Moretown

Moretown
Moretown Library
Location in Vermont
Moretown
Basic data
Foundation :	June 7, 1763
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Washington County
Coordinates :	44 ° 15 ′  N , 72 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 15 ′  N , 72 ° 43 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,658 (as of 2010)
Population density :	16.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	104.2 km 2  (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of which 103.3 km 2  (approx. 40 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	507 m
Postal code :	05660
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-46225
GNIS ID :	1462153
Website :	www.moretownvt.org

Moretown is a town in Washington County in the state of Vermont in the United States . In 2010 there were 1658 inhabitants in 696 households on an area of ​​104.2 km².

geography

Geographical location

Moretown is centrally located in Washington County. It borders Waterbury in the north and Middlesex in the northeast, Berlin in the east, Northfield in the southeast , Waitsfield in the southwest and Duxbury in the west .

The settlement area extends along the Mad River, which flows through the area of ​​the town in a northerly direction and flows into the Winooski River . State Route 100 B runs along the Mad River. The Winooski River forms the border with the neighboring towns of Waterbury and Middlesex to the north. The US Highway 2 runs on the northern border south of the Winooski River, in the area of ​​Moretown, the US Interstate 89 also known as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway north of the Winooski River. The 484 m high Mount Cobb is located in the northwest of Moretown.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Waterbury , 3.4 miles
• Northeast: Middlesex , 6 miles
• Southeast: Berlin , 14.2 km
• South: Northfield , 3.1 mi
• Southwest: Waitsfield , 5.7 mi
• West: Fayston , 11 miles
• North West: Duxbury , 7.7 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Moretown is between -11.1 ° C (12 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 10 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. 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

The Moretown Grant was declared as part of the New Hampshire Grants on June 7, 1763. The original grant was 9,307.8 hectares (23,040 acres ) which have been parceled out with straight, neat lines for the new owners. However, mountains, valleys, rivers or other topographical features were not taken into account. Settlement began around 1790, initially in north Moretown and near Duxbury Corners. The first town meeting took place in the house of Joseph Hazeltine in 1792.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Moretown, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										24
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	191	405	593	806	1128	1335	1410	1263	1180	952
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	902	886	930	888	975	883	788	904	1221	1415
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1653	1658

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Along the northern border of the town on the territory of the neighboring town of Middlesex, Interstate 89, also known as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway, runs parallel to the Interstate of US Highway 2 . Both follow the course of the Winooski River. The Vermont State Route 100B branches off from Highway 2 and leads north to south sighting centrally by the Town. Vermont State Route 100 branches off from here in the southwest of the town in a northerly direction.

Public facilities

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

education

Moretown is part of the Washington West Supervisory Union with Duxbury, Fayston, Waitsfield, Warren and Waterbury .

Moretown Elementary School is located on State Route 100B . It includes a preschool, kindergarten, and grades 1 through 6. Middle and high school students go to Harwood Union High School. Moretown also has a public library, the Moretown Memorial Library.

graveyards

Moretown has 4 active cemeteries - Mountain View on Freeman Hill Road, Village Cemetery on RT 100 B, Common Cemetery on Common Rd and Fairmont Cemetery. There are a total of 10 cemeteries in Moretown.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Matthew H. Carpenter (1824–1881), American politician

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 21 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 4th volume. Vermont Security Guard and State Press, Montpelier 1882, p. 593 ff . 

Web links

Commons : Moretown, 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. ↑ Moretown in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed October 1, 2014
2. ↑ US Census Bureau: American FactFinder - Community Facts. In: census.gov. factfinder.census.gov, accessed November 26, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Mount Cobb. In: peakery.com. Retrieved December 8, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
6. ↑ ^{a b} About - Moretown, VT. In: moretownvt.org. Retrieved December 8, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
8. ^ Washington West Supervisory Union , accessed June 11, 2017
9. ^ Moretown School, home to Moretown Elementary School in the beautiful Mad River Valley, Vermont. (No longer available online.) In: moretownschool.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015 ; Retrieved December 8, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Harwood Union. (No longer available online.) In: harwoodunion.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2015 ; Retrieved December 8, 2015 . 
11. ^ Moretown Memorial Library. (No longer available online.) In: moretownvt.org. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015 ; Retrieved December 8, 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.  
12. ^ Moretown-Cemeteries-Brochure , accessed December 8, 2015
13. ^ Cemeteries-of-Moretown , accessed December 8, 2015