Shaftsbury

Shaftsbury
Robert Frost Stone House Museum
Location in Vermont
Shaftsbury
Basic data
Foundation :	August 20, 1761
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Bennington County
Coordinates :	42 ° 59 ′  N , 73 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 59 ′  N , 73 ° 13 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	3,590 (as of 2010)
Population density :	32.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	111.8 km 2  (approx. 43 mi 2 ) of which 111.6 km 2  (approx. 43 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	329 m
Postal code :	05262
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-63550
GNIS ID :	1462203
Website :	www.Shaftsbury.net

Shaftsbury is a town in Bennington County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 3,590 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Shaftsbury lies west of the Green Mountains on the plain that slopes down to Lake Champlain in the north and the Hudson River in the west. It is largely level and has no remarkable watercourses or hills. However, there are two lakes in the municipality, Lake Shaftsbury in the north and Lake Paran in the south. Both are used for tourism and sport fishing. There are two settlement centers: Shaftsbury Center in the northern half of the village and South Shaftsbury near the southern border and in the immediate vicinity of North Bennington .

Neighboring communities

All information as air lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

• North: Arlington , 4 miles
• Northeast: Sunderland , 10.1 mi
• East: Glastenbury , 9.4 miles
• Southeast: Woodford , 9.4 mi
• South: Bennington , 1.9 mi
• Southwest: Hoosick, New York , 9.7 mi
• West: Cambridge, New York , 16 miles
• Northwest: Jackson, New York , 11.9 mi

climate

The mean average temperature in Shaftsbury 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

Shaftsbury was one of the early lands in what is now Vermont. It was sold on August 20, 1761 by Benning Wentworth as part of his New Hampshire Grants with 23,040 acres (about 93 km²) to 61 shareholders. Settlement began in 1763, but progressed slowly because of the disputes between the states of New York and New Hampshire over the jurisdiction of the land sale.

The majority of the Shaftsbury settlers were on the side of New Hampshire or, after the decision of King George III. in favor of New York, for the independence of the area as a separate state. The dispute escalated, also militarily, with the establishment of paramilitary units on both sides. The New Yorkers viewed the resistance as a revolt and issued arrest warrants for the leaders of the uprising. So also against the Shaftsbury-based Remember Baker , one of the leaders of the paramilitaries on the Vermont side, the Green Mountain Boys . In 1772 a group around one of the Shaftsbury's settlers, John Munroe , attempted to carry out the arrest and transfer Baker from his home to the appropriate court in Albany . Not only was Baker seriously injured, but also his wife and twelve-year-old son. This "kidnapping", as it was viewed by the Vermonters, was prevented by a quickly formed group of Shaftsbury citizens; but it heated up the conflict considerably. So the four settlers and their families who had sided with New York, including Munroe, were driven from their land and fled to New York. It was not until the outbreak of the War of Independence that hostilities subsided, until an amicable solution between New York and Vermont's predecessor, the Vermont Republic , was finally found in 1791 .

Since detailed documents from the founding phase are missing, it is no longer possible to say exactly when the constituent city assembly took place; all we know is that it took place before the war of independence. The area was primarily used for agriculture; Records from 1780 suggest that Shaftsbury served as a supplier to the military facilities in neighboring Bennington.

With the opening of the Rutland – Hoosick Junction railway in July 1852, industrialization of the place began. A large number of different companies settled in Shaftsbury; such an iron foundry and a tool factory. But these companies have disappeared again today; The town's largest employer, besides agriculture, is a concrete manufacturing company that digs its own sand pits in the town.

Religions

Shaftsbury has been populated with a wide variety of faiths and communities from the very beginning. This came from a Shaftsbury landowner, Samuel Robinson, who resided in Bennington and was the leader of the congretian church there. He first invited new settlers to his place in order to get to know their religious attitudes in a conversation. If they matched his own attitude, he provided them with land in Bennington, and had all others settle in Shaftsbury. The first Baptist congregation arose in 1768, followed by several others in quick succession.

Only one Methodist congregation remains in Shaftsbury today , the Shaftsbury United Methodist Church .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Shaftsbury, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										1999
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1895	1973	2022	2143	1835	1896	1936	2027	1887	1652
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1857	1650	1534	1631	1577	1673	1939	2411	3001	3368
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	3767	3590

Culture and sights

Museums

The Robert Frost Stone House Museum on Vermont State Route 7A preserves a home of the poet Robert Frost . Frost lies in the cemetery in neighboring North Bennington .

Parks

The Lake Shaftsbury State Park to the eponymous Lake Shaftsbury area is set up as a recreational center with camping and beach.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The village is connected by Vermont State Route 7A south to Bennington, north to Manchester. In addition, Vermont State Route 7 crosses the area in the southeast .

Freight traffic is possible on the Rutland – Hoosick Junction railway , which has a station in South Shaftsbury. Passenger traffic on the route has been suspended since 1953.

Public facilities

Shaftsbury has no public facilities other than the usual municipal facilities and public elementary school. The closest hospital, Southwestern Medical Center , is in Bennington.

education

Shaftsbury is part of the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union , along with Bennington, North Bennington, Pownal and Woodford .

There are two primary schools in Shaftsbury: A public, the six-class Shaftsbury Elementary School , and a private, eight-class (grades 2 to 9) primary school, the Green Mountains Mennonite school . The surrounding communities, especially the neighboring Bennington, must be approached for further education.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Henry Olin (1768–1837), politician and representative of the State of Vermont in the US House of Representatives
• Justin Dwinell (1785–1850), politician and representative of New York State in the US House of Representatives
• Jacob M. Howard (1805–1871), politician and representative of the State of Michigan in the US Senate
• Abram B. Olin (1808–1879), politician and representative of New York State in the US House of Representatives
• Harvey D. Williams (1864-1931), engineer and inventor

Personalities who have worked on site

• Gideon Olin (1743–1823), politician and representative of the State of Vermont in the US House of Representatives. Old farmer in Shaftsbury.
• Robert Frost (1874–1963), poet
• Alice Miller (* 1939), politician. Lives in Shaftsbury.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 159 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 1st volume. Burlington 1867, p. 231 ff .

Web links

Commons : Shaftsbury, 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 April 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Shaftsbury in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed October 1, 2014
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ ^{a b} Climate data and school information at www.City-Data.com (English)
5. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 18th f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
6. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
7. ↑ Homepage of the Robert Frost Stone House Museum (English)
8. ↑ Historical outline of the town on the website of the municipality (English) ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2014 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. 
9. ↑ Map of Lake Shaftsbury State Park
10. ^ Southwest VT Supervisory Union. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed July 27, 2017 .