Waterford (Vermont)

Waterford
Waterford seen across the Moore Reservoir
Location in Vermont
Waterford
Basic data
Foundation :	November 8, 1780
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Caledonia County
Coordinates :	44 ° 22 ′  N , 71 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 22 ′  N , 71 ° 57 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,280 (as of 2010)
Population density :	12.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	102.9 km 2  (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of which 99.2 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	403 m
Postal code :	05819
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-77125
GNIS ID :	1462245
Website :	www.waterfordvt.org

Waterford is a town in Caledonia County in the state of Vermont in the United States with 1,280 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Waterford is on the border with the US state of New Hampshire on the banks of the Connecticut River . This is dammed in the eastern area of ​​the town to the Moore Reservoir . Other rivers run through the area and flow into the Connecticut River, the Passumpsic River and several smaller ones. They drain the local eastern foothills of Vermont's Green Mountains , separated from Connecticut by New Hampshire's rougher White Mountains . The highest point is the 621 m high Fuller Hill.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Kirby , 3.2 mi
• Northeast: Concord , 6.6 mi
• Southeast: Littleton, NH , 9.6 mi
• South: Monroe, NH , 3.5 mi
• Southwest: Barnet , 9.2 mi
• West: Danville , 13 miles
• Northwest: St. Johnsbury , 5.3 mi

City structure

There are several settlements in Waterford: West Waterford , Waterford Hollow and Upper Waterford . After the construction of the Moore Dam in 1957, the Upper Waterford area was flooded by the waters of the Connecticut River and the Unincorporated Village Lower Waterford , also known as the White Village because of the many white-painted houses , became the main settlement of the town.

climate

The mean mean temperature in Waterford 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 Waterford was proclaimed on November 7, 1780 and awarded on November 8, 1780 under the name Littleton to Benjamin Whipple and others. The settlement of the town began in 1787. The town organized itself on May 6, 1793. The name of the town was changed in 1797 from Littleton to Waterford .

The name change became necessary because a town called Littleton had also been founded on the New Hampshire side of the Connecticut River . Since the settlement areas in Waterford all bore the name Waterford , the name was changed to Waterford .

The Moore Dam, built in 1957, dams part of the Connecticut River, at a point where the Connecticut River previously plunged more than 110 meters into waterfalls. The largest conventional hydropower plant in New England was built here.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Waterford
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										63
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	565	1289	1247	1358	1388	1412	1171	879	815	734
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	705	629	574	712	498	468	460	586	882	1190
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1104	1280

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Interstate 93 runs through Waterford in a north-south direction from St. Johnsbury to New Hampshire . Interstate 91 and US Highway 5 run along the Passumpsic River through the northwest corner of the town .

Public facilities

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

education

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

The Davies Memorial Library is located in Waterford and was founded in 1896. Initially known as the Waterford Free Library , the books were held in different locations. In 1926, Mrs. JW Davies became the library's librarian. Under her leadership, the library moved into the town's former general store . After their death in 1952, the daughters decided to donate the building to the town in their memory and to renovate it to accommodate the library. The town accepted the gift.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Jacob Benton (1814-1892), politician, member of the US House of Representatives
• Jonathan Ross (1826–1905), politician, member of the US Senate

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . tape III . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 183 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 1 . Burlington 1867.

Web links

Commons : Waterford, Vermont  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Town homepage
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from August 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Waterford in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed July 2, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Fuller Hill on peakery.com , accessed on July 2, 2017
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ^ Town of Waterford Vermont. In: waterfordvt.org. Retrieved July 2, 2017 . 
6. ^ Waterford on the City Daty portal , accessed July 1, 2017
7. ^ History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842, p. 183 ( books.google.de ).
8. ^ Waterford, Vermont, New England, USA. (No longer available online.) In: virtualvermont.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2017 ; Retrieved July 2, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ^ New Hampshire Water Resources Primer, page 2 , accessed July 2, 2017
10. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
11. ↑ Caledonia Central Supervisory Union , accessed July 2, 2017
12. ^ Waterford School , accessed July 2, 2017
13. ^ Davies Memorial Library. In: daviesmemoriallibrary.org. Davies Memorial Library, accessed July 2, 2017 (American English).