Weathersfield
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Church in Weathersfield |
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | August 20, 1761 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Vermont | |
County : | Windsor County | |
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 |
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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 | ||||||||||
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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
- 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
- ↑ Weathersfield in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed October 1, 2014
- ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
- ↑ Little Ascutney Mountain . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
- ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in Three Parts . Part 3. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 184 f . ( Digitized version ).
- ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
- ^ Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union , accessed June 11, 2017
- ^ Weathersfield School , accessed June 11, 2017