Monkton (Vermont)

Monkton
House in Monkton after a blizzard
Location in Vermont
Monkton
Basic data
Foundation :	June 24, 1762
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Addison County
Coordinates :	44 ° 14 ′  N , 73 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 14 ′  N , 73 ° 8 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,980 (as of 2010)
Population density :	21.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	93.9 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 92.9 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	231 m
Postal code :	05469
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-45550
GNIS ID :	1462150
Website :	monktonvt.com

Monkton is a town in Addison County of the state of Vermont in the United States with a population of 1980 (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

The community is located on the western edge of the Green Mountains in the southern plain around Lake Champlain and is largely agricultural. The highest point is the Hogbag at 402 m (1319 feet ). The area of ​​the town is traversed by a large number of small watercourses that flow into Otter Creek , which does not touch to the west of Monkton . In the north of the town there is also Cedar Lake , a large lake.

Neighboring communities

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

• Northeast: Hinesburg , 3.7 mi
• East: Starksboro , 9.8 miles
• South East: Bristol , 6.4 mi
• Southwest: New Haven , 3.4 mi
• West: Ferrisburgh , 10.4 miles / 16.4 km
• Northwest: Charlotte , 7.3 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Monkton is between −9.4 ° C (15 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 12 to 15 degrees cooler than the long-term mean in the USA, depending on the season. The snowfall between mid-October and mid-May is more than five and a half 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 December even significantly less.

history

The place was declared as part of the New Hampshire Grants on June 24, 1762 with an area of ​​24,000 acres (about 97 km²) for settlement. The first permanent settlements began in 1774, but were given up again due to the war of independence. A second attempt at settlement from 1784 was more successful. The constituent community meeting took place on March 28, 1786; a first, Calvinist parish was founded on July 24, 1794. On March 4, 1797, part of the area of ​​Monkton was added to the neighboring municipality of Starksboro (2726 acres, corresponding to 11 km²)

Some iron deposits in the northern part of the area were processed in the ironworks in Bristol and used in building the fleet in Lake Champlain. In addition, deposits of kaolin were mined, which were further processed into porcelain in the area. Both mining areas were discontinued as exhausted and uneconomical around 1850.

Since then, Monkton has primarily been shaped by agriculture; initially this was primarily sheep farming, which was converted to dairy farming between 1860 and 1890. Since the 1960s, the place has also developed into a dormitory city for the Burlington metropolitan area .

Religions

The first parish in town was founded on July 24, 1794 and was Calvinist-Baptist. In 1797 a Methodist Episcopal Congregation followed. The Methodist Friends' Society , which still exists today, was founded in 1798. They built their first meeting house in 1800, the Friends Meeting House in East Monoton , which is still in use today and is now the only church in town, was built in 1878.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Monkton, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										450
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	880	1248	1152	1384	1310	1246	1123	1006	1025	847
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	912	724	671	683	575	520	551	765	1201	1482
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1759	1980

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The community is only connected to the surrounding towns via country roads. There are no expressways, rail connections or an airport.

media

In Monkton, six different TV channels broadcast local programs. Four of them are operated by the Vermont Wireless Company , the remaining two by the Mountain Lakes Pub. Telecomm. Council and the Plattsburgh Partners . There are, however, no radio stations or newspapers.

Public facilities

There are no public institutions in Monoton besides the usual city administrative authorities and the local elementary school. The closest hospital is Fletcher-Allen Health Acre in Burlington.

education

Russell Memorial Library

Monkton is part of the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union with Bristol, Lincoln, New Haven, Starksboro and Mt. Abraham . A six-class elementary school, the Monkton Central School , has been set up in the village . For educational needs that go beyond that, schools in the area, especially in the greater Burlington area, must be used.

The Russell Memorial Library was founded in 1905 by Albert P. Russel. In 1971 his son George A. Russell donated money for the construction of a small library building with one room.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 117 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Leonard Deming: Catalog of the Principal Officers of Vermont . Middlebury 1851 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Samuel Swift: History of Addison County . Middlebury 1859. Online versions and scans at archive.org
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 1st volume. Burlington 1870, p. 65 ff .
• History of Monkton
  Transcript from an 1886 History of Addison County, edited by HP Smith. Middlebury College website. ( Memento from August 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Monkton, 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 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Monkton in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed October 1, 2014
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Hogbag on Peakery.com , accessed on July 28, 2017
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
6. ^ Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 1 . Burlington 1870, p. 103 .
7. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
8. ↑ ANESU. In: anesu.org. Retrieved July 28, 2017 . 
9. ↑ About . In: Russell Memorial Library . 2012 ( wordpress.com ).