Montgomery (Vermont)

Montgomery
Nickname : The covered bridge town
Montgomery House
Location in Vermont
Montgomery
Basic data
Foundation :	October 8, 1789
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Franklin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 52 ′  N , 72 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 52 ′  N , 72 ° 36 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1.201 (as of 2010)
Population density :	8.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	147 km 2  (approx. 57 mi 2 ) of which 147 km 2  (approx. 57 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	197 m
Postal code :	05470
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-45850
GNIS ID :	1462151
Website :	www.MontgomeryVT.com

Montgomery is a town in Franklin County , Vermont , United States with 1,201 inhabitants (2010 census)

geography

Geographical location

Montgomery is located in the east of Franklin County, on the Trout River , a tributary of the Missisquoi River , at the end of a side valley in the Montgomery Heights of the Green Mountains . There are few, very small lakes in the town area. The area of ​​the town is hilly, the highest being the 1154 m high Big Jay . In the Jay State Forest .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Richford , 1.9 mi
• East: Westfield , 8.4 miles
• Southeast: Lowell , 10 miles
• South: Belvidere , 8.7 km
• Southeast: Bakersfield , 12 mi
• West: Enosburgh , 10.1 miles

City structure

There are four residential areas in Montgomery , Montgomery Center , Montgomery Village , Hectorville, and Hutchins .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Montgomery is between -11.7 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° 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

Comstock Covered Bridge
over the Trout River
Erected in 1883

The Grant for Montgomery was proclaimed on March 13, 1780 by Thomas Chittenden for the Vermont Republic . The grant was confirmed on October 8, 1789 to Stephen R. Bradley and others. Montgomery was founded as one of six localities in the area to cover the costs of the Vermont Army, which was set up for the Revolutionary War. Most likely it was named after General Richard Montgomery , who fell in 1775 and under whom one of the town's founding fathers, Ira Allen , served. The first settlers reached the town in 1793, Joshua and Naby Clapp. They were the first settlers for two years. On August 12, 1802, the town's constituent assembly took place.

West Hill Bridge Erected in 1883

The place lives primarily from agriculture and agriculture; a small asbestos mine in the mountains has been abandoned. Due to its location in the valley of a water-rich low mountain range, several small tributaries run through the village to the Trout River, which are crossed by covered bridges. These bridges are typical of the area, but with six surviving bridges dating from 1863 to 1890 that shape the cityscape, Montgomery is also a tourist draw. In addition, the settlement is on the edge of a nature reserve, which makes the surrounding mountains a destination for excursions.

The population development of Montgomery has continued to increase significantly since around 1980; the place had reached a population of almost 2,000 by 1900, which had fallen to about 650 by 1970.

religion

A Methodist and a Roman Catholic community are settled in the village.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Highgate, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	41	237	293	460	548	1001	1262	1423	1642	1734
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1876	1721	1658	1386	1208	1091	876	651	681	823
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	992	1201

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Fuller Covered Bridge
over Black Falls Brook
Built in 1890

In a north-south direction, Vermont Route 118 runs from Berkshire in the north to Belvidere in the south. It runs through Montgomery Village and Montgomery Center. In Montgomery Center, Vermont Route 242 branches off northeast towards Jay and Vermont Route 58 branches off southeast towards Lowell. The next Amtrak station is in St. Albans.

Public facilities

The Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans is the closest hospital for residents of the Town.

education

Montgomery is one of Bakersfield, Berkshire, Enosburg and Richford to Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union The Montgomery Town School offers classes from kindergarten to eighth grade.

Larger colleges can be found in Colchester and Winooski ; the closest university location is Burlington .

The Montgomery Town Library was founded on March 5, 1895. At first she always moved into the librarian's house. First housed in the center , then to Mill Hill, later to Mail Street. A second library was by the year 1965 at the Village accommodated, but after the death of the librarian this was the library of the Center combined. At the end of the 20th century, the library moved to its current location, the Public Safety Building .

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 118 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 2 . Burlington 1870, p. 275 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

Web links

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

• Official homepage of the place (English)
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Montgomery in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed 17 March 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Big Jay on Peakery.com ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 13, 2017. 
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Montgomery on the City Daty portal , accessed May 12, 2017
6. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical, page 118 , accessed May 13, 2017
7. ↑ Prospectus of the Historical Society of Montgomery on the homepage of the place (English) ( Memento of the original of December 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.0 MB) 
8. ↑ Urban Development Plan, page 3 (English) ( Memento of 5 July 2007 at the Internet Archive ) (PDF, 40 kB)
9. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
10. ^ Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union , accessed May 13, 2017.
11. ^ Montgomery Town School , accessed May 13, 2017
12. ^ Montgomery Town Library , accessed May 13, 2017