West Burke

West Burke
West Burke Location in Vermont
Basic data
Foundation :	November 4, 1780
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Caledonia County
Coordinates :	44 ° 39 ′  N , 71 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 39 ′  N , 71 ° 59 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	343 (as of 2010)
Height :	216 m
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-79150
GNIS ID :	1460472
Website :	www.burkevermont.org

West Burke is a village in the town of Burke in Caledonia County of the state of Vermont in the United States with 343 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census). The Village West Burke is located in the northwest of Town Burke. To the west, the town of Sutton borders a tributary of the Passumpsic River flowing through the village.

history

Burke was proclaimed for settlement in 1780, but settlement did not start until 1792. In addition to the unincorporated Villages Burke Hollow and East Burke, West Burke was declared a incorporated village. In West Burke, the town's administration is located in the former Old School House . West Burke has access to Crystal Lake and Lake Willoughby and is a popular stop on the snowmobile route.

Population development

year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents		325		359	316	414	369	358	338	353
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	364	343

West Burke, Vermont census results

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• Wassily Leontief (1905–1999) mathematician, spent his summer in West Burke for years

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 36 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 1st volume. Burlington 1867.

Web links

Commons : Burke, Vermont  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Community website
• Entry on city-data.com (English)
• Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ West Burke in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed August 29, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ Villages in Burke - West Burke, VT. In: burkevermont.org. Retrieved August 29, 2017 (American English). 
4. ↑ Population 1910–2010 according to census results