Morrisville (Vermont)

Morrisville
Location in Vermont
Morrisville
Basic data
Foundation :	circa 1792
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Lamoille County
Coordinates :	44 ° 34 ′  N , 72 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 34 ′  N , 72 ° 36 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,958 (as of 2010)
Population density :	399.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	5 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 4.9 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	205 m
Postal code :	05661
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-46825
GNIS ID :	1458547

Morrisville is a village in the town of Morristown in Lamoille County , Vermont , United States with 1958 residents (2010 census). Morrisville is one of several settlement centers in the town on which it is politically and administratively dependent ( village ). Most of the town's public bodies are located in the municipality.

geography

Geographical location

Morrisville is located in the northeast of the town of Morristown, in the center of the Green Mountains on a bend in the Lamoille River , a little east of some rapids, the Cadys Falls , whose water power was used by some mills before industrialization.

Surrounding places

All information as straight-line distances.

• North: Lowell , 18.2 miles
• Northeast: Craftsbury , 12.5 mi
• East: Wolcott , 5.9 miles
• Southeast: Woodbury , 12 mi
• South: Worcester , 13 miles
• Southwest: Stowe , 12.5 km
• West: Underhill , 15 miles
• Northwest: Johnson , 6.5 mi

history

The town was sold to settlers in 1781, but the place only came into being with the first permanent settlements from around 1792; an exact date of establishment is not documented. The Lunenburg – Maquam line reached Morrisville on December 31, 1872; until the shutdown of passenger traffic in 1956 there was a station in the village. After various accidents due to bad tracks and accidents, Morrisville was no longer served by freight trains from 1994; the line was finally closed in 2004 from St. Johnsbury . The former railway line is now partly used for tourism by hiking and riding trails.

Parts of the city center have been on the list of the National Register of Historic Places since 1983, and three buildings of the local Peoples Academy since 1996 .

In Morrisville, Vermont's first professional ice hockey team, the Vermont Wild , was based, which only existed in 2011 and was disbanded after just 10 games.

A Methodist church is located in the village. The Morristown Historical Society is based on the town's Main Street and operates a local history museum in an early 19th century house.

Population development

year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1262	1445	1707	1822	1967	1995	2047	2116	2074	1984
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2009	1958

Morrisville, Vermont census results

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Morrisville-Stowe State Airport , located in the south of the town, connects the town with the outside world; There are no highways or expressways in this area. The Vermont State Roure 100 runs north to south through the Village connects Morrisville with Eden in the north and the south Stowe and her branches to the east, the Vermont State Roure 15 of Wolcott and the Vermont State Roure 12 by Elmore from.

Commercial enterprise

The company Concept2 is based in Morrisville. Concept2 is a supplier in the field of rowing and cross-country skiing . The company is the world market leader for sculls , oars and rowing ergometers .

Public facilities

The local Copley Hospital provides medical care for Morrisville and the surrounding area.

education

People's Academy

Morristown belongs to the Lamoille South Supervisory Union with Elmore and Stowe. The Morristown Elementary School is located in the Village of Morrisville. It offers school classes from kindergarten through fourth grade. The Peoples Academy Middle Level is also located in Morrisville, as is the Peoples Academy High School . This was founded in 1847.

In addition to the public schools, there is also the private Catholic Bishop Marshall School in Morrisville . It offers school classes from kindergarten through eighth grade.

The Morristown Centennial Central Library is on Richmond Street in Morrisville.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Hannah Dreissigacker (* 1986), biathlete and cross-country skier
• Emily Dreissigacker (* 1988), biathlete
• Ethan Dreissigacker (* 1991), biathlete and cross-country skier
• Roger W. Hulburd (1856–1944), lawyer, politician, and Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
• Alban J. Parker (1893–1971), lawyer and Attorney General of Vermont

Personalities who have worked on site

• Frederick G. Fleetwood (1868–1938), politician and MP for the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives
• H. Henry Powers (1835–1913), lawyer, politician, and MP for the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives
• Maria Augusta Trapp (1905–1987), singer, author and template for the musical The Sound of Music

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. Volume III, p 122 ( limited preview in Google Book search). (for development up to 1840)
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 2 . Burlington 1870, p. 680 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Morrisville in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 10, 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont: natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts . George H. Salisbury, Burlington 1842, p. 122 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
4. ↑ Asset Detail. In: nps.gov. npgallery.nps.gov, accessed October 3, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Population 1900–2010 according to census results
6. ^ Lamoille South Supervisory Union, Morristown, Stowe, and Elmore Vermont. (No longer available online.) In: lamoillesouthsu.org. Archived from the original on November 7, 2016 ; Retrieved April 18, 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.  
7. ↑ PA. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed April 18, 2017 . 
8. ^ About Us - Bishop John A. Marshall School . In: Bishop John A. Marshall School . ( bjams.org ).
9. ^ Morristown Centennial Library. In: centenniallibrary.org. Retrieved April 18, 2017 . 

Web links

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