Victory (Vermont)

Victory
Victory Location in Vermont
Basic data
Foundation :	September 6, 1781
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Essex County
Coordinates :	44 ° 34 ′  N , 71 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 34 ′  N , 71 ° 49 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	62 (as of 2010)
Population density :	0.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	111.4 km 2  (approx. 43 mi 2 ) of which 111.3 km 2  (approx. 43 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	364 m
Postal code :	05858
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-75175
GNIS ID :	1462236
Website :	http://Vermont.gov

Victory is a town in Essex County in the US state of Vermont . It had a total of 62 inhabitants at the last census in 2010. It is part of the Berlin Micropolitan Statistical Area .

geography

Geographical location

Victory is located in southwest Essex County. Much of the area is taken up by the Victory State Forest . There are no lakes in the town area. The Moose River flows through the town in a south-westerly direction. It and its numerous small tributaries drain the town's area. The surface is hilly, the highest point is the 907 m high Umpire Mountain .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: East Haven , 2.4 mi
• Northeast: Granby , 4.9 mi
• East: Guildhall , 14 miles
• South-east: Lunenburg , 12.7 km
• South: Concord , 3.1 mi
• Southwest: Kirby , 7.9 mi
• Northwest: Burke , 8 miles

climate

The mean mean temperature in Victory is between -11.7 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° 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 Victory was awarded by the Vermont Republic on September 6, 1781 to Ebenezer Fisk.

In 1970 there were only 42 residents, but the town also flourished. In addition to agriculture, the timber industry was one of the main livelihoods of the town's residents. There were seven villages, three post offices, five schools, six wood factories, a starch factory, a granite quarry, four train stations and a hotel as well as various boarding houses for the factory and mill workers. Today there are only a few residents left.

In 1963, Victory and Granby with their 101 residents were the last two towns to be connected to the public electricity network in Vermont.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Victory, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents		6th		53	140	168	212	263	321	564
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	321	206	125	80	104	49	46	42	56	50
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	97	62

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

No major road reaches Victory. There are also only a few small streets in the area of ​​the town.

Public facilities

The Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury is the closest hospital for residents of the Town.

education

Victory is part of the Essex-Caledonia Supervisory Union with Concord, Granby, Guildhall, Kirby, Maidstone, Lunenburg and Waterford . There is no school in Victory, the closest schools are the Lunenburg Schools . They currently offer classes from kindergarten through eighth grade for 120 pupils.

There is no library in Victory. The closest are in Lyndonville or Lunenburg.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. Volume III p 177 ( limited preview in Google Book search). (for the period up to 1840)
• Benjamin Homer Hall: History of Eastern Vermont . D. Appleton & Co., New York 1865 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

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

• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Victory in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed May 28, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Umpire Mountain on Peakery.com , accessed on May 28, 2017
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ^ Victory on the City Daty portal , accessed May 28, 2017
6. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical , page 177 , accessed May 28, 2017
7. ^ Victory on Virtual Vermont , accessed May 28, 2017
8. ↑ Fueling Vermont's Future, 1998 - Volume 2, page 19 , accessed on May 24, 2017
9. ↑ Population 1810-2010 according to census results
10. ↑ Home. In: ensuvt.org. Retrieved May 21, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Lunenburg Schoolss , accessed on May 28, 2015