Montpelier (Vermont)

Montpelier
Vermont State Capitol (2005)
Location in Vermont
Montpelier
Basic data
Foundation :	August 14, 1781
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Washington County
Coordinates :	44 ° 16 ′  N , 72 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 16 ′  N , 72 ° 34 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	7,855 (as of 2010)
Population density :	296.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	26.6 km 2  (approx. 10 mi 2 ) of which 26.5 km 2  (approx. 10 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	160 m
Postcodes :	05601-05604, 05609, 05620, 05633
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-46000
GNIS ID :	1461834
Website :	www.Montpelier-VT.org
Mayor :	John Hollar (D)

Montpelier [ mɒntˈpiljər ] is the capital of the US state Vermont . Located in the Green Mountains , it is the smallest state capital in the United States. At the same time, Montpelier is the administrative center ( Shire Town ) of Washington County .

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of ​​26.6  km ² , of which 26.5 km ² is land and the remainder is water.

Geographical location

Montpelier is located on the north bank of the west-flowing Winooski River , which is fed by several smaller tributaries that run through the various residential areas of Montepelier. The city is about 158 ​​m above sea level and is surrounded by hills. Towne Hill is a three kilometer long ridge on the northern outskirts and reaches a height of about 275 m above sea level. The city of Montpelier is regularly threatened by flooding; severe floods occurred in 1927 , 1992 and 2011.

Neighboring communities

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

• Northeast: East Montpelier , 4.5 mi
• Southeast: Barre , 6.9 mi
• South: Berlin , 4.7 km
• Northwest: Middlesex , 4.3 mi

Note : Barre and Montpelier do not share a common border, but are so close together that it makes sense to include them in this list.

climate

Montpelier, Vermont
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     55   -3 -16     54   -2 -15     58   3 -9     71   11 -1     87   19th 5     84   25th 10     97   27 13     85   26th 11     82   21st 7th     75   15th 2     82   7th -3     65   -1 -12 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: www.weatherbase.com

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Montpelier, Vermont Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -3.1 -1.9 3.2 11.2 19.2 24.5 26.8 25.6 21.2 15.2 6.9 -1.2 O 12.4 Min. Temperature (° C) -15.6 -15.1 -8.7 -1.1 4.7 10.2 12.7 11.4 7.4 1.5 -3.1 -11.7 O −0.6 Precipitation ( mm ) 55 54 58 71 87 84 97 85 82 75 82 65 Σ 895 Rainy days ( d ) 14th 13 12 13 13 13 13 11 11 12 14th 14th Σ 153 Source: www.weatherbase.com

The mean average temperature in Montpelier is between -9.3 ° C in January and 19.7 ° C in July. This means that the place is about 10 degrees cooler than the long-term mean of Vermont. The snowfalls between mid-October and mid-May are up to six meters, about twice as high as the average snow depth in the USA.

history

The Grant for Montpelier was proclaimed by the Vermont Republic on October 21, 1780. Thimothy Biglow and others were the recipients of the grant and this was determined on August 14, 1781. It covered the usual 23,040 acres . The first settlement started in 1787 by the trapper Joel Frizzle, who settled in the area and built a small log cabin. In May 1787, colonel Jacob Davis and General Parley Davis , who came to the area with supplies and helpers from Charlton , Massachusetts , established an initial settlement. Jacob Davis built the first sawmill and the first grist mill in the Town . The constituent assembly took place on March 29, 1791.

The name Montpelier is derived from the name of the French city of Montpellier . It was Colonel Jacob Davis who chose the name. At the time, it was fashionable to give the places French names, as France had supported the United States in its quest for independence. Due to the different spelling, the city should not be confused with the French Montpellier in Languedoc .

Montpelier around 1912

The seat of the capital in Vermont changed on the principle of rotation . It was only with the construction of the Vermont State Capitol in Montpelier in 1805 that the MPs decided that it was time to stop wandering the seat of government due to the city's central location and the inexpensive building site . Even a conflagration that destroyed the impressive successor building from 1838 down to the granite walls and portico could not prevent the Vermonters from building the current Capitol building on its basis . With its gold leaf dome against the background of the changing canopy of a nearby park, many tourists consider it the prettiest government building in the USA.

Montpelier was promoted to city in 1895.

Population development

Census Results - City of Montpelier, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										118
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	889	1877	2308	2985	3725	2310	2411	3023	3219	4160
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	6266	7856	7125	7837	8006	8599	8782	8609	8241	8247
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	8035	7855

Culture and sights

Buildings

The Pavilion in Steamboat Gothic style

One of the most famous buildings in Montpelier is the Vermont State Capitol . It's located at 115 State Street.

The Pavilion Hotel in Steamboat Gothic style - until its demolition in 1966, was the residence of various members of parliament during the legislative period , today it has been rebuilt as a replica at its old location. It houses the Vermont Historical Society Museum.

The National Clothespin Factory is one of six entries in Montpelier's NRHP.

The National Park Service has identified the Vermont State Capitol as a National Historic Landmark for Montpelier (as of December 2016). Six buildings and sites in the area are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of November 13, 2018).

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

• Metal and wood processing industry
• Mills
• Manufacture of maple syrup
• Headquarters of various insurance companies , u. a. the National Life Insurance Company since 1848

traffic

Interstate 89, also known as the Veterans Highway , runs through southwest Montpelier . US Highway 2 runs from East Montpelier and in a west-east direction through Montpelier . It follows the course of the Winooski River and meets the interstate in the southwest, to which it then runs parallel to the west. The Vermont State Route 12 through shares Montpelier from north to south and the Vermont State Route 302 connects Montpelier Barre in the south.

Public facilities

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

education

The Montpelier Public Schools are located in Montpelier . They include Union Elementary School , Main Street Middle School, and Montpelier High School .

The Community College of Vermont has a campus in Montpelier.

The private Union Institute & University , a research facility specializing in distance learning programs, is based in Montpelier.

The Vermont College of Fine Arts was founded in Montpelier in 1831. It is a university institute and national center for training with a practice-oriented learning model.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library

The Kellogg-Hubbard Library was founded in 1889. It goes back to the legacy of Martin M. Kellog, a New York real estate agent who was born in Barre. Just three months after his death, his wife Fanny, née Hubbard and a native of Montpelier, also died. They left their fortune to the City of Montpelier with the requirement to build new gates for the Green Mount Cemetery and a public library. Today, several works of art can be viewed on the building and on the property.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Eliakim Persons Walton (1812–1890), politician and Vermont representative in the US House of Representatives
• Farrand F. Merrill (1814-1859), politician and lawyer who was Vermont Secretary of State , son of Timothy Merrill
• George Howes (1814-1892), politician and Vermont State Treasurer
• Charles W. Willard (1827–1880), politician and Vermont representative in the US House of Representatives
• George Dewey (1837-1917), Admiral
• Ruth Payne Burgess (1865–1934), naturalistic painter
• Patrick Leahy (* 1940), Democratic Party politician and senator
• Amanda Pelkey (born 1993), ice hockey player

Personalities who have worked on site

• Thomas Chittenden (1730–1797), politician and governor of the Vermont Republic
• David Wing (1766-1806), politician and judge of the Vermont Secretary of State was
• Samuel Prentiss (1782–1857), politician and senator; worked here as a lawyer and federal judge
• Timothy Merrill (1781–1836), politician and lawyer who was Vermont Secretary of State
• John Spaulding (1790–1870), merchant, judge and politician who was Vermont State Treasurer from 1841 to 1846 .
• Daniel Pierce Thompson (1795–1868), politician, writer, and judge who was Vermont Secretary of State
• Edward H. Deavitt (1871-1946), politician and lawyer who was Vermont State Treasurer and Mayor of Montpelier
• Stanley C. Wilson (1879–1967), governor of Vermont; practiced here as a lawyer
• M. Jerome Diamond , practiced here as a lawyer and was a three-term Vermont Attorney General
• John J. Easton , US attorney who was Vermont Attorney General and ran a law firm in Montpelier
• Frank Miller (* 1957), comic artist; grew up here
• Matthew Tobin Anderson (* 1968), children's author; was a teacher here at Vermont College

Trivia

Montpelier is the only capital of a US state that does not have a branch of the McDonald’s fast food chain .

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 119 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Montpelier  - collection of images, 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. ^ Montpelier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed October 1, 2014
2. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
3. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
4. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical , page 119 , accessed June 11, 2017
5. ↑ Montpelier on Virtual Vermont ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , accessed June 11, 2017 
6. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
7. ↑ List of NHL by State . National Park Service , accessed November 13, 2018.
8. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 13, 2018.
9. ^ Montpelier Public Schools , accessed June 11, 2017
10. ↑ Kellogg-Hubbard Library ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , accessed June 11, 2017