Sutton (Vermont)

Sutton
Sutton, Vermont
Location in Vermont
Sutton
Basic data
Foundation :	February 26, 1782
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Caledonia County
Coordinates :	44 ° 39 ′  N , 72 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 39 ′  N , 72 ° 2 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,029 (as of 2010)
Population density :	26.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	38.4 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of which 38.2 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	438 m
Postal code :	05867
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-71575
GNIS ID :	1462224
Website :	suttonvt.org

Sutton is a town in Caledonia County in the state of Vermont in the United States with 1,029 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Sutton is in northern Caledonia County, in the Green Mountains . Several small streams drain the town's area. They flow in a southeastern direction in the Passumpsic River . There are several small lakes in the town area, the largest being Pean Pond . The surface of the town is rather flat, the highest point being the 692 m high Norris Mountain .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Westmore , 3.4 mi
• Northeast: Newark , 6.9 mi
• East: Burke , 7.3 miles
• South: Lyndon , 2.9 mi
• Southwest: Wheelock , 8.9 mi
• West: Sheffield , 5.1 miles
• Northwest: Barton , 8.2 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Sutton ranges from −9.44 ° C (15 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.0 ° C (68 ° 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 Sutton was given on February 26, 1782 in the name of Billymead to Jonathan Arnold and others, who also received the grants for Lyndon and St. Johnsbury. The name was derived from a son of Arnold named William. The grant covered an area of ​​23,040 acres (9,324 hectares). Settlement began in 1791, and one of the first settlers was a Mr. Hacket. Most of the early settlers were from Rhode Island and Connecticut . The town's inaugural session took place on July 4, 1794.

In 1810, the residents of Sutton voted for a new name because William Arnold, after whom the town was named, only showed himself to be drunk and harassed the residents. Another resident suggested Sutton to Sutton , Massachusetts , and the others agreed. From that point on, residents only used the new name, even though it was two years before the name change was officially recognized by the Vermont legislature. The Billymead Post Office was not renamed until 1817.

The Sutton Grange Hall , which was also used for meetings of the Town, was built in the 1917th It burned down around 1937 and was later rebuilt in the same place. It is also home to the Sutton Fire Department.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Sutton
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	144	433	697	1005	1068	1001	987	920	838	746
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	694	711	659	596	561	528	476	438	667	854
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1001	1029

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

US Highway 5 runs through Sutton in a west-east direction from Barton to Burk . The Vermont State Route 5A runs from north to south through the northeast of the Town.

Public facilities

There is no hospital in Sutton. The closest is Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury.

education

Sutton is part of the Caledonia North Supervisory Union with Burke, Lyndon, Newark, Sheffield and Wheelock . The Sutton School is located in Sutton .

There is no library in Sutton. The closest are in Burke, Glover and Barton.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Thomas Bartlett (1808–1876), politician and member of the US House of Representatives
• James B. Cahoon (1802–1867), politician and Maine State Treasurer
• James Monroe Ingalls (1837-1927), ballistics artist

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . tape III . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 169 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 1 . Burlington 1867.

Web links

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

• City website
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from July 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sutton in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed June 30, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Norris Mountain on Peakery.com , accessed June 30, 2017
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ^ Sutton on the City Daty portal , accessed June 29, 2017
6. ^ ^{A b} Sutton, Vermont, New England, USA. In: virtualvermont.com. Retrieved June 30, 2017 . 
7. ^ History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842 ( books.google.de ).
8. ^ ^{A b c} History - Sutton, VT . In: Sutton, VT . ( suttonvt.org ).
9. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
10. ^ Caledonia North Supervisory Union , accessed June 30, 2017
11. ^ Sutton School , accessed June 30, 2017