Middletown Springs

Middletown Springs
Church in Middletown Springs
Location in Vermont
Middletown Springs
Basic data
Foundation :	October 28, 1784
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Rutland County
Coordinates :	43 ° 29 ′  N , 73 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 29 ′  N , 73 ° 8 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	745 (as of 2010)
Population density :	12.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	59.2 km 2  (approx. 23 mi 2 ) of which 59.2 km 2  (approx. 23 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	265 m
Postal code :	05757
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-44800
GNIS ID :	1462148
Website :	middletownsprings.vt.gov

Middletown Springs is a town in Rutland County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 745 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Middletown Springs is located in southwest Rutland County. The area of ​​the town is interspersed with hills and valleys. The Poultney River flows westward through the town area from Tinmouth. The soil of the town consists of heavy clay soil and the forests mainly grow maple and beech.

Neighboring communities

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

• Northeast: Ira , 4.4 km
• Southeast: Tinmouth , 3.9 mi
• Southwest: Wells , 4.5 mi
• Northwest: Poultney , 4.4 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Middletown Springs 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

Middletown Springs, initially still Middletown , was founded on October 28, 1784 when areas of the towns of Tinmouth, Wells, Poultney and Ira were combined into a new town. The name came from the fact: Middletown . It was changed to Middletown Springs in 1884 .

As early as February 1784, 50 settlers from the four towns founded an initiative to found their own separate town. Their rationale was that the surrounding mountains were too difficult to traverse so that they could not attend the community meetings and services of the towns they were actually part of. The surveyor Joseph Spaulding was commissioned with the survey, and since everyone involved was very satisfied with his work, Spaulding was allowed to choose the name of the new town. Having moved from Middletown , Spaulding chose this name, especially since he thought it was very appropriate.

The mineral springs on the banks of the Poultney River were already known to the indigenous Indians and the people of Middletown came to appreciate them too. After these sources they finally named the town Middletown Springs in 1884. The mineral springs were buried under tons of rock during a great flood in 1811 when the river bed shifted. Only another flood in 1868 pushed the river back into the old bed and exposed the mineral springs again. This made Middletown Springs a popular spa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Another settlement in the area of ​​the town was Burnham Hallow , no longer visible on modern maps today. It formed around John Burnham's sawmill and forge. The flood in 1811 destroyed the sawmill, the forge and the settlement along with the springs.

Religions

Catholic Church of St. Anne

The Methodist , Baptist, and Congregational denominations had parishes in Middletown early on. The Congregational Church was established in 1794, the Babtist Church in 1806, and the Methodist Church in 1837. There is also a Catholic Church in Middletown Springs.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Middletown Springs, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										699
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1066	1207	1039	919	1057	875	712	777	823	786
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	746	716	567	583	493	496	381	427	603	686
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	823	745

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Vermont State Route 140 runs in a west-east direction centrally through the town, from Poultney to Tinmouth. The Vermont State Route 133 north-south direction, partly together with the State Route 140 from Ira to Pawlet. The nearest train stations are in Rutland and Fair Haven.

Public facilities

Middletown Springs does not have its own hospital. The closest hospital is Emma Laing Stevens Hospital in Granville , New York, state .

education

Middletown Springs is part of the Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union . Middletown Springs is home to the Middletown Springs Elementary School with classes from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade.

There is also a library in Middletown Springs, the Middletown Springs Public Library .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Walter W. Granger (1872–1941), fossil collector and vertebrate paleontologist
• Ahiman Louis Miner (1804–1886), lawyer and politician
• Reuben Wood (1792 / 1793–1864), politician, governor of the state of Ohio

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 115 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. 641 f . ( archive.org ).

Web links

Commons : Middletown Springs, 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. ↑ Middletown Springs in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 13, 2016
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ Middletown Springs, Vermont (VT 05757) 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 13, 2017 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Middletown Springs, Vermont, New England, USA. In: virtualvermont.com. Retrieved January 13, 2017 . 
6. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842, p. 116 ( books.google.de ).
7. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
8. ^ Middletown Springs Elementary School. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed January 13, 2017 . 
9. ^ Middletown Springs Public Library. In: wordpress.com. Middletown Springs Public Library, accessed January 13, 2017 (American English).