Orange County (Vermont)

Orange County Courthouse in Chelsea
administration
US state :	Vermont
Administrative headquarters :	Chelsea
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse RR 1 Box 30 Chelsea, VT 05038-9703
Foundation :	1781
Made up from:	Cumberland County
Area code :	001 802
Demographics
Residents :	28,936  (2010)
Population density :	16.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1792 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

Orange County is a county in the state of Vermont in the United States . The county seat is in Chelsea .

geography

The county borders New Hampshire to the east and has an area of ​​1792 square kilometers, of which 8 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Caledonia County , Grafton County, New Hampshire, Windsor County , Addison County, and Washington County .

history

Orange County was formed in February 1781 from parts of the then-defunct Cumberland County.

Historical objects

• The historic Justin Smith Morrill Homestead is located in Strafford . The property of US Senator from Vermont Justin Smith Morrill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	10,526		-
1800	18,238		73.3%
1810	25,247		38.4%
1820	24,681		-2.2%
1830	27,285		10.6%
1840	27,873		2.2%
1850	27,296		-2.1%
1860	25,455		-6.7%
1870	23,090		-9.3%
1880	23,525		1.9%
1890	19,575		-16.8%
1900	19,313		-1.3%
1910	18,703		-3.2%
1920	17,279		-7.6%
1930	16,694		-3.4%
1940	17,048		2.1%
1950	17,027		-0.1%
1960	16,014		-5.9%
1970	17,676		10.4%
1980	22,739		28.6%
1990	26,149		15%
2000	28,226		7.9%
2010	28,936		2.5%
1800-1890, 1900-1990, 2000

As of the 2000 census , the county had 28,226 people. There were 10,936 households and 7,611 families. The population density was 16 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.02% white, 0.24% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.04% residents from the Pacific island area and 0.13% from others ethnic groups; 0.95% were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.58% of the population.

Of the 10,936 households, 33.40% had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 56.10% were married couples living together, 8.90% were single mothers. 30.40% were not families. 23.40% are single households and 9.20% have someone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.97 people.

Orange County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.60% of residents under 18 years of age, 7.80% between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.20% between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.60% between 45 and 64 years of age 12.80% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 99.20 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 96.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 39,855 , and the median income for a family is $ 45,771. Males had a median income of $ 30,679 versus $ 24,144 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,784. 9.10% of the population and 6.10% of families are below the poverty line. 11.40% of them were under 18 years of age and 8.80% were 65 years of age or older.

cities and communes

This list contains the county's independent parishes; in this case only towns . In addition, there are still a few villages with independent rights in Orange County , which are co-administered by the respective higher-ranking towns: Newbury and Wells River . There are also the census-designated placees for statistical purposes : Bradford, Fairlee, Randolph and Williamstown and the Unincorporated Village North Thetford, Post Mills, South Strafford and West Newbury.

Locality	status	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding	Specialty
Bradford	town	2,797	77.4	77.2	36.2	0May 3, 1770
Braintree	town	1,246	99.3	99.2	12.6	0Aug 1, 1781
Brookfield	town	1,292	107.9	107.2	12.0	0Aug 5, 1781
Chelsea	town	1,238	103.4	103.4	12.0	0Aug 4, 1781	County Seat
Corinth	town	1,367	125.8	125.7	10.9	0Feb. 4, 1764
Fairlee	town	977	55.0	52.3	18.7	05th Sep 1761
Newbury	town	2,216	166.9	166.2	13.3	May 18, 1763
orange	town	1,072	101.0	100.4	10.7	Aug 11, 1781
Randolph	town	4,778	124.1	124.0	38.5	June 29, 1781
Strafford	town	1,098	114.8	114.5	9.6	Aug 12, 1761
Thetford	town	2,588	114.4	112.8	22.9	Aug 12, 1761
Topsham	town	1,173	126.9	126.7	9.3	Aug 15, 1763
Tunbridge	town	1,284	115.9	115.9	11.1	03rd Sep 1761
Vershire	town	730	94.6	94.5	7.7	0Aug 3, 1781
Washington	town	1,039	100.7	100.6	10.3	0Aug 8, 1781
West Fairlee	town	652	59.1	58.5	11.1	Feb 25, 1797
Williamstown	town	389	104.5	104.1	3.7	09 Aug 1781

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Orange County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont: natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. George H. Salisbury, Burlington 1842, p. 132 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
3. ↑ NRIS
4. ↑ Preparation of historical data from the University of Virginia
5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
7. Jump up ↑ Orange County, Vermont , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .
8. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
9. ↑ All founding dates of the table according to the corresponding individual entries on VirtualVermont.com ( Memento from January 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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

Coordinates: 44 ° 1 ′  N , 72 ° 23 ′  W