Stockbridge (Vermont)

Stockbridge
Belcher Library in Stockbridge
Location in Vermont
Stockbridge
Basic data
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windsor County
Coordinates :	43 ° 46 ′  N , 72 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 46 ′  N , 72 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	736 (as of 2010)
Population density :	6.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	119.6 km 2  (approx. 46 mi 2 ) of which 118.9 km 2  (approx. 46 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	258 m
Postal code :	05772
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-70375
GNIS ID :	1462218
Website :	www.stockbridgevt.org

Stockbridge is a town in Windsor County , Vermont , United States with 736 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Stockbridge is in northwest Windsor County. The White River flows through the town of Rochester coming from the west in a west-east direction. The town is crossed by various rivers, most of which flow into the White River.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Bethel , 8.2 km
• East: Barnard , 14.0 km
• Southeast: Bridgewater , 5.4 mi
• South: Killington , 2.5 mi
• West: Pittsfield , 5.4 mi
• Northwest: Rochester , 5.5 mi

climate

The mean average temperature in Stockbridge ranges from −7.8 ° C (18  ° F ) in January to 20.5 ° C (69 ° F) in July. This makes the place about 2 degrees cooler compared to the long-term mean of Vermont. The snowfall between October and May is well over two meters (with a peak in January of almost 50 cm) about twice as high as the mean snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

Buildings in the Stockbridge Common Historic District

Benning Wentworth founded the town on July 21, 1761 as part of the New Hampshire Grants . The grant was split into 31 parts and went to William Dodge and his partners. Settlement of the town began in 1784. The soil was fertile and the trunks of the pines were used by the Royal Navy for the masts of the ships. A grist mill was built in 1786, followed by a sawmill later. Erected in the area of ​​"The Narrows", which was later renamed Gaysville after the local Gay family. Gaysville developed into a production site on the White River.

Shops, including a button shop, various mills operated by the hydropower of the White River, schools, churches and a snowshoe shop were set up in Gaysville. Another settlement area was the Stockbridge Village with shops, school, sawmill, church and tannery. Stockbridge's maximum population of 1327 was reached in 1850.

Stockbridge was badly damaged by the New England hurricane in 1927. Bridges, dams, mills, houses and the railway line were destroyed by the floods. The area of ​​the town on the White River was again badly hit and damaged by Hurricane Irene in 2011.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Stockbridge, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										100
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	432	700	964	1333	1499	950	1264	1269	1124	894
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	822	737	618	460	490	427	392	389	508	618
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	674	736

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Vermont State Route 100 crosses the town in the northwest and runs along the White River. At the confluence of two arms of the White River, Vermont State Route 107 joins State Route 100. State Route 107 runs downstream east along the White River and leads to Bethel.

The White River Railroad stopped in Stockbridge on its route from Bethel to Rochester, but its operation was discontinued in 1934. Today the nearest Amtrak station is in Killington.

Public facilities

The Gifford Medical centerr in Randolph is the closest hospital for Stockbridge.

The Belcher Library in Village Gaysville is named after William C. Belcher, who was born in Gaysville in 1820. Belcher was an associate at Norwich Military University, a doctor, lawyer, and judge. He was also a well-trained amateur botanist who could read five languages. When he died at the age of 74, he bequeathed his book collection to the Village Gaysville. An additional $ 10,000 to buy more books. The library was initially in a room in the JA Chedel & Co store, after which it moved to a neighboring house. In 1944 she moved into the house of the Gay family, which the family made available as a gift.

education

Stockbridge is part of the White River Valley Supervisory Union. Stockbridge Central School has classes from pre-school and kindergarten through 6th grade and approximately 70 students attend the school.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Orestes Brownson (1803–1876), religious and political publicist
• George Crockett Strong (1832–1863), Civil War general

Personalities who have worked on site

• Elias Keyes (1758–1844), Vermont representative to the US House of Representatives; passed his old age in Stockbridge

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 165 f . ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Stockbridge, Vermont  - collection of images, 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 March 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stockbridge in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed December 22, 2016
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ Stockbridge, Vermont (VT 05772) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on December 22, 2016 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Town History - Stockbridge, VT . In: Stockbridge, VT . February 25, 2014 ( stockbridgevt.org ).
6. ↑ Vt. to reopen last highway destroyed by Irene . In: USATODAY.COM . ( usatoday.com ).
7. ^ Matthew Parrilla, VPR, mparrilla * at * vpr.net: Tropical Storm Irene Timeline. In: vpr.net. Vermont Public Radio, accessed December 22, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ Stockbridge, Vermont, New England, USA. In: virtualvermont.com. Retrieved December 22, 2016 . 
10. ^ History . In: BELCHER LIBRARY . November 14, 2012 ( wordpress.com ).
11. ^ White River Valley Supervisory Union | Vermont. In: wrvsu.org. Retrieved December 22, 2016 . 
12. ^ Stockbridge Central School. In: stockbridgeschoolvt.org. Retrieved December 22, 2016 .