Westford (Vermont)

Westford
Browns River Bridge
Location in Vermont
Westford
Basic data
Foundation :	June 8, 1763
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Chittenden County
Coordinates :	44 ° 36 ′  N , 73 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 36 ′  N , 73 ° 0 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	2,029 (as of 2010)
Population density :	20 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	101.8 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of which 101.2 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	320 m
Postal code :	05494
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-80350
GNIS ID :	1462251
Website :	www.westfordvt.us/

Westford is a town in Chittenden County of the state of Vermont in the United States , with a population of 2,029 (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Westford is north of Chittenden County, on the western edge of the Green Mountains , on the border with Franklin County . The area of ​​the town is hilly and the highest point is the 501 m high Stewart Hill. The Browns River flows centrally through the town in a northerly direction and flows a little further north into the Lamoille River . There are several smaller rivers and streams that drain the town, but only smaller lakes, the largest of which is Westford Pond .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Fairfax , 2 miles
• Northeast: Cambridge , 13 miles
• East: Underhill , 8.5 miles
• Southeast: Jericho , 6.2 km
• South: Essex , 4.8 miles
• West: Milton , 17.3 km

climate

The average temperature in Westford ranges from −9.4 ° C (15 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 20.6 ° C (69 degrees Fahrenheit) in July. This makes the place about 2 degrees cooler compared to the long-term mean of Vermont. The snowfalls between October and May peak in January and are significantly higher than the mean snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range of values ​​in the USA, in the period from September to December it is sometimes significantly lower.

history

Westford was proclaimed on June 8, 1763 by Benning Wentworth as part of New Hampshire with an area of ​​6 by 6 miles, corresponding to the usual 23,040 acres (about 93.2 km²). The settlement of Westford began immediately after the American Revolutionary War .

The name came about because Westford was the most westerly town that was proclaimed with three other towns on the same day. Many of the Westford Grant recipients were also beneficiaries of the Underhill Grant, which was declared the same day. A special name is Number Eleven Hill. No other mountain in Vermont has only been given a number.

religion

The Congregational , Baptist, and Methodist Churches were organized in Westford between 1798 and 1821. Each had a building in the village.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Westford
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	648	1107	1025	1290	1352	1458	1231	1237	1133	1033
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	888	854	706	698	698	585	680	991	1413	1740
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2086	2029

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Vermont State Route 15 runs north-south through the eastern part of the Town. It connects Westford with Underhill in the south and Cambridge in the north. Central, also in a north-south direction, is Vermont State Route 128 , from Fairfax in the north to Essex in the south.

Public facilities

There's no hospital in Westford. The University of Vermont Medical Center , Burlington, is the closest hospital.

education

Westford Library, circa 1897

Westford and Essex are part of the Chittenden Central Supervisory Union . In Westford, Westford School and Underhill ID School offer education from pre-school through eighth grade.

The Westford Public Library is located on the Vermont Route in Westford.

Another Westford facility is the Westford Historical Society

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Luke P. Poland (1815–1887), politician and member of the US Congress

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . tape III . Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 187 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer, Volume 1 . Burlington 1867, p. 854 ff .

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from September 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Westford in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed June 9, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Stewart Hill on Peakery.com , accessed June 98
4. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Climate data at www.City-Data.com (English)
6. ↑ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical , page 187 , accessed June 9, 2017
7. ^ Westford on Virtual Vermont , accessed June 9, 2017
8. ^ History of Westford on Town Page , accessed June 9, 2017
9. ↑ Population 1790–2010 according to the census results
10. ↑ Central Supervisory Union  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 9, 2017  
11. ↑ Westford School ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , accessed June 9, 2017 
12. ^ Westford Public Library , accessed June 9, 2017
13. ^ Underhill Historical Society , accessed June 9, 2017