St. Albans (City)

St. Albans
Nickname : Railroad City of Vermont
Historic district in St. Albans
Location in Vermont
St. Albans
Basic data
Foundation :	17th August 1763
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Franklin County
Coordinates :	44 ° 49 ′  N , 73 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 49 ′  N , 73 ° 5 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	6,918 (as of 2010)
Population density :	252.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	40.1 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of which 27.4 km 2  (approx. 11 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	121 m
Postal code :	05478
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-61675
GNIS ID :	1462196
Website :	www.StAlbansVT.com
Mayor :	Tim Smith (until 2021)

St. Albans is a city in Franklin County of the state of Vermont in the United States and with 6918 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census) by far the largest city and administrative center ( Shire Town ) of the county.

geography

Geographical location

St. Albans is located on the Saint Albans Bay of Lake Champlain in the western foothills of the Green Mountains , about 25 kilometers south of the Canadian border. St. Albans is surrounded by the town of St. Albans .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Swanton , 2.7 mi
• Northeast: Fairfax , 6.4 mi
• East: Fairfield , 10.4 miles
• South: Fairfield , 17.4 km
• Southeast: Georgia , 3.5 mi
• West: North Hero , 9.7 miles

climate

The mean mean temperature in St. Albans 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

Founded in 1763, St. Albans was appointed the administrative seat of the county established three years earlier in 1795. The abundance of forest in the area had made Vermont and the neighboring states major suppliers of wood to the thriving construction industry in the United States, leading to a large number of railroad lines crisscrossing the area. St. Albans developed into the junction of various railway lines, which earned the place the nickname Railroad City of Vermont .

On October 19, 1864, during the course of the American Civil War, the northernmost war event on land took place here, when 21 escaped southern prisoners of war attacked the city's three banks at the same time, looted US $ 208,000, spread panic and then fled across the nearby Canadian border, where they were arrested. The aim of the action was to force the northern states to protect their northern border and thereby weaken the forces in the south; A deterioration in the relations of the northern states to the neutral British colony Canada with possible consequences of the war was also hoped. The incident, in which one St. Albans resident died and another was injured, went down in the history books as the St. Albans Raid . Contrary to the original plans of the Confederate, there were no further incidents of this kind; the attack had no military consequences.

In 1902 St. Albans was elevated to the status of City.

Religion and public institutions

There are eight parishes in the village: two Roman Catholic and two Methodist , one each from the Episcopal , the Nazarenes , the Assemblies of God and the United Church of Christ .

Population development

Census Results - City of St. Albans, Vermont
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	6239	6381	7588	8020	8037	8552	8806	8082	7308	7339
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	7650	6918

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

St. Albans is connected to US Highway 7 by a feeder ; and the Interstate 89 runs on the outskirts. In addition, it is the northern end of a rapid transit connection ("The Vermonter") of the Amtrak to Philadelphia . The nearest airport is Franklin County State Airport, approximately eight miles north .

From 1901 to 1921 St. Albans had a tram operation .

media

The daily newspaper of St. Albans Messenger appears in St. Albans .

Public facilities

The Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans is the hospital for residents of the City and the surrounding Towns.

education

St. Albans City and Fairfield are part of the Franklin Central Supervisory Union. The Saint Albans City School offers school classes from kindergarten through eighth grade.

The St. Albans Free Library goes back to a library that came from Northfield. Founded in 1855 under the name of the Vermont Central Railroad Library Association . It is based on a $ 1000 railroad bond.

Historic Buildings

All buildings shown are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• 

  Fairfield Street School
  Former elementary school

• 

  Hathaway's Tavern
  Oldest building in St. Albans: an inn. From 1795 to 1803 the meeting place of the district court

• 

  Saint Agnes School
  Former school, later a convent, now a retirement home

sons and daughters of the town

• J. Gregory Smith (1818–1891), American politician and governor of Vermont
• Ann Eliza Smith (1819–1905), American author
• Edward Curtis Smith (1854–1935), American politician and governor of Vermont
• Eugene Foss (1858–1939), American politician and governor of Massachusetts
• Frank L. Greene (1870–1930), American politician and Congressman
• John LeClair (born 1969), American ice hockey player

Web links

Commons : St. Albans, Vermont  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• The city's official website
• Website of the St. Albans Museum with its own section on the St. Albans Raid (English)
• The annual maple syrup festival page
• Illustrated website for the train station Saint Albans (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ St. Albans City 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. ↑ St. Albans on the City Daty portal , accessed on May 15, 2017
5. ^ Daniel S. Rush & E. Galle Petit, The St. Albans Raiders , Blue & Gray Educ Soc (2008)
6. ↑ Population 1900–2010 according to census results
7. ↑ Franklin Central Supervisory Unionn , accessed on May 15, 2017
8. ↑ Saint Albans City School , accessed May 15, 2017
9. ↑ St. Albans Free Library , accessed May 15, 2017