Sheldon (Vermont)

Sheldon
Town Hall
Location in Vermont
Sheldon
Basic data
Foundation :	August 18, 1763
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Franklin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 54 ′  N , 72 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 54 ′  N , 72 ° 55 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	2,190 (as of 2010)
Population density :	21.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	101.8 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of which 100.1 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	158 m
Postcodes :	05483, 05485
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-64600
GNIS ID :	1462207
Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail

Sheldon is a town in Franklin County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 2190 inhabitants.

geography

Geographical location

Sheldon is in the north of Franklin County, near the border with Canada , about 20 kilometers east of Lake Champlain in the Green Mountains . The Missisquoi River flows in a westerly direction through the town, from the south the Black Creek flows into the Missisquoi River. Some small streams also run through the town. There are only a few, small lakes. The surface is slightly hilly, the highest point is the 271 m high Sheldon Hill

Neighboring communities

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

• Northeast: Franklin , 5.9 mi
• East: Enosburgh , 12 miles
• South: Fairfield , 1.9 mi
• West: Swanton , 13.4 miles
• Northwest: Highgate , 9.7 mi

City structure

Sheldon consists of several settlement cores: Sheldon, Sheldon Junction, Sheldon Springs, East Sheldon and some smaller districts, most of which lie along the Missisquoi River.

climate

The mean average temperature in Sheldon is between −9.44 ° C (15 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) 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

The Grant for Sheldon got on August 18, 1763 as part of the New Hampshire Grants Samuel Hungerford, as well as other land speculators. The town was first named Huberford after Hungerford . Hungerford sold his stake to another speculator named Field. This bought even more shares and sold all shares in Colonel Elisha Sheldon of Salisbury , Connecticut , a veteran of the American Revolutionary War . Colonel Sheldon and his sons Elisha Junior, George and Samuel moved to Vermont around 1789, more settlers followed and the town was renamed Sheldon in 1792.

The Sheldons were active in town and state politics. Colonel Sheldon and Elisha Sheldon were elected selectmen at the constituent assembly of the town and Samuel Sheldon was elected to the town clerk and later to the Justice of Peace, as well as MPs in the Vermont House of Representatives.

A railroad stop in Olmstead Falls, known as Sheldon Springs since 1884, became a tourist spot. After the main hotel was destroyed in a fire set by a disgruntled employee, tourism declined.

religion

Three religious groups are represented on site: the Episcopals , the Methodists and a Roman Catholic Church .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Sheldon, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										40
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	408	883	927	1427	1734	1814	1655	1697	1529	1365
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1341	1246	1473	1563	1471	1352	1281	1481	1618	1748
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1990	2190

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Bridge in Shelden
listed on the National Register of Historic Places

The Vermont Route 105 runs from west to east of Swanton in the west to the east Enosburg. It follows the course of the Missisqoui River. From it branch off in a northerly direction from Vermont Route 78 to Highgate, Vermont Route 120 to Franklin and Vermont Route 236 to East Franklin.

Public facilities

The Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans is the closest hospital for residents of the Town.

education

Sheldon is part of the Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union with Franklin, Highgate and Swanton . The Sheldon Elementary School provides for more than 350 children school classes from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade.

The Sheldon Municipal Library is located on Main Street in Sheldon.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Lorenzo A. Babcock (1837–1864), politician and Attorney General of the Minnesota Territory
• Heber C. Kimball (1801–1886), Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Personalities who have worked on site

• Stephen Royce (1787–1868) politician and governor of Vermont; Teacher and lawyer in Sheldon

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 161 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 2nd volume. Burlington 1870, p. 368 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

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

• Location information on Vermont.gov (in English)
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Entry on VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from July 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sheldon in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 17, 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Sheldon Hill on Peakery.com , accessed May 15, 2017
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Sheldon on the City Daty portal , accessed on May 15, 2017
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Sheldon on Virtual Vermont , accessed May 15, 2017
7. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
8. ^ Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union , accessed May 15, 2017.
9. ^ Sheldon Elementary School , accessed May 15, 2017
10. ↑ Sheldon Municipal Library , accessed May 15, 2017