Perkinsville (Village)
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | 1928 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Vermont | |
County : | Windsor County | |
Coordinates : | 43 ° 22 ′ N , 72 ° 31 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 130 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 260 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 0.5 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) of which 0.5 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 305 m | |
Postal code : | 05151 | |
Area code : | +1 802 | |
FIPS : | 50-54850 | |
GNIS ID : | 1458942 | |
Website : | weathersfieldvt.org |
Perkinsville is a village in the town of Weathersfield in Windsor County , Vermont in the United States with 130 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census). Perkinsville is located in the southwest of the town of Weathersfield and is traversed by the Black River .
history
The town of Weathersfield, in which the Village Perkinsville is located, was put up for sale by Benning Wentworth as part of his New Hampshire Grants on August 20, 1761.
The Village Perkinsville was given independent rights in 1928.
A heavy airplane accident occurred on June 14, 1947, when a B-29 bomber of the US Air Force on the Hawk Mountain bounced located on the western edge of the Village. All 12 crew members died in the impact. A memorial in Perkinsville commemorates the tragedy.
There is a pyrite deposit in Perkinsville that is developed by the Pine Hill Quarry .
The Upper Falls Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 .
Population development
year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
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Residents | 155 | 144 | 142 | 167 | 188 | 187 | 148 | |||
year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
Residents | 142 | 130 |
Perkinsville, Vermont census result
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Vermont State Route 106 runs north to south through the Village. In the southern part, Maple Street crosses in a west-east direction.
Web links
- Website of the village (together with Town Weathersfield; English)
- Entry on City-Data.com (English)
- Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from January 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Perkinsville in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed December 9, 2017
- ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
- ↑ Perkinsville, Vermont (VT 05151) 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 December 9, 2017 (English).
- ^ Brian Lindner: History of Vermont plane crashes . In: Burlington Free Press . November 20, 2014 ( burlingtonfreepress.com ).
- ^ Perkinsville, Weathersfield, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA. In: mindat.org. Retrieved December 9, 2017 .
- ^ Mineral Collectings in Vermont by Raymond W. Cran , accessed December 9, 2017
- ↑ Asset Detail. In: nps.gov. npgallery.nps.gov, accessed December 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Population 1930–2010 according to census results