Winooski

Winooski
Nickname : Onion City
Wnooski block
Location in Vermont
Winooski
Basic data
Foundation :	March 7, 1922
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Chittenden County
Coordinates :	44 ° 30 ′  N , 73 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 30 ′  N , 73 ° 11 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	7,267 (as of 2010)
Population density :	1,964.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	3.9 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 3.7 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	54 m
Postal code :	05404
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-85150
GNIS ID :	1460302
Website :	www.WinooskiVT.org
Mayor :	Michael O'Brien

Winooski is a city in Chittenden County of the US state Vermont in the United States with 7267 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Winooski is close to Vermont's largest city, Burlington , and between the cities of South Burlington , Colchester and the Village Essex Junction . A total of around 85,000 people (as of 2010) live in this metropolitan area, which is around 15% of the total population of Vermont. The city is about four kilometers east of Lake Champlain on the banks of the Winooski River and about three kilometers northwest of Burlington International Airport. The Winooski River flows along the southern city limits. The surface is level, without any significant elevations.

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Colchester , 4 miles
• East: Essex , 5 miles
• East: Essex Junction 3.4 miles
• South: South Burlington , 2.5 miles
• West: Burlington , 3 km

climate

The mean mean temperature in Winooski is between −7.8 ° C (18 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 9 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. The snowfall between mid-October and mid-May is more than two meters, about twice as high as the average snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range of values ​​in the USA, between September and mid-December it is even significantly lower.

history

The city was named after a local Abenaki place name, which means something like: "Where the wild onions grow" . Remains of a deposit of a migrating clan near the river bank, dated to around 3000 BC. BC, are considered the oldest archaeological site in this area. The first historical settlement of the area took place around 1770; At that time, a fortified wooden house was built on this site by Ira Allen , which under the name Fort Frederick served as a defensive structure for first settlers, as a sales station and as a branch of the Onion River Company . The fort never had to prove its military values, but was seen by the settlers as an important reason to settle in the area. After the war of liberation, the Winooski River was dammed at this point and sawmills built on both banks. Until the middle of the last century, the water power of the waterfalls and rapids located here was used to operate various mills.

Today's city was spun off from Chittenden County on March 7, 1922 and declared an independent city . This date can be found in the city coat of arms together with a bunch of onions. This makes Winooski the youngest administrative unit in Vermont.

When the closure of several hydro-powered wool combing mills in 1953 destroyed around 1000 jobs and thus also burdened the surrounding communities, this became the reason for the establishment of a joint marketing company for the surrounding communities, which shortly afterwards agreed with IBM to build a semiconductor factory at Essex Junction . Today, this plant is Vermont's largest employer with 6,500 employees.

religion

Religious communities in the city are one Methodist , one Baptist and two Roman Catholic churches .

Population development

Census Results - City of Winooski
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents				5308	6036	6734	7420	7309	6318	6649
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	6561	7267

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Winooski is crossed by Interstate 89 in a north-south direction. Burlington International Airport is located south of the outskirts . There is no direct rail connection, but the Ethan Allen Express runs daily to New York City from nearby Burlington .

Public facilities

There is no hospital of its own in Winooski. The University of Vermont Medical Center , Burlington, is the closest hospital to Winooski.

education

In Winooski forms the Winooski School District . There is the JF Kennedy Elementary School here . Also the Winooski High School .

The Winooski Memorial Library is located on Mallets Bay Avenue.

Web links

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

• City website
• Profile of the community on the official portal www.Vermont.gov (English)
• Entry at VirtualVermont.com (English) ( Memento from November 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Winooski in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed April 20, 2012
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Index of / geo. In: census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Winooski on the City Daty portal , accessed on June 4, 2017
5. ↑ Historical outline of the city on the website of the municipality ( Memento from June 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Population 1930–2010 according to census results
7. ^ Schools in Winooski , accessed June 4, 2017
8. ^ Winooski Memorial Library , accessed June 4, 2017