Stratton (Vermont)

Stratton
Stratton Mountain
Location in Vermont
Stratton
Basic data
Foundation :	July 30, 1761
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windham County
Coordinates :	43 ° 4 ′  N , 72 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 4 ′  N , 72 ° 54 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	216 (as of 2010)
Population density :	1.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	121.5 km 2  (approx. 47 mi 2 ) of which 120.1 km 2  (approx. 46 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	975 m
Postal code :	05360
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-70750
GNIS ID :	1462221
Website :	www.townofstrattonvt.com/home.html

Stratton is a town in Windham County in the state of Vermont in the United States with 216 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Stratton is west of Windham County in the eastern foothills of the Green Mountains . To the north lies the Stratton Mountain Ski Resort at 1201 m high Stratton Mountain and to the south the Somerset Reservoir. State Route 10 runs through the southeastern part of the area.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Winhall , 4.3 mi
• Northeast: Jamaica , 6.9 mi
• East: Wardsboro , 7.3 mi
• Southeast: Dover , 5.3 mi
• South Somerset , 3.9 miles
• Southwest: Glastenbury , 11 mi
• West: Sunderland , 10 mi
• Northwest: Manchester , 10.1 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Stratton is between −8 ° C (16 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° Fahrenheit) in July. The snowfall between October and May is up to half a meter (17 inches ) 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

The town was founded by Benning Wentworth as part of the New Hampshire Grants on July 30, 1761. The grant went to a group of 63 people under the leadership of Isaac Searl. Wentworth named the town Stratton. It is not known why he called her that. The first settlers came from Massachusetts . A first meeting house was built in 1809.

In the early years Stratton achieved a small boom through sheep farming in the meadows on the mountain slopes. Later, the establishment of the Stratton Mountain ski area provided the town with an economic base.

Religions

Almost 69% of the residents of Stratton do not belong to any religious community, around 20% are Catholic and around 10% are Protestants.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Stratton, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	271	265	272	312	341	286	366	294	302	222
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	271	86	90	55	117	54	38	104	122	121
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	136	216

Culture and sights

Buildings

A building in Stratton has been listed and placed on the National Register of Historic Places .

• Stratton Mountain Lookout Tower , registered in 1992 under no. 92000687.

Sports

The Stratton Mountain Ski Resort was planned back in the late 1950s. On July 5, 1960, the Stratton Corporation was founded. The first three double-seater ski lifts opened in December 1961. After further expansion, this ski area was one of the first to be opened to snowboarders. In 1989 Victoria USA, Inc. bought the area and in 1994 it was sold to Intrawest.

Public facilities

The Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend is the nearest hospital.

education

The Stratton Mountain School is a college with a sports orientation for skiers and snowboarders. The classes from 7th to 12th school year are offered.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Kim Stacey (born 1980), snowboarder

Personalities who have worked on site

• Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989), writer and literary critic

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 168 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Stratton's homepage
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from March 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stratton in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 23, 2016
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ Stratton Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Climate, school and employment data at www.City-Data.com (English)
6. ^ ^{A b} History of Stratton , accessed May 23, 2016.
7. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 168 ( digitized version ).
8. ↑ Stratton, Vermont (VT 05155) 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 May 23, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
10. ↑ Stratton Mountain Lookout Tower 92000687
11. ^ Stratton Mountain Resort History - Vermont - NewEnglandSkiHistory.com. In: newenglandskihistory.com. Retrieved May 23, 2016 . 
12. ^ Stratton Mountain School. In: gosms.org. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .