Plainfield (Vermont)

Plainfield
The Gale-Bancroft House in Plainfield
Location in Vermont
Plainfield
Basic data
Foundation :	November 10, 1797
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Washington County
Coordinates :	44 ° 15 ′  N , 72 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 15 ′  N , 72 ° 24 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,243 (as of 2010)
Population density :	22.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	54.509 km 2  (approx. 21 mi 2 ) of which 54.294 km 2  (approx. 21 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	344 m
Postal code :	05667
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-55825
GNIS ID :	1462175

Plainfield is a town in Washington County in the state of Vermont in the United States with a population of 1,243 (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

The Winooski River flows through northwest Plainfield . The Great Brook flows through the town area to the north and flows into the Winooski River. Centrally located in the area, Bancroft Pond drains into the Great Brook . The highest point is Bartlett Hill at 408 m. Other elevations are Marpel Hill in the north and Gallup Hill in the south. The surface is hilly. To the east is the 259.80 hectare (642 acres ) Lr Jones State Forest , Vermont's first state forest. To the south lies the Plainfield Town Forrest, another wooded area, and to the west is the Barre Country Club golf course.

Neighboring communities

All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

• Northeast: Marshfield , 3 mi
• East: Groton , 9.7 miles
• South: Orange , 6.2 km
• Southwest: Barre Town , 5.5 mi
• West: East Montpelier , 12.3 km

climate

Plainfield, Vermont
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     66   -3 -15     61   -1 -14     74   5 -8th     81   12 -1     86   20th 5     102   25th 11     107   27 13     104   26th 11     94   22nd 7th     104   14th 1     84   6th -4     79   0 -11 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: www.weatherbase.com

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Plainfield, Vermont Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -2.8 -0.5 4.8 12.4 19.7 24.9 27.2 26.1 22.1 13.8 6.4 0.1 O 12.9 Min. Temperature (° C) -15.2 -14.0 -7.8 -0.5 4.8 10.5 12.7 11.0 6.8 0.8 -3.5 -10.7 O −0.4 Precipitation ( mm ) 66.0 61.0 73.7 81.3 86.4 101.6 106.7 104.1 94.0 104.1 83.8 78.7 Σ 1,041.4 Source: www.weatherbase.com

The mean mean temperature in Plainfield is between −9.44 ° C (15 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.0 ° C (68 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 9 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. The snowfall between mid-October and mid-May is more than two 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 mid-December it is even significantly lower.

history

Plainfield, located between Montpelier and Marshfield, was one of the lands that were not part of the New Hampshire Grants in 1777, i.e. could be awarded as a grant by the Vermont Republic . James Whitelaw, James Savage and William Coit received the grant in 1788. Whitelaw bought this land for a group of settlers from Scotland. They called the area St. Andrew's Gore. Whitelaw later worked as a surveyor and received land in Plainfield as payment. The name was derived from either the Scottish town of St Andrews or the University of St Andrews .

In the autumn of 1791 the first settlers were Seth Freeman from Weldon and Isaac Washburn from Croydon. They built huts on the Newbury Trail, which connects Boston with Canada. Today the Barre Country Club is located there. They returned a year later and staked out their lots. When the town was surveyed in 1793, there were three other parcels.

According to local lore, James Chapman was a settler and he, like others, did not like the name of St. Andrews. So he offered to donate a new set of books for the town, if he could choose a different name. This offer was accepted and in November 1797 St. Andrew's Gore was renamed after Plainfield, his home in Connecticut. However, Plainfield did not yet have town rights. This did not happen until 1867.

In 1797 about thirty families settled in the area and by 1800 there were twice as many. Since the southwestern part of Plainfield was settled first, the first town meetings and the first trade fairs were held there. A forge and a tavern were built. Agriculture, due to good grazing land and the cultivation of sugar maple, was the basis of life in the early Plainfield. A tannery, grist mill, sawmills, pottery, a factory for potash and blacksmiths were other opportunities to earn a living. In 1884 a wagon factory was built and a cheese factory was established.

In 1873 the Montpelier – Wells River railway reached Plainfield and local trade benefited from this connection. During this time, the healing power of the local mineral springs was recognized and used. Guest houses were built, including the Spring House and Plainfield House . However, this ended with the Spring House fire in 1884.

After the Second World War , rail trade declined and was replaced by truck transport. As a result, many jobs have been lost and many residents have been forced to move to other areas.

Religions

The first church in town was organized in 1799 and was named The Church of Christ in Plainfield . Dissatisfied members withdrew from this ward in 1802 and founded a Methodist church , Grace United Methodist Church , in 1819 . There is also a Baptist congregation, the Macedonia Baptist Church , as well as congregations of the Congregational Church , the Unitarian Universalist Association , the Church of God of Prophecy and the Society of Friends .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Plainfield, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	256	543	660	874	880	808	822	726	729	745
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	716	785	781	766	832	945	966	1399	1249	1302
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1286	1243

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

US Highway 2 , on which Goddard College is also located, runs along the Winooski River through the northwest corner of Plainfields . Vermont State Route 214 branches off from it in a northerly direction .

Public facilities

There is no hospital in Roxbury. The closest hospital is the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

education

The population rose to 728 in 1880. There were six schools in the town in 1887. These schools existed until 1960 when the school districts of Plainfield, Cabot, and Marshfield were merged to form the Washington Northeast Supervisory Union . A kindergarten and up to the fifth grade attend the Marshfield Elementary School, then the Twinfield High School up to the twelve grade.

The Goddard College was founded in the 1938th It has a campus in Plainfield and one in Port Townsend , Washington .

The Cutler Memorial Library is Plainfield's public library, founded in 1937 by Arthur and Amy Cutler who provided the premises. About 3800 people used the Cutler Memorial Library in 2012.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Heman A. Moore (1809-1844); Ohio State politician and representative in the US House of Representatives

Personalities who have worked on site

• Murray Bookchin (1921-2006); Founder of eco-anarchism , director and co-founder of the Institute for Social Ecology (ISE) in Plainfield

For a list of well-known students at Goddard College see there.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842 ( limited preview in Google book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 4th volume. Vermont Security Guard and State Press, Montpelier 1882.

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Citi-Data Plainfield
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from January 2, 2018 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Plainfield in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed December 23, 2015
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Bartlett Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved December 23, 2015 . 
4. ^ Jones (LR) State Forest | fpr. In: vermont.gov. fpr.vermont.gov, accessed December 23, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
6. ↑ Plainfield on the City Daty portal , accessed June 11, 2017
7. ^ ^{A b} History of Plainfield Vermont. (No longer available online.) In: central-vt.com. www.central-vt.com, archived from the original on December 24, 2015 ; accessed on December 23, 2015 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Plainfield, Vermont, New England, USA. In: virtualvermont.com. Retrieved December 23, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
10. ↑ Washington Northeast Supervisory Union ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 11, 2017 
11. ^ College History - Goddard College. In: goddard.edu. Goddard College, accessed December 23, 2015 (American English). 
12. ↑ History of the Cutler Memorial Library ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 23, 2015