Panton (Vermont)

Panton
Town Hall
Location in Vermont
Panton
Basic data
Foundation :	November 3, 1764
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Addison County
Coordinates :	44 ° 9 ′  N , 73 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 9 ′  N , 73 ° 19 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	677 (as of 2010)
Population density :	16.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	57.1 km 2  (approx. 22 mi 2 ) of which 40.2 km 2  (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	38 m
Postal code :	05491
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-53950
GNIS ID :	1462169
Website :	www.pantonvt.us

Panton is a town in Addison County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 677 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Panton is located in the northwest of Addison County, on the plain southeast of Lake Champlains near the border with New York State. The Otter Creek flows in a northerly direction along the eastern border of Town. Dead Creek runs centrally in a north-south direction . The area consists of fertile pastureland, which is used particularly for livestock farming, the predominant branch of the economy in the area. The surface of the town is flat. There are no noteworthy surveys.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Ferrisburgh , 4.5 miles
• North-east: Vergennes , 8.0 km
• East: Waltham , 7.7 miles
• South: Addison , 1.5 miles
• Southwest: Moriah, New York , 13.2 mi
• West: Westport, New York , 7.5 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Panton is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that compared to the long-term mean in the USA, the place is around 10 degrees cooler in winter, while the lower mean in the USA is reached in summer. The snowfall between October and April is up to five and a half 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 in the USA.

history

The Grant for Panton was given by Benning Wentworth as New Hampshire Grants on November 3, 1764 to James Nicols and 63 others with a size of 10,530 acres (4,261 hectares ). When the land was first surveyed, it was found that the land allocated in the Grant stretched from Otter Creek far into Lake Champlain.

Settlement began in 1770. The first settlers included John Pangborn and Odle Squire from Cornwall, Connecticut, others followed, including Peter Ferris from Nine Partners, New York. Ferris settled on the shores of Lake Champlain in an area that was later called Arnold's Bay . The settlement began, among other things, with the construction of a sawmill and a flour mill on the falls of the Otter Creek in the northeast of the town. During the American Revolutionary War , many of the early settlers were captured and the women and children displaced. Many returned after the war. The town's constituent assembly took place in 1784.

In the run-up to the Battle of Ticonderoga , the future defector Benedict Arnold initially prevented the British troops from taking Lake Champlain. He was familiar with Peter Ferris and used the bay where Ferris had settled to hide his fleet. Ferris supported the American side, he hosted members of the militia and it is also believed that Benjamin Franklin , Jeremiah Chase and Charles Carroll stayed with him on their way to the Continental Congress . Remains of the ships with which Arnold fought on Lake Champlain with almost 400 men against the superior British naval forces in the Battle of Valcour under Captain Thomas Pringle can still be found today, after Arnold had the last ships in the bay blown up in the bay that has been named after him ever since.

In addition to agriculture, there are small businesses and shops in Panton, as well as a campsite. Peter Ferris had the rights to operate a ferry between Arnold's Bay and Barber's Point in New York. The Abolitionist John Brown had a farm in Elba, New York and took the ferry for its trade in Vergennes. After his execution, his wife took his body back to his farm for burial by ferry. The John Brown Farm and Gravesite in Elba is now a memorial.

Incorporations

In 1774, after lengthy disputes, it was decided that the Town of Panton would take over 8,000 acres of land from the Town of Addison. 115 acres remained as a small stub called Little Panton, which was assigned to the Town of Waybridge in 1806. Another 500 acres, the land to the northeast at Otter Creek Falls, was ceded to the newly established City of Vergennes in 1783. Today the area of ​​the Town of Panton covers 14,272 acres (5775 ha).

Population development

Census Results - Town of Panton
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										220
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	363	520	546	605	670	559	511	390	419	382
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	409	345	321	306	312	332	352	416	537	606
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	682	677

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Panton, District School No. 1 1980 under the register no. 80000323 inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The only federal highway that Panton crosses is Vermont State Route 22A . It runs north-south from Vergennes and US Highway 7 in the northeast to Addison in the south. All other streets in the Panton area are small town streets. In the north there is a bridge over the central Dead River and the bridge over Otter Creek is in Vergennes and belongs to the State Route.

Public facilities

With the exception of the usual public administration buildings and the library, Panton has no public facilities. The closest hospital, Porter Medical Center , is in Middlebury.

education

Panton belongs to Addison, Ferrisburgh, Waltham and Vergennes to the Addison Northwest School District . Panton does not currently have its own school. School children attend schools in Vergennes.

The Bixby Memorial Free Library in Panton is the jointly operated public library for the towns of Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes and Waltham.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Harriet Bishop (1817–1883), teacher, writer, activist for women's suffrage and the abstinence movement

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 135 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Leonard Deming: Catalog of the Principal Officers of Vermont . Middlebury 1851 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 1st volume. Burlington 1867.
• History of Addison county Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. In: archive.org. Retrieved July 29, 2017 . 

Web links

Commons : Panton, Vermont  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Panton in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed July 29, 2017.
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
5. ^ ^{A b} History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842 ( books.google.de ).
6. ↑ ^{a b c} History of Addison county Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. In: archive.org. Retrieved July 29, 2017 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b c d} History. In: pantonvt.us. Welcome to Panton, Vermont, accessed July 29, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ↑ NPGallery Digital Asset Management System , accessed October 18, 2018
10. ^ Addison Northwest School District. In: anwsd.org. Retrieved July 27, 2017 . 
11. ^ General Information • Bixby Memorial Free Library . In: Bixby Memorial Free Library . ( bixbylibrary.org ).