South Hero

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South Hero
Town Hall of South Hero
Town Hall of South Hero
Location in Vermont
South Hero (Vermont)
South Hero
South Hero
Basic data
Foundation : October 27, 1779
State : United States
State : Vermont
County : Grand Isle County
Coordinates : 44 ° 38 ′  N , 73 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 38 ′  N , 73 ° 19 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 1,631 (as of 2010)
Population density : 42.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 123.0 km 2  (approx. 47 mi 2 ) of
which 38.6 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 29 m
Postal code : 05486
Area code : +1 802
FIPS : 50-67000
GNIS ID : 1462213
Website : www.SouthHeroVT.org

South Hero is a town in Grand Isle County , Vermont , United States with a population of 1,631. (2010 census)

geography

Geographical location

South Hero is located on the southern half of the largest island in Lake Champlain , the Grand Isle , directly on the border with New York State in the west and about 40 kilometers south of the Canadian border and belongs to Grand Isle County . The surface of the town is flat. Several smaller streams flow through the area of ​​the town.

Neighboring communities

Communities in the vicinity are mostly accessible via road embankments through Lake Champlain. In the following, the first distance specification therefore always represents the beeline, the second the approximate driving distance.

climate

The mean mean temperature in South Hero ranges from -7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 21.2 ° C (70.4 ° 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.

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Source: www.weatherbase.com
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Min. Temperature (° C) -11.9 -11.1 -5.4 1.4 7.9 13.3 16.4 15.7 11.3 5.3 0.1 -7.2 O 3.1
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history

Former South Hero Inn

The islands in Lake Champlain were, as various sites prove, inhabited for several thousand years when the French began colonizing from the north, today's Canada, from 1734. At that time, the area of ​​the Big Islands was still intended for unified administration. After the conquest of the area by the British and the later independence of the United States, this division changed: the area was divided into the peninsula of today's Alburgh and the three large islands in the lake. The area Two Heros , which was divided into the areas North Hero , Middle Hero and South Hero in 1798 , was advertised for settlement in 1779; From 1783, under Colonel Ebenezer Allan , the first reclamations were carried out by 365 veterans of the War of Independence , to whom the land had been given. Middle Hero , the northern part of the Grand Isle , on which South Hero is also located, was co-administered by South Hero until 1810, but then independently under the name Grand Isle .

The origin of the initial name Two Heros is not clear; mostly Ethan Allen and Samuel Herrick, who were also among the first settlers, are associated with it. Occasionally, Ethan's brother Ira , also one of the first settlers, is named instead of Samuel Herrick .

The residents of the district live primarily from agriculture (South Hero is particularly known for its apples) and summer tourism, which results from the very good transport links of the place and the fishing and fishing opportunities on the island. In addition, there are some small marinas in the island's bays that are used intensively.

religion

Two parishes (a Roman Catholic and a United Church of Christ parish ) are located in the village.

Population development

Census Results - Town of South Hero, Vermont
year 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790
Residents 537
year 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Residents 611 826 842 717 664 705 617 586 620 559
year 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Residents 917 605 606 641 611 567 614 868 1188 1404
year 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090
Residents 1696 1631

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

South Hero is the only road connection between Vermont and New York north of Lake Champlain on US Highway 2 in a north-south direction from Grand Isle in the north to Milton in the southeast. A railway connection of the Rutland Railway over an earth dam, which was built from a peninsula north of Burlington five kilometers through the lake to the southern tip of the Grand Isle , has been closed since the 1960s. The embankment is now used as a hiking trail. The nearest stops are in Rouses Point or St. Albans.

Public facilities

There is no hospital in South Hero. The closest hospital is the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington.

education

Together with Alburgh, Grand Isle, Isle La Motte and North Hero, South Hero is part of the Grand Isle Supervisory Union . Since 2005 there is also a primary and middle school in South Hero; thus South Hero was the last Vermont community to establish a permanent elementary school. The Folsom School offers classes from kindergarten to eighth grade.

The South Hero Community Library is located on South Street. The South Hero Historical Society preserves the town's historical legacy.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who have worked on site

  • Asa Lyon (1763–1841), politician and pastor of South Hero

literature

  • Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. Volume III, p 163 ( limited preview in Google Book search). (for development up to 1840)
  • Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 2 . Burlington 1870, p. 570 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ South Hero in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed March 17, 2012
  2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
  3. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
  4. ^ South Hero on the City Daty portal , accessed May 6, 2017
  5. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
  6. ^ Grand Isle Supervisory Union , accessed May 6, 2017.
  7. ^ Folsom School , accessed May 6, 2017.
  8. ^ South Hero Community Library , accessed May 6, 2017.
  9. ^ South Hero Historical Society , accessed May 6, 2017
Parishes in Grand Isle County , Vermont, USA:
towns

Alburgh  | Grand Isle  | Isle La Motte  | North Hero  | South Hero

County location in Vermont
village

Alburgh Village