Wells (Vermont)
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Foundation : | September 15, 1761 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Vermont | |
County : | Rutland County | |
Coordinates : | 43 ° 26 ′ N , 73 ° 12 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 1,150 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 19.7 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 60.5 km 2 (approx. 23 mi 2 ) of which 58.4 km 2 (approx. 23 mi 2 ) are land |
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Height : | 187 m | |
Postal code : | 05701 | |
Area code : | +1 802 | |
FIPS : | 50-77950 | |
GNIS ID : | 1462248 | |
Website : | wellsvt.com |
Wells is a town in Rutland County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 1,150 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).
geography
Geographical location
Wells is in southwest Rutland County, in the Green Mountains . The area of the town is separated by the centrally located Little Lake and north of this, Lake Saint Catherine, which is located in the center of the town, into an eastern, hilly and western, flatter part. Village Wells is south of Little Lakes.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Poultney , 1.9 mi
- Northeast: Middletown Springs , 4.5 mi
- East: Tinmouth , 8.2 miles
- South-east: Danby , 15.3 km
- South: Pawlet , 1.7 miles
- Southwest: Hebron, NY 11.6 mi
- West: Granville, NY , 8 mi
- Northwest: Hampton, NY 7.1 mi
climate
The mean mean temperature in Wells is between -7.2 ° C (19 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° 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
Wells was founded on September 15, 1761 as a Grant by Benning Wentworth . Eliakim Hall and 63 other settlers received the grant. The first settler was Ogden Mallary in 1768. In 1773 the town organized itself. The town was named after Wells in Somerset .
In 1784 Wells gave up land for the founding of Middletown Springs, and in 1798 Wells gave up land again when Pultney was founded.
Religions
Episcopal , Methodist, and Universalist congregations were established in Wells .
Population development
Census Results - Town of Wells, Vermont | ||||||||||
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year | 1700 | 1710 | 1720 | 1730 | 1740 | 1750 | 1760 | 1770 | 1780 | 1790 |
Residents | 622 | |||||||||
year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
Residents | 978 | 1040 | 986 | 880 | 740 | 804 | 642 | 483 | 665 | 621 |
year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
Residents | 606 | 569 | 521 | 565 | 420 | 487 | 419 | 560 | 815 | 902 |
year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
Residents | 1121 | 1150 |
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Vermont State Route 31 passes through the northwest of the Town, between Granville Poultney and Vermont State Route 30 centrally in north-south direction of Poultney according Pawlett. The nearest train stations are in Fair Heaven.
Public facilities
Wells doesn't have its own hospital. The closest hospital is the Rutland Regional Medical Center in Rutland .
education
Wells is part of the Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union . Wells is home to the Wells Village School with classes from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade.
The Wells Village Library is located on Vermont Rout 30 in the former Universalist Church. The building was erected in 1855. Wells' first library was the Wells-Lochlea Library, in a room above Annie R. Huyck's garage. She also donated her books to the library and took care of the possibility of using the former church. She then paid for the church to be converted into a library. Today the library keeps her memory.
literature
- Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 185 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- HP Smith: History of Rutland County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . D. Mason & co., Syracuse, NY 1886, pp. 848 f . ( archive.org ).
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
- Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from July 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Wells in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed February 19, 2017
- ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
- ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
- ^ Wells, Vermont (VT 05774) profiles: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on February 19, 2017 (English).
- ^ A b History of Rutland County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. In: archive.org. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
- ^ History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, January 1, 1842 ( google.de ).
- ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
- ^ Classrooms - Wells Village School. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed February 19, 2017 .
- ^ Welcome to the Wells Village Public Library - Wells Village Public Library. In: wellslibrary.com. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .