Walden, Vermont

Walden
United Methodist Church
Location in Vermont
Walden
Basic data
Foundation :	August 18, 1781
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Caledonia County
Coordinates :	44 ° 29 ′  N , 72 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 29 ′  N , 72 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	935 (as of 2010)
Population density :	9.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	100.9 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of which 99.9 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	573 m
Postal code :	05873
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-75700
GNIS ID :	1462238
Website :	http://Vermont.gov

Walden is a town in Caledonia County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 935 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Walden is west of Caledonia County, in the Green Mountains . Several small streams drain the town's area, the largest of which is Joe's Brook . It flows south and flows into Joes Pond . There are several small lakes in the town area, the largest being Coles Pond . The surface of the town is rather hilly, the highest point is the 774 m high Round Mountain .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Stannard , 3.5 miles
• East: Danville , 7 miles
• South: Cabot , 4.5 miles
• Southwest: Woodbury , 20.3 km
• West: Hardwick , 9 miles
• Northwest: Greensboro , 5.1 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Walden is between −9.44 ° C (15 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 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 Walden was proclaimed on November 6, 1780 and awarded on August 18, 1781 to Moses Robinson and others. In January 1789, Nathaniel Perkins and his family moved to Walden, and they were the town's only residents for three years. The town organized itself on March 24, 1794. The settlement of the town began on the Bayley-Hazen Military Road , where there was already a log house from the time of the American Revolutionary War .

The name Walden is believed to come from Major Walden, who had a log cabin built on Bayley Hazen Military Road in the winter of 1779–1780 to protect the men who worked on the road. The log house is still there today. Some historians believe the town was named after another New England Walden. A reference to the naming can be found in the Grant von Salem, today the area is divided between Derby and Newport. A Joseph Waldren is mentioned here, the name Walden would also be possible.

Walden station was on the Lunenburg – Maquam railway line .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Walden
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										11
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	153	455	580	827	913	910	1099	992	931	810
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	764	739	674	664	547	481	427	442	575	703
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	782	935

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Vermont State Rout 15 runs through Walden in a west-east direction from Hartwick to Danville . From here, Vermont State Route 215 branches off to Cabot in a southerly direction .

Public facilities

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

education

Walden is part of the Caledonia Central Supervisory Union with Barnet, Danville, Peacham and Waterford . The Walden School is located in Walden . It offers classes from kindergarten through eighth grade.

The Walden Community Library is located in Walden .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Charles J. Bell (1845–1909), politician, governor of Vermont

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . tape III . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 179 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 1 . Burlington 1867.

Web links

Commons : Walden, 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. ^ Walden in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed July 1, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ Round Mountain. In: peakery.com. Retrieved May 23, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Walden on the City Daty portal , accessed July 1, 2017
6. ^ History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842 ( books.google.de ).
7. ^ Walden, Vermont, New England, USA. In: virtualvermont.com. Retrieved July 1, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
9. ↑ Caledonia Central Supervisory Union , accessed July 1, 2017
10. ^ Walden School , accessed July 1, 2017