Vernon, Vermont

Town in Vermont, United States

Vernon, Vermont

Town

Vernon, Vermont

Vernon, Vermont

Location in the United States

Coordinates: 42°46′6″N 72°31′9″W﻿ / ﻿42.76833°N 72.51917°W﻿ / 42.76833; -72.51917
Country| United States
State| Vermont
County| Windham
Communities|

* Vernon
* North Vernon

Area

• Total

| 20.0 sq mi (51.8 km2)
• Land| 19.4 sq mi (50.2 km2)
• Water| 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Elevation

| 325 ft (99 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 2,192
• Density| 113/sq mi (43.7/km2)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code|

05354

Area code| 802
FIPS code| 50-74800[1]
GNIS feature ID| 1462234[2]
Website| vernonvt.org

Vernon is a town in Windham County, Vermont, in the United States. The population was 2,192 at the 2020 census.[3] Vernon is the site of the now-defunct Vermont Yankee, the state of Vermont's only nuclear power plant, which closed in December 2014.[4]

## History

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The town was chartered in 1672 as part of the Massachusetts Grant. In 1736 the area was granted by Massachusetts as part of Fall Town, and in 1753 the area was granted as Hinsdale. When the Connecticut River was established as a boundary, two separate towns were created: Hinsdale, New Hampshire and Hinsdale, Vermont.[5] The people who lived in Hinsdale, Vermont wanted a separate name, and in 1802 the Vermont legislature changed the town's name to Vernon.[6] The name is said to have been chosen after President George Washington's plantation home, Mount Vernon.[7]

Fort Bridgman, in Vernon, was burned in 1755, a casualty of the French and Indian War.[8]

## Geography

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 20.0 square miles (52 km2), of which 19.4 square miles (50 km2) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) (3.15%) is water. Vernon lies on the southern and eastern Vermont borders, north of Franklin County, Massachusetts, and west of Cheshire County, New Hampshire. The town is bordered by Brattleboro to the north, Guilford to the west, Hinsdale, New Hampshire, to the east, and the towns of Bernardston, Massachusetts, and Northfield, Massachusetts to the south. The town hall lies 4 miles (6.4 km) south of downtown Brattleboro, 14 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Greenfield, 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Keene, and 80 miles (130 km) west-northwest of Boston.

### Climate

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This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Vernon has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.[9]

## Demographics

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Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1790| 482| | —
1800| 480| | −0.4%
1810| 521| | 8.5%
1820| 627| | 20.3%
1830| 681| | 8.6%
1840| 705| | 3.5%
1850| 821| | 16.5%
1860| 725| | −11.7%
1870| 764| | 5.4%
1880| 652| | −14.7%
1890| 567| | −13.0%
1900| 578| | 1.9%
1910| 606| | 4.8%
1920| 556| | −8.3%
1930| 609| | 9.5%
1940| 559| | −8.2%
1950| 712| | 27.4%
1960| 865| | 21.5%
1970| 1,024| | 18.4%
1980| 1,175| | 14.7%
1990| 1,850| | 57.4%
2000| 2,141| | 15.7%
2010| 2,206| | 3.0%
2020| 2,192| | −0.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[10]

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 2,141 people, 741 households, and 574 families living in the town. The population density was 110.5 people per square mile (42.7 people/km2). There were 784 housing units at an average density of 40.5 per square mile (15.6/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.60% White, 0.28% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, and 0.75% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.84% of the population.

There were 741 households, out of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.5% were non-families. 17.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $49,688, and the median income for a family was $55,625. Males had a median income of $35,845 versus $25,139 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,720. About 2.5% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.3% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.

## Education

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Vernon is served by the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union. Vernon Elementary School is a public school located in Vernon and serves kindergarten to sixth grade.[11] There is one public middle school, the Brattleboro Area Middle School (BAMS), and one public high school, the Brattleboro Union High School (BUHS).[12] There is also a career development center, the Windham Regional Career Center.[13]

## Notable people

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* Karen Carroll, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[14]
* George Howe, State's Attorney of Windham County, United States Attorney for Vermont, member of the Vermont Senate[15]
* Jonathan Hunt, US congressman[16]

## Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant

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The town is the site of the now-closed Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, which shut down on December 29, 2014.

## References

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1. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Vernon town, Windham County, Vermont". Retrieved January 6, 2022.
4. ^ "Entergy to Close, Decommission Vermont Yankee". Entergy. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
5. ^ "Welcome to the Town of Vernon Website". Town of Vernon, Vermont. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
6. ^ "Vernon, Vermont". Virtual Vermont. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
7. ^ "Profile for Vernon, Vermont, VT". ePodunk. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
8. ^ "Vermont History Timeline - www.HistoricVermont.org". Archived from the original on June 9, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
9. ^ Climate Summary for Vernon, Vermont
10. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
11. ^ "Vernon School District Schools". GreatSchools, Inc. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
12. ^ "Vernon Brattleboro Union High School". Brattleboro Union High School. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
13. ^ "Windham Regional Career Center". Windham Regional Career Center. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
14. ^ "Biography, Honorable Karen R. Carroll". Vermont Court System. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Judiciary. 2017.
15. ^ Cabot, Mary R. (1922). Annals of Brattleboro, 1681-1895. Vol. II. Brattleboro: E. L. Hildreth & Co. pp. 708–709.
16. ^ "HUNT, Jonathan, (1787 - 1832)". Biographical Directory of the United StatesCongress. Retrieved May 14, 2014.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vernon, Vermont.

* Town of Vernon official website
* City-Data.com

Places adjacent to Vernon, Vermont

| Brattleboro | Brattleboro | Hinsdale, New Hampshire

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Guilford |

Vernon

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Bernardston, Massachusetts |  | Northfield, Massachusetts

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Municipalities and communities of Windham County, Vermont, United States

Shire town: Newfane

Towns|

* Athens
* Brattleboro
* Brookline
* Dover
* Dummerston
* Grafton
* Guilford
* Halifax
* Jamaica
* Londonderry
* Marlboro
* Newfane
* Putney
* Rockingham
* Somerset§
* Stratton
* Townshend
* Vernon
* Wardsboro
* Westminster
* Whitingham
* Wilmington
* Windham

Map of Vermont highlighting Windham County

Villages|

* Bellows Falls
* Jacksonville
* Newfane
* Saxtons River
* Westminster

CDPs|

* Algiers
* Brattleboro
* Chimney Hill
* Grafton
* Harmonyville
* Jamaica
* Londonderry
* North Westminster
* Putney
* South Londonderry
* Stratton Mountain‡
* Townshend
* Wardsboro
* West Brattleboro
* West Dummerston
* Whitingham
* Wilmington

Other
communities|

* Cambridgeport
* East Dover
* South Newfane
* West Dover
* West Halifax
* West Townshend
* West Wardsboro
* Williamsville

Footnotes|

§ Disincorporated
‡ This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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Connecticut River watershed

Tributaries|

| Connecticut|

* Blackledge River
* Coginchaug River
* Connecticut River
* Duck River
* Eightmile River
* Falls River
* Farmington River
* Hockanum River
* Hubbard River
* Jeremy River
* Lieutenant River
* Mattabesset River
* Nepaug River
* Pameacha Creek
* Park River
* Pequabuck River
* Salmon River
* Scantic River

|

Massachusetts|

* Burnshirt River
* Chapel Brook
* Chicopee River
* Connecticut River
* Cranberry River
* Deerfield River
* East Brookfield River
* Farmington River
* Fall River
* Five Mile River
* Green River
* Hubbard River
* Manhan River
* Mill River (Northampton)
* Mill River (Springfield)
* Millers River
* Mirey Brook
* North Branch Millers River
* North Branch Westfield River
* North River
* Otter River
* Quaboag River
* Scantic River
* Seven Mile River
* Tarbell Brook
* Ware River
* Westfield River

New Hampshire|

* Ammonoosuc River
* Ashuelot River
* Blow-me-down Brook
* The Branch
* Cold River
* Connecticut River
* East Branch Mohawk River
* Gale River
* Great Brook
* Halls Stream
* Ham Branch
* Indian River
* Indian Stream
* Israel River
* Johns River
* Knox River
* Little River
* Little Sugar River
* Mascoma River
* Millers River
* Mink Brook
* Mirey Brook
* Mohawk River
* Nash Stream
* North Branch Gale River
* North Branch Millers River
* North Branch Sugar River
* North Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River
* Oliverian Brook
* Otter Brook
* Partridge Brook
* Perry Stream
* Phillips Brook
* Simms Stream
* South Branch Ashuelot River
* South Branch Gale River
* South Branch Israel River
* South Branch Sugar River
* Stocker Brook
* Sugar River
* Tarbell Brook
* Upper Ammonoosuc River
* West Branch Mohawk River
* West Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River
* Wild Ammonoosuc River
* Zealand River

Vermont|

* Black River
* Connecticut River
* Deerfield River
* Fall River
* Green River
* Halls Stream
* Leach Creek
* Moose River
* Nulhegan River
* Ompompanoosuc River
* Ottauquechee River
* Passumpsic River
* Rock River
* Saxtons River
* Utley Brook
* Waits River
* Wells River
* West River
* Whetstone Brook
* White River
* Williams River
* Winhall River

Lakes|

| Connecticut|

* Barkhamsted Reservoir
* Lake Beseck
* Lake Hayward
* Lake Pocotopaug

|

Massachusetts|

* Brooks Pond
* Browning Pond
* Lake Monomonac
* Quabbin Reservoir
* Lake Wyola

New Hampshire|

* Ashuelot Pond
* Back Lake
* Canaan Street Lake
* Cedar Pond
* Christine Lake
* Comerford Reservoir
* Connecticut Lakes
* Crystal Lake
* Dublin Pond
* Eastman Pond
* Echo Lake
* Lake Francis (Murphy Dam)
* Goose Pond
* Grafton Pond
* Granite Lake
* Lakes of the Clouds
* Little Sunapee Lake
* Mascoma Lake
* McIndoes Reservoir
* Lake Monomonac
* Moore Reservoir
* Pearly Lake
* Silver Lake
* Spofford Lake
* Lake Sunapee
* Surry Mountain Lake
* Lake Tarleton

Vermont|

* Ball Mountain Lake
* Comerford Reservoir
* Harriman Reservoir
* Harvey's Lake
* McIndoes Reservoir
* Moore Reservoir
* North Hartland Lake
* Lake Rescue
* Townshend Lake

Towns|

| Connecticut|

* Chester
* Cromwell
* Deep River
* East Haddam
* East Hampton
* East Hartford
* East Windsor
* Enfield
* Essex
* Glastonbury
* Haddam
* Hartford
* Higganum
* Lyme
* Middletown
* Moodus
* Old Lyme
* Old Saybrook
* Portland
* Rocky Hill
* South Windsor
* Suffield
* Thompsonville
* Wethersfield
* Windsor
* Windsor Locks

|

Massachusetts|

* Agawam
* Chicopee
* Deerfield
* Easthampton
* Gill
* Greenfield
* Hadley
* Hatfield
* Holyoke
* Longmeadow
* Millers Falls
* Montague
* Northampton
* Northfield
* South Hadley
* Springfield
* Sunderland
* Turners Falls
* West Springfield
* Whately

New Hampshire|

* Bath
* Charlestown
* Chesterfield
* Claremont
* Clarksville
* Colebrook
* Columbia
* Cornish
* Dalton
* Groveton
* Hanover
* Haverhill
* Hinsdale
* Lancaster
* Lebanon
* Littleton
* Lyme
* Monroe
* Northumberland
* Orford
* Piermont
* Pittsburg
* Plainfield
* Stewartstown
* Stratford
* Walpole
* West Lebanon
* Westmoreland
* Woodsville

Quebec|

* East Hereford

Vermont|

* Ascutney
* Barnet
* Beecher Falls
* Bellows Falls
* Bloomfield
* Bradford
* Brattleboro
* Brunswick
* Canaan
* Concord
* Dummerston
* Fairlee
* Gilman
* Guildhall
* Hartford
* Hartland
* Lemington
* Lunenburg
* Maidstone
* Newbury
* Norwich
* Putney
* Rockingham
* Ryegate
* Springfield
* Thetford
* Vernon
* Waterford
* Weathersfield
* Wells River
* Westminster
* White River Junction
* Wilder
* Windsor

Crossings|

* Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge
* Arch Bridge
* Bulkeley Bridge
* Calvin Coolidge Bridge
* Canalside Rail Trail Bridge
* Cheshire Bridge
* Columbia Bridge
* Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge
* Dexter Coffin Bridge
* French King Bridge
* Gill–Montague Bridge
* Hampden County Memorial Bridge
* Janice Peaslee Bridge
* Joseph E. Muller Bridge
* Ledyard Bridge
* Lyme–East Thetford Bridge
* Morey Memorial Bridge
* Mount Orne Covered Bridge
* Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge
* Piermont Bridge
* Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge
* Ranger Bridge
* Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge
* Sunderland Bridge
* Vietnam Memorial Bridge
* Wells River Bridge
* Willimansett Bridge

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