Sandgate (Vermont)

Sandgate
Sandgate Location in Vermont
Basic data
Foundation :	August 11, 1761
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Bennington County
Coordinates :	43 ° 9 ′  N , 73 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 9 ′  N , 73 ° 11 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	405 (as of 2010)
Population density :	3.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	109.3 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 ) of which 109.1 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	485 m
Postal code :	05250
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-62875
GNIS ID :	1462201
Website :	sandgatevermont.org

Sandgate is a town in Bennington County , Vermont , United States with 405 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Sandgate is located in northwest Bennington County, on the border with New York State in the Green Mountains . There are only a few small rivers in the area of ​​the town, they all flow into the Batten Kill and only a few smaller lakes. The largest is Lake Madeleine in the east of the town. The highest point in the hilly area is the 1007 m high Bear Mountain .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Rupert , 1.8 miles
• Northeast: Dorset , 10.2 mi
• East: Manchester , 8.1 mi
• Southeast: Sunderland , 8 miles
• South: Arlington , 4 miles
• West: Salem, New York , 9.9 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Sandgate ranges from −7.2 ° C (19 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 10 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. At over five and a half meters, the snowfalls between October and May are almost twice as high as the average snow depth in the USA, the daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

The Sandgate Grant was awarded on August 11, 1761 as part of the New Hampshire Grants . The settlement started in 1769, the first settler was Reuben Thomas and his family from Woodbury, Connecticut. The first child born in the town was the son Samuel. It is unknown when the town's constituent assembly took place, early records are in poor condition, many pages are missing. Probably in the years 1781 or 1782, however. The complete records from 1790 to 1804 are available. Reuben Thomas not only represented the town in the Vermont legislature, he also served in other town public offices for many years.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Sandgate, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										773
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1020	1187	1185	933	777	850	805	705	681	587
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	482	401	283	189	187	158	93	127	234	278
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	353	405

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

None of Vermont's major transportation routes reaches the town of Sandgate. It is only crossed by a few local roads.

Public facilities

There is no hospital of its own in Sandgate. The closest competent hospital is Southwestern Medical Center in Bennington.

education

Sandgate and Arlington are part of the Battenkill Valley Supervisory Union Office . There is no school of its own in Sandgate. Sandgate school children attend schools in Arlington.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Ormsby B. Thomas (1832–1904), politician, member of the US House of Representatives
• Silas Sanderson (1824–1886), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 159 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemmenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 2 . Burlington 1870. For history up to 1848.

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Parish entry on Vermont state website
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from May 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sandgate in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed July 22, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Bear Mountain on Peakery.com , accessed July 21, 2017
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Climate data and school information for Rupert at www.City-Data.com (English)
6. ^ Town of Sandgate - A short history. In: sandgatevermont.com. Retrieved July 22, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
8. ^ Battenkill Valley Supervisory Union Office , accessed July 22