Wilmington, Vermont

Wilmington
Historic home in Wilmington
Location in Vermont
Wilmington
Basic data
Foundation :	April 29, 1751
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Windham County
Coordinates :	42 ° 52 ′  N , 72 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 52 ′  N , 72 ° 52 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,876 (as of 2010)
Population density :	18.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	106.9 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) of which 102.2 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	465 m
Postal code :	05363
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-84700
GNIS ID :	1462264
Website :	wilmingtonvermont.us

Wilmington is a town in Windham County , Vermont , United States with 1,876 inhabitants (2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Wilmington is in southwest Windham County, with the foothills of the Green Mountains to the west. The Deerfield River crosses the town from west to south and is dammed in the southwest to form Hariman Reservoir . The State Route 100 crosses the town from north to south and State Route 9 in east-west direction. The Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad ends in Wilmington and connects Wilmington with Massachusetts . The highest point is the 577 m high Castle Hill in the west.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Dover , 2.2 miles
• East: Marlboro , 9 miles
• Southeast: Halifax , 8.4 mi
• South: Whitingham , 2.1 miles
• Southwest: Readsboro , 7.7 mi
• West: Searsburg , 6.2 mi
• Northwest: Somerset , 7.7 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Wilmington is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 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

Main Street in Wilmington in 1914

Wilmington was founded on April 29, 1751. The town was named after Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington , who was jointly responsible for the appointment of Benning Wentworth as governor of New Hampshire. Since the town was not settled within the five-year period, it was re-assigned on June 17, 1763 and this time called Draper , after John and Richard Draper, printers from Boston. But the settlers didn't like the name and the name Wilmington caught on. The town's first meeting took place on July 7, 1778.

Wilmington has been hit by severe storms several times. In 1818 a severe thunderstorm hit Wilmington. Several buildings were struck by lightning, but only one barn burned down. A man died in the fire. A tornado hit the town in 1822 and destroyed several buildings. Hurricane Irene also hit Wilmington in 2011. The Deerfield River burst its banks after heavy rainfall and flooded downtown Wilmington. Wilmington was one of the worst hit towns in Vermont by the hurricane. A woman died in the floods of the Deerfield River.

Religions

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

Population development

Census Results - Town of Wilmington, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	1011	1193	1369	1367	1296	1372	1424	1246	1130	1106
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	1221	1229	1483	1171	1221	1169	1245	1586	1808	1968
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2225	1876

Culture and sights

Public facilities

The Southwestern Medical Center in Bennington is the hospital for the region. It was founded in 1918 and has 99 beds.

education

Wilmington and Whitingham 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.

A public library, the Pettee Memorial Library, is located on Main Street. Wilmington's first public library, the Wilmington Social Library , was founded in 1796. It was in different houses. It was renamed Wilmington free Library in 1895. The librarian was also the postmaster. The post office and library were in the same building on East Main Street in Wilmington. At the beginning of the 19th century the library moved to the basement of the Town Hall. Finally, Lyman Pettee donated money to build a new library. He named it after his parents Anson and Lucy Pettee, the Pettee Memorial Library . The building was constructed in 1906 and the library is still located in this building today.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• James Manning Tyler (1835–1926), lawyer and 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 : Wilmington, Vermont  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Homepage of Wilmington
• 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. ^ Wilmington in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed July 10, 2016
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ Castle Hill. In: peakery.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b} Wilmington, Vermont (VT 05363) 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 July 10, 2016 . 
6. ^ Wilmington, Vermont, New England, USA. (No longer available online.) In: virtualvermont.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016 ; Retrieved July 10, 2016 . 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.  
7. ^ ^{A b} History of Wilmington, Wilmington historical society.Retrieved July 10, 2016
8. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842, p. 193 ( books.google.com ).
9. ↑ ABC News: Irene's Last Gasp Leaves NY, Vt. Towns Cut Off. In: go.com. ABC News, August 31, 2011, accessed July 10, 2016 . 
10. ↑ NOAA on Hurricane Irene ( memento of the original from March 18, 2018 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 July 10, 2016. 
11. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
12. ↑ Elementary School Welcome | Twin Valley School District, Wilmington, Whitingham Vermont. In: twinvalleyschooldistrict.us. Retrieved July 10, 2016 . 
13. ↑ About Our School | Twin Valley School District, Wilmington, Whitingham Vermont. In: twinvalleyschooldistrict.us. Retrieved July 10, 2016 . 
14. ↑ About | Pettee Memorial Library - Wilmington, VT. In: petteelibrary.org. Retrieved July 10, 2016 .