Poultney

This article covers the town. For the Village see Poultney (Village) .

Poultney
Poultney School Building
Location in Vermont
Poultney
Basic data
Foundation :	September 21, 1761
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Rutland County
Coordinates :	43 ° 31 ′  N , 73 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 31 ′  N , 73 ° 14 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	3,432 (as of 2010)
Population density :	30.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	116.0 km 2  (approx. 45 mi 2 ) of which 113.8 km 2  (approx. 44 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	177 m
Postal code :	05764
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-56875
GNIS ID :	1462178
Website :	www.poultney.vt.gov

Poultney is a town in Rutland County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 3,432 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Poultney is centrally located in western Rutland County, in the Green Mountains . In the south, Lake Saint Catherine protrudes into the town and in a westerly direction through the Village Poultney, the Poultney River drains the area with its tributaries. The Poultney River also partially forms the border with the state of New York . The highest point is the 736 m high Spruce Knop in the north of the town.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Castleton , 2.4 mi
• Northeast: Ira , 10.3 km
• Southeast: Middletown Springs , 4.4 mi
• South: Wells , 1.9 mi
• Southwest: Granville, NY , 8.4 mi
• West: Hampton, NY , 7 mi
• Northwest: Fair Haven , 5.2 mi

City structure

In the town of Poultney there is the Villages Poultney with independent rights on the western edge , directly to the east of this the Unincorporated Village East Poultney and to the west of the Poultney Villages the Green Mountain College .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Poultney is between -6.1 ° C (21 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 21.67 ° C (71 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 8 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

Poultney was founded on September 21, 1761 as a Grant by Benning Wentworth . The land was given to 60 settlers. The charter was held on June 7, 1763 in Sheffield , Massachusetts . The first settlers arrived in Pultney in 1771. They were Thomas Ashley and Ebenezer Allen. Most of the early settlers were from Connecticut and Massachusetts. Poultney was named after William Pulteney, Earl of Bath. Most of the town's areas were not settled by the original grant recipients, with only two settling in Poultney. The other areas were sold. Ethan Allen and his brothers settled here and at the end of the 18th century a third of the town's area belonged to a member of the Allen family. Ethan Allen was elected Proprietors Clerk at the Connecticut city council in February 1772. The earliest settlers in Poultney included Ebenezer Allen, a cousin of Ethan, and Thomas Ashley, who had married an Allen. Six of Thomas Ashley's brothers also settled in Poultney. At the first town council on March 8, 1775, Ethan's brother Heber Allen was elected town clerk.

The first grain mill in Poultney was built by Nehemiah Howe at the falls in 1777. More mills followed. By the end of the 18th century there were already six sawmills and five grain mills along the banks of the Poultney River. In the American Revolutionary War , the Allens fought together with the Ashleys and other residents in the Green Mountain Boys .

Main Street, Poultney (1906)

In 1849 the company Ross & West settled in Poultney. One of the largest companies that produced melodeons outside of New York or Boston was born here . Paul M. Ross and Elijah West use a brick building that was previously a forge. With Joseph Morse and his son Joseph Harris Morse, other partners came into the company, which had steady growth. However, when Joseph Harris Morse died in an accident on a frozen waterwheel in 1856, the company ended, it was wound up and closed in 1869.

Slate mining began in Pultney in the mid-19th century. The first quarry was opened by Daniel Hooker in 1852. School boards and writing boards were made from the slate. The slate industry expanded and there were many good years, but there were always strong setbacks. In 1900 the slate industry employed nearly 1,000 workers in 250 quarries. During the Great Depression , mining collapsed almost completely. Today Poultney belongs to the center of the Slate Valley , which stretches from New York to Vermont. Around 38 companies with 200 to 300 employees mine slate.

Religions

In Poultney the Methodists , Baptists , the Congregational Church and the Episcopal Church planted congregations. The first priest came to Pultney in 1780. Between 1803 and 1831 the parishes built churches in the town.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Poultney, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										1121
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1694	1905	1955	1909	1880	2329	2278	2836	2717	3031
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	3108	3644	2868	3215	2781	2936	3009	3217	3196	3498
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	3633	3432

Culture and sights

Parks

To the north is the 770 acres (311.6 hectares ) Bird Mountain Wildlife Management Area . Part of the area is already on the site of the towns of Ira and Castleton; it extends from former pastures and arable land to the slopes of Birdseye Mountain .

The Lake St. Catherine State Park is located in the south of the Town of Pulteney. It covers 117 acres (47.34 hectares). The park was opened in 1953 with a small picnic and swimming area. Slate used to be mined here and the remains of slate mills, stone quarries and piles of rubble are still visible. The park itself was once a children's holiday camp and farmland.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Vermont State Route 30 runs north-south through the central Town of Castleton to Wells and Poultney Village branch, the Vermont State Route 31 south to Granville and the Vermont State Route 140 to Middletown Springs from. The Castleton – Eagle Bridge railway runs through the town with a train station in Poultney. Poultney was also connected to the former Rutland tram .

Public facilities

There is no hospital of its own in Poultney. The closest hospital is the Rutland Regional Medical Center in Rutland.

education

Poultney is part of the Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union . The Poultney Elementary School has classes from kindergarten to sixth grade. After that, Poultney High School can be attended. To the west of Villages Poultney is Green Mountain College , a private college with a focus on the arts.

The Poultney Public Library is located on Main Street in Poultney. Use is free of charge for residents of the town and neighboring towns. A library was founded in Poultney in 1790 on the initiative of Thomas Ashley.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Heman Allen (1779–1852), politician and ambassador to Chile
• Ralph Barton Perry (1876–1957), philosopher
• Asahel C. Kendrick (1809–1895), classical philologist
• George Jones (1811–1891), journalist and editor of the New York Daily Times

Personalities who have worked on site

• William Miller (1782–1849), Baptist preacher

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 143 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• HP Smith: History of Rutland County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . D. Mason & co., Syracuse, NY 1886, pp. 766 f . ( archive.org ).

Web links

Commons : Poultney, Vermont  - Collection of pictures, 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 July 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Poultney in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 28, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Spruce Knob . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Poultney, Vermont (VT 05764) 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 January 28, 2017 (English). 
6. ^ ^{A b} Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, January 1, 1842 ( books.google.de ).
7. ^ ^{A b c} Colonial Times to Independence (1761 - 1777) - Poultney Vermont Historical Society - Poultney Vermont Historical Society. In: poultneyhistoricalsociety.org. Retrieved January 28, 2017 (American English). 
8. ^ Independent Republic and Early Statehood (1777-1800) - Poultney Vermont Historical Society - Poultney Vermont Historical Society. In: poultneyhistoricalsociety.org. Retrieved January 28, 2017 (American English). 
9. ^ Melodeon Manufacturing (1849-1869) - Poultney Vermont Historical Society - Poultney Vermont Historical Society. In: poultneyhistoricalsociety.org. Retrieved January 28, 2017 (American English). 
10. ^ Vermont's Slate Industry - Poultney Vermont Historical Society - Poultney Vermont Historical Society. In: poultneyhistoricalsociety.org. Retrieved January 28, 2017 (American English). 
11. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
12. ↑ Bird Mountain Wildlife Management Area | fpr. In: vermont.gov. fpr.vermont.gov, accessed January 28, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Vermont State Parks - Lake St. Catherine State Park. In: vtstateparks.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017 . 
14. ^ Poultney Elementary School. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed January 28, 2017 . 
15. ^ Poultney High School. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed January 28, 2017 . 
16. ^ Home Page - Poultney Public Library - Poultney Public Library. In: poultneypubliclibrary.com. Poultney Public Library, accessed January 28, 2017 (American English).