Perkinsville (Village)

Perkinsville
Community Church Perkinsville
Location in Vermont
Perkinsville
Basic data
Foundation :	1928
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windsor County
Coordinates :	43 ° 22 ′  N , 72 ° 31 ′  W 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
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
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

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

• 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

1. ↑ Perkinsville in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed December 9, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ 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). 
4. ^ Brian Lindner: History of Vermont plane crashes . In: Burlington Free Press . November 20, 2014 ( burlingtonfreepress.com ).
5. ^ Perkinsville, Weathersfield, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA. In: mindat.org. Retrieved December 9, 2017 . 
6. ^ Mineral Collectings in Vermont by Raymond W. Cran , accessed December 9, 2017
7. ↑ Asset Detail. In: nps.gov. npgallery.nps.gov, accessed December 9, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Population 1930–2010 according to census results