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词条 Windsor, Vermont
释义

  1. History

  2. Geography

  3. Demographics

  4. Education

  5. Infrastructure

     Health care  Transportation 

  6. Culture

      Music   Parks 

  7. See also

  8. References

  9. Further reading

  10. External links

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Freedom and Unity[1]
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}}Windsor is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As the "Birthplace of Vermont", the town is where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted in 1777, thus marking the founding of the Vermont Republic—a sovereign state until 1791 when Vermont joined the United States. Over much of its history, Windsor was home to a variety of manufacturing enterprises. The population was 3,553 at the 2010 census.[4]

History

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One of the New Hampshire grants, Windsor was chartered as a town on July 6, 1761, by colonial governor Benning Wentworth. It was first settled in August 1764 by Captain Steele Smith and his family from Farmington, Connecticut. In 1777, the signers of the Constitution of the Vermont Republic met at Old Constitution House, a tavern at the time, to declare independence from the British Empire (the Vermont Republic would not become a state until 1791). In 1820, it was the state's largest town, a thriving center for trade and agriculture. In 1835, the first dam was built across Mill Brook to provide water power. Factories made guns, machinery, tinware, furniture and harnesses. The community is named for Windsor, Connecticut.[1]

In 1846, Robbins and Lawerence received a government contract to manufacture firearms. Using advanced machine tools to produce interchangeable parts, they and their associates established factories in the Connecticut River valley and throughout New England. Two factories, now both closed, sustained the economy of Windsor: Cone Automatic Machine Company and a Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company plant.

Windsor village began development at the end of the 18th century and achieved importance in Vermont history as the location of the framing of the constitution of Vermont. It is known as the birthplace of Vermont, where the state constitution was signed, and acted as the first capital until 1805 when Montpelier became the official state capital.[1]

Commerce prospered due to the village's location on the banks of the Connecticut River where several smaller streams run into it. The economy improved in the mid-19th century when Windsor became the first town in the state to break ground for the railroad with the construction of a rail depot. Windsor Station connected the town to out-of-state markets. It was after the railroad went through that the area was discovered by tourists.

Windsor's war memorial, the City Center Veterans Memorial, was created by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan.[5]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 19.8 square miles (51.2 km2), of which 19.5 square miles (50.6 km2) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.5 km2) (1.06%) is water. Home to part of Mount Ascutney, Windsor is situated beside the Connecticut River.

The town is crossed by Interstate 91, U.S. Route 5, Vermont Route 12, Vermont Route 44, and Vermont Route 44A. It is bordered by the town of Weathersfield to the south, West Windsor to the west, and Hartland to the north. To the east, across the Connecticut River, is Cornish, New Hampshire, to which Windsor is connected by the Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge, one of the longest covered bridges in the world.

Demographics

{{US Census population
|1790= 1542
|1800= 2211
|1810= 2757
|1820= 2956
|1830= 3134
|1840= 2744
|1850= 1928
|1860= 1669
|1870= 1699
|1880= 2175
|1890= 1846
|1900= 2119
|1910= 2407
|1920= 3687
|1930= 4359
|1940= 4155
|1950= 4402
|1960= 4468
|1970= 4158
|1980= 4085
|1990= 3714
|2000= 3756
|2010= 3553
|estyear=2017
|estimate=3398
|estref=[6]
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census[7]
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As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 3,756 people, 1,520 households, and 945 families residing in the town. The population density was 192.1 people per square mile (74.2/km2). There were 1,611 housing units at an average density of 82.4 per square mile (31.8/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.74% White, 0.24% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 1.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.06% of the population.

There were 1,520 households out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were couples living together and joined in either marriage or civil union, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 31.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the town, the population was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $33,815, and the median income for a family was $43,551. Males had a median income of $29,897 versus $23,313 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,640. About 6.4% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Windsor is served by Windsor School District, Vermont. The district is home to the Windsor Yellow Jackets and serves grades kindergarten to twelfth. The two schools in the district are Windsor State Street School and Windsor High School.[8][9]

Infrastructure

Health care

The Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center is located in Windsor.

Transportation

{{See also|Windsor, Vermont (Amtrak station)}}

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides daily service through Windsor, operating its Vermonter between Washington, D.C. and St. Albans, Vermont.

Culture

Music

Moon Dance

Since 1999, Windsor has regularly hosted this Autumn street festival, complete with live bands, magicians, and hypnotists.[10]

Parks

Windsor is home to Paradise Park in the Windsor Town Forest which borders Runnemede Lake

==Notable people==

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  • Asa Aikens, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[11]
  • Asher Benjamin, architect, author, educator
  • Carlos Coolidge, politician
  • Edward Curtis, politician
  • A. E. Douglass, astronomer
  • Josiah Dunham, Secretary of State of Vermont[12]
  • Maxwell Evarts, lawyer, president of the Windsor Savings Bank and founded the State Fair Program in Vermont
  • William M. Evarts, United States Attorney General, United States Secretary of State, and U.S. senator for New York
  • Horace Everett, US congressman[13]
  • William Laurel Harris, educator and arts organizer
  • Valentine B. Horton, US congressman[14]
  • Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, fur trader and developer of Chicago
  • Jonathan Hatch Hubbard, US congressman[15]
  • William Hunter, US congressman[16]
  • Stephen Jacob, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[17]
  • Bob Keeshan, actor and television producer (Captain Kangaroo)[18]
  • Thomas Leverett, Secretary of State of Vermont[19][20]
  • Maxwell Perkins, editor
  • Matt Salinger, actor
  • Stephen William Shaw, artist
  • Mark Shepard, state senator
  • Nathaniel Simonds, politician
  • William H.H. Stowell, US congressman, merchant and industrialist[21]
  • John C. Thompson, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[22]
  • Allen Wardner, prominent banker and businessman who served as Vermont State Treasurer. He was the father-in-law of William M. Evarts and grandfather of Maxwell Evarts.[23]
  • Henry D. Washburn, US congressman and general

See also

  • List of capitals in the United States#Vermont Republic

References

1. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=25277 |title= Profile for Windsor, Vermont, VT|publisher= ePodunk|accessdate= October 24, 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=American FactFinder}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}
4. ^{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Windsor town, Windsor County, Vermont| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=August 1, 2012}}
5. ^{{cite news|first=|last=|title=Sculptor commissioned to complete Joe Frazier statue has died|url=http://www.timesargus.com/article/20130802/NEWS03/708029923/0/FEATURES10|work=Barre Montpelier Times Argus|publisher=|date=2013-08-02|accessdate=2013-08-27|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221231935/http://www.timesargus.com/article/20130802/NEWS03/708029923/0/FEATURES10|archivedate=2014-02-21|df=}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2017/PEPANNRES/0400000US50.06100|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Minor Civil Divisions, by County: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017|accessdate=March 7, 2019}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 16, 2015}}
8. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.windsorschools.net/ |title= Windsor School District|publisher= Windsor School District|accessdate= October 24, 2012}}
9. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.education.com/schoolfinder/us/vermont/district/windsor-school-district/ |title= Windsor School District|publisher= education.com |accessdate= October 24, 2012}}
10. ^Windsor’s Moondance Festival Planned October 5. The Vermont Journal. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
11. ^{{cite book |last=Wiley |first=Edgar J. |date=1917 |title=Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TapBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10 |location=Middlebury, VT |publisher=Middlebury College |page=10 |ref={{sfnRef|Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College}}}}
12. ^{{cite book |last=Bisbee |first=Marvin Davis |date=1900 |title=General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1900 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sKM4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122 |location=Cambridge, MA |publisher=University Press |pages=121–122}}
13. ^{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000265|title=EVERETT, Horace, (1779 - 1851)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= October 24, 2012}}
14. ^{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000800|title=HORTON, Valentine Baxter, (1802 - 1888)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= October 24, 2012}}
15. ^{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000886|title=HUBBARD, Jonathan Hatch, (1768 - 1849)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= October 24, 2012}}
16. ^{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000990|title=HUNTER, William, (1754 - 1827)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= October 24, 2012}}
17. ^{{cite book |last=Ullery |first=Jacob G. |date=1894 |title=Men of Vermont Illustrated |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nvg_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA178 |location=Brattleboro, VT |publisher=Transcript Publishing Company |page=178 |ref={{sfnRef|Men of Vermont Illustrated}}}}
18. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444828/bio |title= Bob Keeshan|publisher= IMDb|accessdate= October 24, 2012}}
19. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.state.vt.us/archives-records/state-archives/government-history/government-officials/state-officers/secretaries-of-state.aspx |title=Vermont Secretaries of State, 1778-Present |last=Condos |first=James |date=2011 |website=Vermont Government Officials: State Officers |publisher=Vermont Secretary of State |location=Montpelier, VT}}
20. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |title=Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908: Death and Burial Entry for Thomas Leverett |website=Ancestry.com |location=Provo, UT |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |access-date=January 28, 2017 |subscription=yes}}
21. ^{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000985|title=STOWELL, William Henry Harrison, (1840 - 1922)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= October 24, 2012}}
22. ^{{cite magazine |last=Taft |first=Russell S. |date=March 1, 1894 |title=The Supreme Court of Vermont, Part IV: John C. Thompson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zA6SAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA123 |magazine=The Green Bag |location=Boston, MA |publisher=Boston Book Company |pages=123–124 |ref={{sfnRef|The Green Bag}}}}
23. ^New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, [https://books.google.com/books?id=jNcUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA314&dq=%22allen+wardner%22+william+maxwell+evarts&hl=en&sa=X&ei=d3XRUoHUNrKqsATM2ICYDA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22allen%20wardner%22%20william%20maxwell%20evarts&f=false The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record], Volume 47, 1916, page 314

Further reading

  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=coolidge+mansfield+history+description+new+england+1859&source=web&ots=cUndZkVSIF&sig=tIIdKdnVIkM1ULWZYVqH4J03FbE&hl=en#PPA951,M1 A. J. Coolidge & J. B. Mansfield, A History and Description of New England, Boston, Massachusetts 1859]
  • Hayward's New England Gazetteer of 1839
  • English and American Tool Builders. Joseph Wickham Roe, 1916 by Yale University Press and 1987 by Lindsay Publications Inc., Bradley IL 60915. {{ISBN|0-917914-73-2}} paper

External links

{{Commons category}}{{wikivoyage|Windsor (Vermont)}}
  • Town of Windsor official website
  • Windsor Public Library
  • American Precision Museum
  • Windsor School District
  • ePodunk: Profile for Windsor, Vermont
  • Virtual Vermont Internet Magazine: Windsor, Vermont
  • City-Data.com
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Windsor
| North = Hartland
| Northeast = Plainfield, New Hampshire
| East = Cornish, New Hampshire
| Southeast = Claremont, New Hampshire
| South = Weathersfield
| Southwest = Weathersfield
| West = West Windsor
| Northwest = Hartland
}}{{Windsor County, Vermont}}{{Connecticut River}}{{Authority control}}

7 : Towns in Vermont|Former state capitals in the United States|Windsor, Vermont|Populated places on the Connecticut River|Towns in Windsor County, Vermont|Capitals of former nations|1764 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies

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