Newport (Vermont)

Newport
Newport Location in Vermont
Basic data
Foundation :	October 30, 1802
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Orleans County
Coordinates :	44 ° 56 ′  N , 72 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 56 ′  N , 72 ° 18 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,594 (as of 2010)
Population density :	14.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	112.7 km 2  (approx. 44 mi 2 ) of which 107.9 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	280 m
Postal code :	05857
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-48925
GNIS ID :	01462162
Website :	http://Vermont.gov

Newport is a town in Orleans County , Vermont , United States with 1,594 inhabitants (2010 census). The community borders Canada in the north and lies on the banks of Lac Memphrémagog .

geography

Geographical location

Lake Memphremagog

Newport borders the Canadian border to the north ; to the east the town lies on the shores of Lake Memphremagog . There are several streams in the town area, most of which are tributaries of the Dunn Brooke . The Dunn Brooke leaves the town in a westerly direction. To the southwest is the Newport State Forest . The area of ​​the town is hilly, the highest point being the 456 m high Coburn Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Austin, Canada, 17.2 mi
• Northeast: Stanstead, Canada, 11.2 mi
• East: Derby , 13.5 km
• South East: Brighton , 22 miles
• South: Hardwick , 29 miles
• Southwest: Lowell , 12 mi
• West: Berkshire , 20 mi
• Northwest: Sutton, Canada, 19 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Newport 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

Newport was proclaimed with a size of 23,040 acres (about 93 km²) under the name Duncansboro on October 26, 1781, but only sold on October 30, 1802. This is considered to be the town's official founding date. Newport has had its current name since it was renamed on October 30, 1816. In the further course of local history, the area was changed to the current value of about 113 km² by two additions from dissolved neighboring towns and the separation of the area of ​​the now separate City of Newport.

Settlement began in the years before 1800, i.e. before the area was officially sold. It was only viscous; the settlers lived primarily from agriculture and forestry. Around 1840, cattle and sheep breeding as well as potato cultivation and sugar production were the defining areas of production. Today forest management is the defining branch of the economy.

A railway line that was to open up the western hinterland of the Connecticut River from White River Junction to Derby and then north to Canada was planned from 1835 and realized from 1848. The first train of this connection reached Newport on October 14, 1863. From 1869 this route was supplemented by a connection to Montreal , the Newport – Farnham railway , which went into operation on July 9, 1873. Both routes led to an expanded sales market for domestic products, but did not trigger an industrialization boom.

Main Street Village of Newport, 1908

The then capital and administrative seat of the parish, the Village of Newport , founded around 1800 , was declared an independent town with effect from March 5, 1918 with part of the parish of Derby , which took over most of the population of the original area. Since then, Newport Center has been the parish capital .

The remaining part of the town's area is primarily agricultural, especially dairy cattle and forestry. In addition, the lakeshore offers opportunities for some tourist income.

Religions

There is only one Methodist community in the town ; other religious groups are located in Newport City.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Newport, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	50	28	52	284	591	748	1197	2050	2426	3047
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1239	1236	1187	1193	1064	966	1010	1125	1319	1367
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1511	1594

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The community is connected to the outside world through Interstate 91 and Newport State Airport , which was built in the area of ​​the town near the city limits of Newport City. The railway line to White River Junction, which now ends in Newport, has only been used for freight traffic since 1965.

Public facilities

There is no hospital of its own in Derby. The closest hospital is North Country Hospital & Health Care in Newport City.

education

Newport is part of the North Country Supervisory Union . There is a general education school in town, the Newport Town School . A secondary high school can be found in neighboring Newport City.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• George H. Prouty (1862–1918), politician and governor of the State of Vermont
• Charles Adams (1876–1947), entrepreneur
• Winston L. Prouty (1906–1971), politician and MP in both houses of the House of Representatives
• Lane Dwinell (1906–1997), politician and governor of the state of New Hampshire
• Ida Sargent (* 1988), cross-country skier

Personalities who have worked on site

• Aaron Matson (1770–1855), politician

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . tape 3 . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 102 ( limited preview in Google Book search). (for history up to 1840)

Web links

Commons : Newport (town), Vermont  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Newport Daily Express website (English)
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from August 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Newport in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 18, 2013
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ Coburn Hill . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Newport Center, Vermont (VT 05857) 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 4, 2017 (English). 
6. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
7. ^ NCSU. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed May 19, 2019 . 
8. ^ Newport Town Elementary. In: ncsuvt.org. nts.ncsuvt.org, accessed March 4, 2017 .