Weathersfield

Weathersfield
Church in Weathersfield
Location in Vermont
Weathersfield
Basic data
Foundation :	August 20, 1761
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windsor County
Coordinates :	43 ° 24 ′  N , 72 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 24 ′  N , 72 ° 29 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	2,825 (as of 2010)
Population density :	25 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	114.5 km 2  (approx. 44 mi 2 ) of which 113.0 km 2  (approx. 44 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	307 m
Postal code :	05151
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-77500
GNIS ID :	1462247
Website :	www.weathersfieldvt.org

Weathersfield is a town in Windsor County , Vermont , United States with 2,825 inhabitants (2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Weathersfield is on the western bank of the Connecticut River in the eastern foothills of the Green Mountains . In the northwest is the Little Ascutney Wildlife Management Area with the 525 m high Little Ascutney Mountain. To the west, part of the Hawks Mountain Wildlife Management Area protrudes over the town area. At its western border, the Black River runs south.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: West Windsor , 2.4 mi
• North: Windsor , 4.2 mi
• Northeast: Cornish, New Hampshire , 11.6 mi
• East: Claremont, New Hampshire , 9.8 miles
• Southeast: Charlestown, New Hampshire , 7.1 mi
• South: Springfield , 2.3 mi
• Southwest: Chester , 10.3 mi
• West: Baltimore , 5.8 miles
• West: Cavendish , 8.5 miles
• Northwest: Reading , 14.1 km

City structure

The two settlement cores are Ascutney (before 1927: Ascutneyville ) and Village Perkinsville, which has its own rights .

climate

The snowfalls between October and May are around two meters, more than 45 cm of which as the peak value in January, about twice as high as the average snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

Proclaimed on August 20, 1761 as part of the New Hampshire Grants , the town's land quickly proved particularly suitable for agriculture. The first settlers came from Connecticut and brought the name of the place with them from there. The first city assembly was called in March 1778 and a mayor was appointed. A chickenpox epidemic in 1791 left seven settlers dead; another epidemic hit the place in 1813.

The future ambassador of the United States in Lisbon, William Jarvis, had set up a sheep farm in the bend of the Connecticut river in the northern part of the town. He was the first to import the merino sheep, which subsequently shaped Vermont, from Spain and graze them here: 4,000 pieces, eight of which were passed on as a personal gift to Thomas Jefferson . A four-story wool weaving mill built in 1835 burned down in November 1839 and was not rebuilt afterwards. To this day no other large industries have settled in Weathersfield, the area is purely agricultural. Even when the railway reached the town in 1848/1849, nothing changed: Weathersfield only used the new opportunities to improve the sale of sheep, wool and other agricultural products.

Religions

There are three branches of the United Church of Christ in the town .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Weathersfield, Vermont
year	1700	1710	1720	1730	1740	1750	1760	1770	1780	1790
Residents										1146
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1944	2115	2301	2213	2002	1327	1765	1557	1354	1174
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1089	1092	1087	1156	1075	1288	1254	2040	2534	2674
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2788	2825

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The nearest airport, Claremont Municipal Airport , is 8 miles southeast on the other side of the Connecticut River as the crow flies. The Interstate 91 , located parallel to the river, and the Vermont State Route 131 north of the Town are the most important road links. A passenger station exists, despite its location on the railway line, do not.

Public facilities

In addition to the usual municipal facilities and a public library, Weathersfield has no public facilities. The closest hospital is in Springfield .

education

Weathersfield is part of the Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union with Hartland, West Windsor and Windsor .

The Weathersfield School caters for 212 Schülkindern classes of kindergarten to eighth grade year.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 184 f . ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Weathersfield, 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 on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from January 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Weathersfield in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed October 1, 2014
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Little Ascutney Mountain . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
6. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 184 f . ( Digitized version ).
7. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
8. ^ Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union , accessed June 11, 2017
9. ^ Weathersfield School , accessed June 11, 2017