Worcester, Vermont

Worcester
Town Hall
Location in Vermont
Worcester
Basic data
Foundation :	June 8, 1763
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Washington County
Coordinates :	44 ° 25 ′  N , 72 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 25 ′  N , 72 ° 36 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	998 (as of 2010)
Population density :	10 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	100.574 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of which 100.129 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	411 m
Postal code :	05682
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-86125
GNIS ID :	1462273
Website :	www.worcestervt.org

Worcester is a town in Washington County in the state of Vermont in the United States with a population of 998 (according to the 2010 census). The census-designated place Worcester is located within the area of ​​the town.

geography

Geographical location

Worcester is located in the highlands of central Vermont on the eastern edge of the main ranges of the Green Mountains . The terrain is mountainous and wooded; there is a multitude of small watercourses, but not a large drain. The highest peaks are Mount Putnam (1110 m), Mount Worcester Middle Peak (1063 m) and Mount Worcester (1003 m).

Neighboring communities

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

• North: Morristown , 4 miles
• Northeast: Elmore , 5.7 mi
• East: Woodbury , 13 miles
• South-east: Calais , 14.6 km
• South: East Montpelier , 6.7 mi
• Southwest: Middlesex , 3.4 mi
• West: Waterbury , 11.3 miles
• Northwest: Stowe , 8.3 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in Worcester is between -11.7 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° Fahrenheit) in July. The snowfalls between October and May are up to half a meter (19.5 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

Worcester was proclaimed on June 8, 1763 with a size of 9,323.96 hectares (23,040 acres ) by Governor Benning Wentworth . Settlement began in 1797. The first 64 settlers agreed on the name Worcester. They were from Kennebec County , Maine . Later settlers came from a. from Leominster (Massachusetts) , Henniker (New Hampshire) and Alstead (New Hampshire) , but also from many towns in Vermont: Berlin , Thetford , Montpelier , Brookfield and Calais . The first permanent settlement took place from 1803.

The first, for a long time the only road, was an unpaved road that was also used by cattle smugglers and is therefore known as Smuggler's Road .

The town was organized on March 3, 1803 by Duncan Young, the first town clerk of Worcester, and in 1808 representatives of the town were represented in the Vermont General Assembly . The town's documents were stored for safety in Burlington in 1816 and were destroyed in a fire that same year. Only a few land ownership documents have survived, the oldest being dated June 4, 1803.

At first, Worcester was uninhabited during the winters. In addition, the years 1812 to 1816 were very cold and the year without a summer followed , in which the frost in the summer months destroyed the harvest in the soil. After 1816 there were only 3 people left in Worcester. The population rose to 44 in 1820. In March 1821, the town's administration was reorganized at a town meeting in Amasa Brown's house, as the previous administration no longer existed.

A new road from the south to the fertile areas around the watercourses was opened in 1823. Until then, there was a little-used, difficult-to-walk path through the woods. This immediately led to a strong increase in population by new settlers, especially in those areas towards Calais, above all on the Minister Book and on Hampshire Hill. The number of residents rose to over 400. The so far only school district from 1821 was divided into three districts, in March 1824 into four.

The first doctor practiced in Worcester in 1833. The alcohol distillery was licensed by votes in 1852 and the first inn in 1853.

Religions

The first religious community to be established in Worcester was the Congregationalists with 12 members. The first sermon was delivered on February 29, 1824. The Baptists followed on June 15, 1826, and Protestant and Episcopal Methodists between 1832 and 1841, who have now united to form the United Methodist Church .

Population development

Census Results - Town of Worcester, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	25th	41	44	432	587	702	684	775	802	725
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	636	584	453	471	396	445	417	505	727	906
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	902	998

Culture and sights

Parks

The entire north-western half of the town's area is occupied by the CC Putnam State Forest. It is the fifth largest state forest in Vermont.

Economy and Infrastructure

During the first settlement phase, wood products such as logs or wood shingles were an important source of income, but this quickly switched to field crops, especially potatoes and corn. However, with the conversion of sawmills from vertical saws to circular saws, the production and sale of beams and boards became important again. The pine population in Worcester was completely wiped out by the high demand for sawn beams and planks from it by around 1835. Other early industries included a hat manufacture, which was founded in the 1820s and used the abundant animal skins to produce hats and caps for sale in the wide area, and a tannery that burned down in 1861 and was not rebuilt afterwards.

traffic

Vermont State Route 12 crosses Worcester in a north-south direction from Montpellier in the south to Morristown in the north. It essentially follows the North Branch Winooski River.

Public facilities

The Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin is the closest hospital and is responsible for the care of approximately 66,000 residents in Central Vermont. It is part of the University of Vermont Health Network.

education

Together with Berlin, Calais, East Montpelier and Middlesex, Worcester is part of the Washington Central Supervisory Union

The Doty Memorial School in Worcester is an Elementary School with classes from pre-kindergarten to sixth grade. Middle and high school students attend the U-32, which is responsible for the school district.

Worcester residents, along with Montpelier, East Montpelier, Middlesex and Calais residents, can use the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier for free.

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 : Worcester, Vermont  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Homepage of the municipality (English)
• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from February 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Worcester in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed on January 2, 2016
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Mount Putnam. In: peakery.com. Retrieved July 22, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Mount Worcester Middle Peak. In: peakery.com. Retrieved July 22, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Mount Worcester. In: peakery.com. Retrieved July 22, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
7. ↑ Climate, school and employment data at www.City-Data.com (English)
8. ^ Worcester Vermont History. In: ancestry.com. www.rootsweb.ancestry.com, accessed January 2, 2016 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b c d e} History of Worcester Vermont. (No longer available online.) In: central-vt.com. www.central-vt.com, archived from the original on January 2, 2016 ; accessed on January 2, 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.  
10. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
11. ^ Putnam (CC) State Forest | fpr. In: vermont.gov. fpr.vermont.gov, accessed January 2, 2016 . 
12. ↑ About CVMC. In: cvmc.org. Central Vermont Medical Center, accessed January 2, 2016 . 
13. ^ Washington Central Supervisory Union , accessed June 11, 2017
14. ^ School District Articles. In: u32.org. Retrieved January 2, 2016 . 
15. ^ Home - Kellogg Hubbard Library. In: kellogghubbard.org. Retrieved January 2, 2016 .