconstruction after the flood .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Middlesex, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										60
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	262	401	726	1156	1279	1365	1254	1171	1087	889
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	883	858	762	751	817	887	770	857	1235	1514
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1729	1731

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Along the southern border of the town, Interstate 89, also known as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway, runs parallel to Interstate of US Highway 2 . Both follow the course of the Winooski River. State Route 12 runs north-south through the eastern part of the town. The Windsor – Burlington railway reached Middlesex on August 30, 1849.

Public facilities

There is no hospital in Middlesex. The closest is the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

education

Together with Berlin, Calais, East Montpelier and Worcester, Middlesex is part of the Washington Central Supervisory Union . The Rumney Memorial School is located in Middlesex . It caters to school classes from pre-kindergarten through the sixth grade.

There is no library in Middlesex. The closest is the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Edward H. Deavitt (1871–1946), Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and State Treasurer

Personalities who have worked on site

• Denise R. Johnson (born 1947), first woman to the Vermont Supreme Court was appointed
• Phil Scott (born 1958), Lieutenant Governor of Vermont entrepreneur in Middlesex

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 115 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 4th volume. Vermont Security Guard and State Press, Montpelier 1882, p. 222 ff . 

Web links

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

• official website of the municipality
• 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. ↑ US Census Bureau: American FactFinder - Community Facts. In: census.gov. factfinder.census.gov, accessed November 26, 2015 . 
2. ^ East Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Middlesex, Vermont, New England, USA. In: virtualvermont.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015 . 
6. ^ ^{A b} History of Town of Middlesex, Vermont. (No longer available online.) In: central-vt.com. www.central-vt.com, archived from the original on December 8, 2015 ; Retrieved November 26, 2015 . 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.  
7. ↑ Middlesex-Winooski River Bridge. In: nps.gov. Retrieved November 26, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ Washington Central Supervisory Union , accessed June 11, 2017
10. ^ Rumney Memorial School , accessed June 11, 2017