Windsor County

Windsor County Courthouse in Woodstock
administration
US state :	Vermont
Administrative headquarters :	Woodstock
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse PO Box 458 Woodstock, VT 05091-0458
Foundation :	1781
Made up from:	Cumberland County
Area code :	001 802
Demographics
Residents :	56,670  (2010)
Population density :	22.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2527 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map

Windsor County is a county in the state of Vermont in the United States . The county seat is in Woodstock .

geography

The county borders New Hampshire to the east and has an area of ​​2527 square kilometers, of which 12 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Orange County , Grafton County, New Hampshire, Sullivan County, New Hampshire , Windham County , Bennington County , Rutland County, and Addison County .

history

Windsor County was formed in February 1781 from parts of the then-defunct Cumberland County. During the Second World War, Carl Zuckmayer worked as an exile on a farm in Windsor County.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	15,740		-
1800	26,944		71.2%
1810	34,877		29.4%
1820	38,233		9.6%
1830	40,625		6.3%
1840	40,356		-0.7%
1850	38.504		-4.6%
1860	37.193		-3.4%
1870	36,063		-3%
1880	35,196		-2.4%
1890	31,706		-9.9%
1900	26,660		-15.9%
1910	26,932		1 %
1920	26,373		-2.1%
1930	26,015		-1.4%
1940	27,850		7.1%
1950	28,749		3.2%
1960	29,776		3.6%
1970	33,074		11.1%
1980	36,933		11.7%
1990	41,588		12.6%
2000	57,418		38.1%
2010	56,670		-1.3%
1790-1890, 1900-1990, 2000, 2010

As of the 2000 census , the county had 57,418 people. There were 24,162 households and 15,729 families. The population density was 23 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.72% white, 0.33% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.63% Asian, 0.03% from the Pacific island area and 0.15% from others ethnic groups; 0.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.82% of the population.

Of the 24,162 households, 29.20% had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 52.70% were married couples living together, 9.00% were single mothers. 34.90% were not families. 28.10% were single households and 11.10% had someone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.86 people.

Windsor County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.30% of residents under 18 years of age, 5.90% between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.30% between 25 and 44 years of age, 27.60% between 45 and 64 years of age 15.80% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 94.80 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 92.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 40,688 , and the median income for a family is $ 49,002. Males had a median income of $ 32,648 versus $ 25,696 for females. The per capita income was $ 22,369. 7.70% of the population and 5.20% of families are below the poverty line. 7.50% of these were under 18 years of age and 7.60% were 65 years of age or older.

cities and communes

In addition to the independent parishes listed below, there are also the following independent rights villages in the area of ​​Windsor County , which are co-administered by the higher-level towns: Ludlow , Perkinsville and Woodstock . There are also the Census-designated placees for statistical purposes : Ascutney, Bethel, Cavendish, Chester, Hartland, North Hartland, North Springfield, Norwich, Proctorsville, Quechee, Rocheste, South Royalton, Springfield, White River Junction, Wilder and Windsor as well as the Unincorporated Villages Brownsville, Felchville, Gaysville, Hartford, Hartland Four Corners, Lewiston, North Pomfret, Plymouth Notch, South Woodstock, Weathersfield Bow and West Hartford.

Locality	status	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding	Specialty
Andover	town	467	74.5	74.4	6.3	Oct 13, 1761
Baltimore	town	244	12.1	12.0	20.3	Oct 19, 1793
Barnard	town	947	126.6	126.0	7.5	July 17, 1761
Bethel	town	2,030	117.7	117.0	17.4	23 Dec 1779
Bridgewater	town	936	128.3	128.0	7.3	July 10, 1761
Cavendish	town	1,367	102.8	102.2	13.3	Oct 12, 1761
Chester	town	3,154	144.8	144.2	21.9	Feb. 22, 1754
Hartford	town	9,952	118.8	116.5	85.4	04th July 1761
Hartland	town	3,393	117.3	116.2	29.2	July 10, 1761
Ludlow	town	1.963	92.5	91.1	21.5	16 Sep 1761
Norwich	town	3,414	115.7	115.1	29.7	04th July 1761
Plymouth	town	619	126.1	124.6	5.0	0July 6, 1761
Pomfret	town	904	102.2	102.0	8.9	0July 8, 1761
Reading	town	666	107.9	107.4	6.2	0June 6, 1761
Rochester	town	1,139	148.6	147.8	7.7	July 30, 1781
Royalton	town	2,773	106.0	104.5	26.5	Nov 13, 1769
Sharon	town	1,502	104.0	102.7	14.6	17 Aug 1761
Springfield	town	9,373	128.0	128.0	73.8	Aug 20, 1761
Stockbridge	town	736	121.5	118.9	6.2	July 21, 1761
Weathersfield	town	2,825	114.5	113.0	25.0	Aug 20, 1761
West Windsor	town	1,099	64.0	63.8	17.2	Oct. 26, 1848
Weston	town	566	91.1	90.6	6.2	Oct 26, 1799
Windsor	town	3,553	51.1	50.4	70.5	0July 6, 1761
Woodstock	town	3,048	115.6	114.9	26.5	July 10, 1761	County Seat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Windsor County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ^ Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont: natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. George H. Salisbury, Burlington 1842, p. 196 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
3. ↑ Preparation of historical data from the University of Virginia
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ ^{a b} Extract from factfinder.census.gov Retrieved on February 1, 2015
6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 1, 2015
7. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
8. ↑ All founding dates of the table according to the corresponding individual entries on VirtualVermont.com ( Memento from January 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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

Coordinates: 43 ° 34 ′  N , 72 ° 34 ′  W