Northfield (Vermont)

Northfield
Depot Square in the town center
Location in Vermont
Northfield
Basic data
Foundation :	August 10, 1781
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Washington County
Coordinates :	44 ° 9 ′  N , 72 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 9 ′  N , 72 ° 41 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	6,207 (as of 2010)
Population density :	55.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	113.0 km 2  (approx. 44 mi 2 ) of which 112.7 km 2  (approx. 44 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	430 m
Postal code :	05663
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-50275
GNIS ID :	1462163
Website :	www.Northfield-VT.gov

Northfield is a town in Washington County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 6,207 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

The community is located in central Vermont in the Green Mountains in the Dog River Valley , about 14 km as the crow flies northwest of Vermont's capital, Montpelier . There are no particular streams, lakes or mountains in the municipality. There are several Covered Bridges over the north-flowing Dog Rivers, a tributary of the Winooski River , which have been included in the National Register of Historic Places .

Neighboring communities

All information as air lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

• North: Berlin , 9.3 km
• Northeast: Barre , 15 miles
• East: Williamstown , 10 miles
• Southeast: Brookfield , 7.7 mi
• South: Roxbury , 3.2 miles
• Southwest: Warren , 20.4 km
• West: Waitsfield , 7.1 miles
• Northwest: Moretown , 2.1 mi

City structure

In 1855 the Village Northfield got independent rights. The administrations of the town and the village were merged in 2014 and have been run together since then.

climate

Northfield, Vermont
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     62   -2 -15     57   -1 -14     68   4th -8th     72   11 -1     83   19th 4th     94   24 10     100   26th 12     86   25th 11     80   21st 7th     81   15th 1     82   7th -3     80   0 -11 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: www.weatherbase.com

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Northfield, Vermont Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -2, -0.9 4.0 11.3 18.8 24.0 26.3 25.1 21.1 14.7 6.9 -0.4 O 12.5 Min. Temperature (° C) -14.6 -13.8 -7.9 -1.4 4.4 9.8 12.3 10.9 7.1 1.4 -3.3 -11.1 O −0.5 Precipitation ( mm ) 62 57 68 72 83 94 100 86 80 81 82 80 Σ 945 Rainy days ( d ) 12 9 11 11 12 12 12 11 10 11 12 12 Σ 135 Source: www.weatherbase.com

The mean mean temperature in Northfield is between −8.4 ° C in January and 19.3 ° C in July. So the place is in the long-term mean of Vermont. The snowfall between October and May is up to six 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 December even significantly less.

history

Northfield was declared a settlement on November 6, 1780; the first permanent settlement was realized in May 1785; the town was founded nine years later, in 1794, as a politically independent municipality.

On November 7, 1822, the eastern part of Waitsfield was added to the town of Northfield. The boundaries of the town thus established have remained unchanged since then.

On October 10, 1848, the Windsor – Burlington railway line opened its first station in town. Due to its central location, the first Central Vermont Rail Depot , the operational and administrative center of the Central Vermont Railway, was built here . The first building burned down as early as 1851 and was replaced by a new building by 1852, which remained the headquarters of the Central Vermont Railroad until 1860. Then the administrative headquarters moved to St. Albans . Rail traffic was discontinued in the 1970s. However, the building complex still exists today and is considered the oldest existing train station in Vermont. Today it belongs to the Canadian National Railway .

Since 1866, Northfield has been home to Norwich University , a private military college that first implemented the principle of comprehensive humanist education for officers in the United States, which has since established itself in officer training. Norfolk University, which, contrary to its name, is a college , is now the town's largest employer.

Until July 1, 2014, Northfield Village also existed within the town as an administratively independent municipality, but was taken over into the administration of the town on the date mentioned.

Religions

There are a number of religious congregations in Northfield: a Baptist (the Good News Baptist Church ), an Episcopal ( St. Mary ), a Roman Catholic Church ( St. John the Evangelist ), a United Church of Christ congregation , and two Methodist and two nondenominational churches.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Northfield, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										40
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	204	426	690	1412	2013	2922	4392	3410	2836	2628
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	2855	3226	3096	3438	3601	4314	4511	4870	5435	5610
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	5791	6207

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Northfield is particularly connected by de Vermont State Route 12 with Montpelier in the north and Hartford in the south. To the west, Interstate 89 also passes the town. A railway connection no longer exists since the closure of the Northfield station; Freight traffic is possible from Montpelier.

Public facilities

Northfield has no public facilities other than the usual municipal facilities, schools, and library. The closest hospital is the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

education

Northfield and Roxbury are part of the Washington South Supervisory Union .

Northfield has both an elementary school for grades 1 through 6, Northfield Elementary School, and a middle school, Northfield Middle / High School , which offers grades 6-10. In addition, the private military college Norwich University is located in the place.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Charles Albert Plumley (1875–1964), politician and Vermont representative in the House of Representatives
• George Nichols (1827-1912), physician and politician Vermont Secretary of State was

Personalities who have worked on site

• Charles Paine (1799-1853), politician and governor of the state of Vermont; was on Northfield City Council
• Henry M. Bates (1808–1865), initially Treasurer of Northfield Bank, later Member of the Vermont Senate and State Treasurer of Vermont; died in Northfield
• Charles Herbert Joyce (1830-1916), politician and member of the US House of Representatives; was a lawyer in Northfield
• John P. Connarn (1918–2002), politician, judge, and Vermont Attorney General who lived in Northfield and ran the Margaret Holland Inn

For a list of well-known Norwich University graduates see there.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 128 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Norwich University homepage
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from March 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Northfield in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed October 1, 2014
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010 (English)
4. ^ Northfield, Vermont: Official Municipal Website. In: northfield-vt.gov. www.northfield-vt.gov, accessed October 31, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
6. ↑ Description page of the station complex on the National Park Service website
7. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
8. ^ Washington South Supervisory Union , accessed June 11, 2017
9. ↑ , located on the homepage of the Northfield Elementary School (English)
10. ↑ Homepage of Northfield Middle / High School (English)