Ryegate (Vermont)

Ryegate
Lind Houses in South Ryegate
Location in Vermont
Ryegate
Basic data
Foundation :	September 8, 1763
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Caledonia County
Coordinates :	44 ° 13 ′  N , 72 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 13 ′  N , 72 ° 6 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,148 (as of 2010)
Population density :	12.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	95.2 km 2  (approx. 37 mi 2 ) of which 94.5 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	215 m
Postcodes :	05042, 05069
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-61525
GNIS ID :	1462195
Website :	ryegatevt.org

Ryegate is a town in Caledonia County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 1,148 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Ryegate is located in the southeast of Caledonia County, in the Green Mountains . The Connecticut River forms the eastern border with New Hampshire . The Wells River flows through the southwest of the town in a southeast direction. It flows into the Connecticut River. Several smaller streams also flow into the Connecticut River. There are several lakes in the town area. The largest is the Ticklenaked Pond in the southwest . Central to the area of ​​the town is Lower Symes Pond and a little north of it is McLam Pond . The surface of the town is hilly and the highest point is the 720 m high Blue Mountain .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Barnet , 3.6 miles
• Northeast: Monroe, NH , 9.2 mi
• Southeast: Bath, NH , 8.6 mi
• South: Newbury , 2.2 miles
• West: Groton , 10 miles
• Northwest: Peacham , 6.5 mi

City structure

The Unincorporated Area Village East Ryegate is on the territory of the Town .

climate

The mean mean temperature in Ryegate ranges from −9.44 ° C (15 ° F ) in January to 20.0 ° C (68 ° F) 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

Historical view of South Ryegate

The Grant for Ryegate was given by Benning Wentworth on September 8, 1763 as part of the New Hampshire Grants to 94 people under the leadership of Richard Jenness (also Jennes or Jennis). The grant comprised 20,492 acres (8,292.8 hectares ). The town was named after Jenness' home. This came from Reigate in Surrey . This name for the town can be found in some old maps of the region. Many of the beneficiaries of this grant sold the land, and in 1773 it belonged to John Witherspoon, President of Princeton University and signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence .

In 1772, farmers from Counties Renfrew and Lanark in Scotland joined forces to colonize land in America. They sent David Allen and James Whitelaw to purchase land for settlement. They bought an area south of Ryegate from Witherspoon. From 1773 the area was settled by the Scots and except for Aaron Hosmer and his family all settlers came from Scotland at that time. Another group from Scotland reached America in 1774, but they got caught up in the American War of Independence . Upon arriving in Boston, they were given the choice of either adding to the British arms, settling in Nova Scotia , or going back to Scotland. Some moved to Nova Scotia, many returned to Scotland, and it was only after the War of Independence that more settlers from Scotland reached Ryegate.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Ryegate
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										187
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	406	812	994	1119	1222	1606	1098	935	1046	1126
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	995	1194	1188	1216	1105	996	894	830	1000	1058
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1150	1174

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Interstate 91 runs in a north-south direction along the Connecticut River . The US Highway 5 runs parallel to the interstate. US Highway 302 runs through the southwestern part of the town in a west-east direction .

Public facilities

There is no hospital in Ryegate. The closest hospital to the townspeople is Cottage Hospital in Woodsville, New Hampshire.

education

Ryegate is part of the Blue Mountain Union School District with Groton and Wells River .

There is no school in Ryegate. Schoolchildren attend Blue Mountain Union School in Wells River. She offers classes from pre-kindergarten through high school graduation in the twelfth grade.

There are two libraries in the town. The Ryegate Corner Library is located on South Bayley Hazen Road and the South Ryegate Corner Library is located on Gilfallan Road in the Village of South Ryegate.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . tape III . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 154 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 1 . Burlington 1867.
• History of Ryegate, Vermont. In: electricscotland.com. Retrieved June 27, 2017 . 

Web links

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

• Homepage of the community
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.vermont.gov (English)
• Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ryegate in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 27, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ Blue Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved May 12, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 12, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Ryegate on the City Daty portal , accessed June 20, 2017
6. ^ ^{A b c} History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842 ( books.google.de ).
7. ↑ Ryegate, Vermont, New England, USA. In: virtualvermont.com. Retrieved June 27, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ Blue Mountain Union School District , accessed June 27, 2017
10. ^ Blue Mountain Union School , accessed June 27, 2017
11. ^ Ryegate Corner Library - Ryegate, VT. In: librarytechnology.org. Retrieved June 27, 2017 (English). 
12. ^ South Ryegate Corner Library - South Ryegate, VT. In: librarytechnology.org. Retrieved June 27, 2017 (English).