Putney (Vermont)

Putney
Sacketts Brook River in Putney town center
Location in Vermont
Putney
Basic data
Foundation :	December 26, 1753
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windham County
Coordinates :	43 ° 0 ′  N , 72 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 0 ′  N , 72 ° 31 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	2,702 (as of 2010)
Population density :	38.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	69.4 km 2  (about 27 mi 2 )
Height :	123 m
Postal code :	05346
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-57700
GNIS ID :	1462181
Website :	www.PutneyVT.org

Putney is a town in Windham County , Vermont , United States with 2,702 residents (2010 census).

geography

The area of ​​Putney and the surrounding area amounts to 69.4 km². It is divided into 99.96% land area and 0.04% water area.

Geographical location

Putney is in east Windham County, on the New Hampshire border . The Connecticut River runs along the eastern border of the town . The highest point is the 505 m high Putney Mountain in the west of the town. On its slopes is the Putney Town Forest.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Westminster , 2.2 mi
• Northeast: Walpole, NH , 9 mi
• East: Westmoreland, NH 6.9 mi
• South: Dummerston , 5.1 mi
• West: Brookline , 5.7 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Putney is between −7 ° C (19 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.5 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. The snowfall between October and May with a peak in January of 40 cm (16 inches) is around two meters, about twice as high as the mean snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

As early as 1733, trees were felled in the woods of Putney for the British Royal Navy to build ship masts. The General Court of Massachusetts decided in 1736 to declare four townships on the west side and four townships on the east side of the Connecticut River. Putney was Township # 2 on the west side. A fort was built on the site of today's Putney town in 1740 . On December 26, 1753, Colonel Josiah Willard submitted an owner petition for the establishment of an official place. On the same day, Governor Benning Wentworth Putney granted the official concession under the New Hampshire Grants . The first flour mill was built in 1765. The constituent assembly of the city took place in 1770.

In 1851 the Brattleboro – Windsor railway reached Putney.

In 2006 Putney made of talk, when there was a resolution calling for a impeachment of US President George W. Bush supported.

Religions

The Congregational Church was founded in Putney in 1776 , the Baptists in 1786 , the Methodists in 1828, and the Universalists in 1833 .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Putney, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										1848
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1574	1607	1547	1510	1382	1425	1163	1167	1124	1075
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	969	788	761	835	904	1019	1177	1727	1850	2352
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2634	2702

Demographics

In the 2000 census, Putney had a population of 2634 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 37.9 inhabitants / km².

• 958 households and 603 families populate the urban area.
• The population is composed of 95.63% white, 1.03% African American, 0.49% indigenous people (Indians), 0.76% Asians, 0.04% Pacific Islanders, 0.03% other ethnic groups, 1.56 Hispans and Latinos, and most recently 1.75% multiracial.
• Of the 958 households, 32.5% have children under the age of 18. 50.5% are married couples, 8.5% single women, 37% illegitimate partnerships, 27.9% single households and 7% single seniors over 65 years of age.
• Putney's age structure consists of 22.6% under 18 years, 16.5% between 18 and 24 years, 27.5% between 25 and 44 years, 23.7% between 45 and 64 years and 9.8% over 65 Years. The average age is 36 years.
• The average household size is 2.43 people and the average family 2.99 people.
• For every 100 women over the age of 18 there are 108 men.
• The median income per household is $ 40,346 and the median income per family is $ 50,170. Men make an average of $ 29,922 and women $ 25,217 annually. The average income per capita is $ 18,576.
• 6.2% of families and 8.4% of the total population live below the poverty line.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Interstate 91 into a north-south direction along the eastern border of the Town. US Highway 5 follows its course from Westminster in the north to Brattleboro in the south. The nearest Amtrak stations are in Bellow Falls and Brattleboro.

Public facilities

Putney does not have its own hospital. The closest hospital is Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Bellows Falls.

education

• The Putney Central School provides education from pre-kindergarten to the end of the eighth grade.
• The Putney School is a private, independent high school that offers both boarding and day schooling. Prominent graduates were u. a. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend , Téa Leoni and Timothy Daly .
• Landmark College was the first college specifically for students with learning disabilities .
• The Greenwood School is a boarding school for boys between the ages of 9 and 15 who have reading disabilities and language-related learning disabilities.

The Putney Public Library is located in Putney .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• William Haile (1807–1876), businessman and politician
• Edmund Andrews (1824–1904), surgeon and pioneer of nitrous oxide anesthesia

• Manon Kahle (* 1980), actress

Personalities who have worked on site

• George Aiken (1892–1984), Senator and Governor of Vermont
• Fernando Gerassi (1899–1974), painter
• Carmelitta Hinton (1890–1983), educator and founder of The Putney School
• Luther Jewett (1772–1860), doctor and politician
• Jody Williams (* 1950), Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1997
• Peter Shumlin (born 1956), governor of Vermont

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 145 f . ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Putney, Vermont  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Putney Official Site
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from March 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Putney in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved March 18, 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Putney Mountain . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Putney, Vermont (VT 05346) 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 February 25, 2017 (English). 
6. ^ Putney Vermont Municipal Web Page. In: putneyvt.org. Retrieved February 25, 2017 . 
7. ^ ^{A b} Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 145 f . ( Digitized version ).
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ About Our School - Putney Central School. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed February 25, 2017 . 
10. ^ Putney Public Library. In: putneylibrary.org. Retrieved February 25, 2017 (American English). 
11. ^ Albert Faulconer, Thomas Edward Keys: Edmund Andrews. In: Foundations of Anesthesiology. Charles C Thomas, Springfield (Illinois) 1965, p. 430 and more often.