Vernon (Vermont)

Vernon
Location in Vermont
Vernon
Basic data
Foundation :	1672
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windham County
Coordinates :	42 ° 46 ′  N , 72 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 46 ′  N , 72 ° 31 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	2,206 (as of 2010)
Population density :	43.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	51.8 km 2  (approx. 20 mi 2 ) of which 50.2 km 2  (approx. 19 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	97 m
Postal code :	05354
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-74800
GNIS ID :	1462234
Website :	www.Vernon-VT.org

Vernon is a town in Windham County in the state of Vermont in the United States with a population of 2,206 (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Vernon is located on the west bank of the Connecticut River in the border triangle of the US states New Hampshire , Massachusetts and Vermont in the southeast of Windham County. The area of ​​the town is hilly, without large elevations. The highest is The Pinnacle with a height of 319 m. Some smaller rivers flow through the town.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Brattleboro , 9.5 km
• Northeast: Keene , 16.5 mi
• East: Winchester , 7.1 miles
• Southeast: Northfield , 8.0 km
• South: Bernardston , 6.5 mi
• Southwest: Leyden , 11.5 km
• West: Halifax , 20.5 km
• Northwest: Marlboro , 20.0 km

climate

The mean mean temperature in Vernon ranges from −7 ° C (19 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.5 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. The snowfall between October and May with a peak in January of 40 cm (16 inches) is around two meters, 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

Today's Vernon is one of the earliest populated areas of Vermont. In the course of the colonization of the North American continent, the Connecticut River was used as a transport route inland. As early as 1672, parts of what is now Vernons were released for settlement as part of the Massachusetts Grant . The land then belonged to Northfield , from which it was separated again in the same year: Massachusetts had accidentally released some land for settlement that actually belonged to New Hampshire. To compensate for this, some other areas, the Equivalent Lands , were transferred to New Hampshire. The Northfields area, now part of Vernon, was part of these compensation areas.

In 1736, Massachusetts set up another grand for the now defunct Fall Town ; Parts of it now form another area of ​​Vernon.

The areas were quickly settled by colonists. But they had to be protected against the native Indians who defended their hunting grounds here. Shortly after the proclamation of Northfield and the establishment of Fort Dummer , two armed log cabins were set up, which the settlers also used as a retreat during raids: Bridgeman's fort and Fort Sartwell . Bridgeman's fort was attacked several times, first on June 24th 1746 by 20 Indians, but defended with the loss of two settlers. A year later, the fort was captured and burned down and 11 women and children who had fled there were kidnapped to Canada. Fort Bridgeman was then rebuilt, but finally destroyed in 1754. Fort Saatfeld, on the other hand, existed until 1835 and was then demolished.

In 1753 Benning Wentworth officially declared the area under the name Hinsdale for settlement by settlers from New Hampshire. The county was on either side of the Connecticut River. After Vermont's independence was proclaimed (1777) and the Connecticut River was established as the border river, the county's borders were adjusted one last time and are still valid today.

By resolution of the town's residents, the name Hinsdale, which had been valid until then, was changed to Vernon in 1802 . The name was chosen after the country estate of George Washington , where the statesman, who had died three years earlier, was buried.

South Vernon Station, about 1907-1915

There have been no notable historical events in Vernon since it was renamed. The community developed, slowly and continuously growing, into an agriculturally oriented town with small businesses. The New London – Brattleboro railway , which was built along the Connecticut River and reached Vernon in 1849, did nothing to change that. All three stations set up in the town area have now been closed.

Since 1972, the riverside Vermont Yankee nuclear power station has supplied power to Vermont and the neighboring states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. It is Vermont's only nuclear power plant and is also the town's largest employer .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Vernon, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										482
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	480	521	627	681	705	821	725	764	625	567
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	578	606	556	609	559	712	865	1024	1175	1850
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2141	2206

Culture and sights

Parks

In the southwest of the town is the Vernon Town Forest also J. Maynard Miller Town Forest . Some 400-year-old specimens of the Nyssa sylvatica also grow there . In the northwest, part of Fort Dummer State Park protrudes over the area of ​​the town.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Interstate 91 into a north-south direction along the western edge of the Town. US Highway 5 follows its course from Brattleboro in the north to Bernardston in the south. There is an Amtrak station in Brattleboro.

Public facilities

The Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is located in Brattleboro and is the responsible hospital for the area.

education

Vernon is part of the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union . Vernon is home to Vernon Elementary School with school classes from kindergarten through sixth grade.

The Vernon Free Library is located on Governor Hunt Road in Vernon.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Jonathan Hunt (1787–1832), US politician and member of the House of Representatives

Personalities who have worked on site

• Morgan Smyth (* 1986), cross-country skier

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 176 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Vernon, Vermont  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Entry at VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from March 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vernon in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved March 18, 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ The Pinnacle . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Vernon, Vermont (VT 05354) 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 February 26, 2017 (English). 
6. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont: natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts . 2nd volume. George H. Salisbury, Burlington 1842, p. 68 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
7. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont: natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts . 2nd volume. George H. Salisbury, Burlington 1842, p. 92 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ^ J. Maynard Miller Town Forest, Vernon, Vermont-Vernon, Vermont-Gateway to the Green Mountains . In: Vernon, Vermont - Gateway to the Green Mountains . March 20, 2016 ( vernonvermont.org ).
10. ↑ Vermont State Parks - Fort Dummer State Park. (No longer available online.) In: vtstateparks.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017 ; accessed on February 26, 2017 . 
11. ↑ WSESU - Schools. In: vt.us. www.wssu.k12.vt.us, accessed on February 26, 2017 . 
12. ^ Vernon Elementary School. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed February 26, 2017 . 
13. ^ Vernon Free Library - Vernon, Vermont. In: vernonfreelibrary.org. Retrieved February 26, 2017 .