Whitingham

Whitingham
Green Mountain Hall
Location in Vermont
Whitingham
Basic data
Foundation :	March 12, 1770
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windham County
Coordinates :	42 ° 47 ′  N , 72 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 47 ′  N , 72 ° 51 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,357 (as of 2010)
Population density :	14.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	101.8 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of which 96.0 km 2  (approx. 37 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	580 m
Postal code :	05361
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-83950
GNIS ID :	1462261
Website :	www.unofficialtownshendvt.net

Whitingham is a town in Windham County , Vermont , United States with 1,357 inhabitants (2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Whitingham is in southwest Windham County, with the foothills of the Green Mountains and the Deerfield River to the west. The Hariman Reservoir in the northwest is surrounded by the town, but does not belong to the area of ​​the town. The largest body of water is Sadawga Lake in the center, there are also other smaller lakes and rivers. The State Route 100 leads from the west at Hariman reservoir passing to the north. The highest point is the 674 m high, centrally located Streeter Hill .

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Wilmington , 2.1 miles
• Northeast: Marlboro , 15.2 km
• East: Halifax , 8.4 miles
• Southeast: Heath, MA , 3.7 mi
• South: Rowe, MA 3.2 miles
• Southwest: Monroe, MA 8.1 mi
• West: Readsboro , 7.1 miles

City structure

The Village Jacksonville, which has its own rights, is an important settlement core in the town of Whitingham.

climate

The mean mean temperature in Whitingham ranges from −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January to 19.4 ° C (67 ° Fahrenheit) in July. The snowfalls between October and May are up to half a meter (16 inches ) about twice as high as the mean snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

Whitingham was founded on March 12, 1770. Nathan Whiting , who in 1767 had written a petition regarding the settlement of the area to the acting governor of the province of New York , Cadwallader Colden , received a grant for the area with twelve other people.

Floating islands on Sadawga Lake

Whitingham consists of the Villages Whitingham and Jacksonville . The town is located on Sadawga Lake. Initially Whitingham was known as Sadawga Springs , later it was renamed Whitingham after Nathan Whiting. Jacksonville was originally known as Point Pleasant and was renamed Jacksonville in 1834 in honor of President Andrew Jackson .

Brigham Young , a Mormon leader and founder of Salt Lake City , was born in Whitingham in 1801 .

In 1923 the Harriman Reservoir dam was built, named after the engineer Henry I. Harriman who constructed the dam. The Harriman Reservoir is also called Lake Whitingham . The town's first building was in the area that was later flooded by the waters of Lake Whitingham.

The Town Hill is located between Jacksonville and Whitingham. It was the site of the largest early settlement, with churches, shops, the post office and schools. The first church on Town Hill was founded in 1799. It was used by all denominations.

Religions

Just under 69% of Whitingham residents do not belong to any religious community, around 20% are Catholic and around 10% are Protestants.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Whitingham, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	868	1248	1397	1477	1391	1380	1372	1263	1240	1191
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1042	969	811	734	789	816	838	1011	1043	1177
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1298	1357

Culture and sights

Public facilities

The Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Brattleboro is the hospital for the region. It was founded in 1904.

education

Whitingham and Wilmington make up the Twin Valley School District . It belongs to the Windham South West Supervisory Union . The Twin Valley Elementary School is located in Wilmington; she has classes from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. Students in Grades 6 through 12 attend Twin Valley Middle High School , located in Whitingham.

One public library, the Whitingham Free Public Library, is located in Jacksonville.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Brigham Young (1801–1877), second President and Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Horace B. Smith (1826-1888), politician

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 199 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 4th volume. Vermont Security Guard and State Press, Montpelier 1882, p. 883 ff .

Web links

Commons : Whitingham, Vermont  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Homepage of Whitingham
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from March 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Whitingham in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed on June 23, 2016
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Streeter Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved June 23, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Whitingham, Vermont (VT 05361) profile: 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 June 23, 2016 . 
6. ^ Green leaves from Whitingham, Vermont: a history of the town. In: archive.org. Retrieved June 23, 2016 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b c} About Whitingham | Town of Whitingham, Vermont. In: townofwhitingham-vt.org. Retrieved June 23, 2016 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Whitingham, Vermont, New England, USA. In: virtualvermont.com. Retrieved June 23, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
10. ↑ Elementary School Welcome | Twin Valley School District, Willmington, Whitingham Vermont. In: twinvalleyschooldistrict.us. Retrieved June 23, 2016 . 
11. ↑ About Our School | Twin Valley School District, Willmington, Whitingham Vermont. In: twinvalleyschooldistrict.us. Retrieved June 23, 2016 . 
12. ^ Whitingham Free Public Library | Town of Whitingham, Vermont. (No longer available online.) In: townofwhitingham-vt.org. Archived from the original on August 14, 2016 ; accessed on June 23, 2016 .