Morgan (Vermont)

Morgan
View of Lake Seymour in Morgan
Location in Vermont
Morgan
Basic data
Foundation :	November 6, 1780
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Orleans County
Coordinates :	44 ° 54 ′  N , 71 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 54 ′  N , 71 ° 59 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	749 (as of 2010)
Population density :	9.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	87.7 km 2  (approx. 34 mi 2 ) of which 81.0 km 2  (approx. 31 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	506 m
Postal code :	05853
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-46450
GNIS ID :	1462275

Morgan is a town in Orleans County in the state of Vermont in the United States with 749 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Morgan is in east Orleans County. Lake Saymoure is in the heart of the town and there are other smaller lakes. Several small rivers run through the town. Some flow into Lake Saymoure, others into Lake Salem to the west or Norton Pond to the northeast . The area of ​​the town is hilly, the highest point is the 647 m high Bear Hill in the southeast , north of this is the 634 m high Round Top and south of Lake Saymoure the 605 m high Elan Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Holland , 9 km
• Northeast: Warner's Grant , 2 mi
• East: Warren Gore , 4.4 mi
• South East: Brighton , 4.8 mi
• Southwest: Charleston , 6.3 mi
• West: Derby , 14 miles

climate

The mean mean temperature in Morgan 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

On November 6, 1780, the area was granted under the name Caldersburgh to Jedediah Calderkin and 63 others. The name was changed to Morgan on October 19, 1801 . The name change was in honor of John Morgan, back from Hartford , Connecticut, one of the original owners of the grant from which many of the early settlers bought their land. The area was surveyed by General Whitelaw and he named Lake Seymour after Israel Seymour, another owner of the town's grant. The first settler was Nathan Wilcox in 1802. In March 1807 the constituent assembly of the town took place.

During the 1960s, the Vermont State Legislature passed bill requiring all dairy farms to install refrigeration systems for storing milk produced daily. Since the small farms could not afford this, many sold their land and the population shrank dramatically. Tourism on Lake Seymour has created another economic pillar alongside agriculture.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Morgan, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents		135	116	331	422	486	548	614	711	520
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	510	463	368	363	335	296	260	286	460	497
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	669	749

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Vermont State Route 1111 leads north to south of Derby in the north to Brighton in the south. It runs centrally through the town and meets the Vermont State Route 114 in the southeast, which runs northwards towards Canada .

Public facilities

Morgan doesn't have its own hospital. The closest hospital is North Country Hospital & Health Care in Newport City.

education

Morgan is part of the North Country Supervisory Union . There is no school in Morgan.

Morgan doesn't have a library of its own. The closest libraries are the Goodrich Memorial Library in Newport City and the Haskell Free Library and Opera House on Derby Line .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Zophar M. Mansur (1843–1914), veteran of the Civil War, banker and politician, lieutenant governor of Vermont

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 121 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Maps from 1859 and 1878 and a historical summary
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Morgan in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed March 21, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Bear Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ). peakery.com ( Memento of the original from March 22, 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.  
4. ↑ Round Top . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
5. ↑ Elan Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
6. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
7. ↑ Morgan, Vermont (VT 05853) 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 March 21, 2017 (English). 
8. ↑ ^{a b} A Brief History of Morgan - The Town of Morgan, Vermont. In: townofmorgan.com. Retrieved March 21, 2017 (American English). 
9. ^ History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842, p. 121 f . ( books.google.de ).
10. ↑ Population 1810-2010 according to census results
11. ^ North Country Supervisory Union. (No longer available online.) In: ncsuvt.org. Archived from the original on October 24, 2016 ; accessed on March 20, 2017 . 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. ↑ Town of Jay, Library , accessed March 18, 2017