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For the village, see Barton (village), Vermont. Barton is a village located near the center of the town of Barton, in Orleans County, Vermont, USA. Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America.
Barton, Vermont
Located in Orleans County, Vermont
Located in Orleans County, Vermont
Location of Vermont with the U.S.A.
Location of Vermont with the U. S. A.
Coordinates: 44°45′49″N 72°11′12″W / 44.76361, -72.18667
Country United States
State Vermont
County Orleans
Chartered October 20, 1789
Area
 - Total 44. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. There are fourteen counties in the US state of Vermont. These counties together contain 255 political units or "places" including 237 Towns Orleans County is one of the four northernmost counties in the U Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 9 sq mi (116. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 3 km²)
 - Land 43. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 sq mi (113. 1 km²)
 - Water 1. 3 sq mi (3. 3 km²)
Elevation 931 ft (353 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 2,780
 - Density 63. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7/sq mi (24. 6/km²)
 - Households 1,153
 - Families 748
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 05822, 05839, 05875
Area code(s) 802
FIPS code 50-03550[1]
GNIS feature ID 1462037[2]

Barton is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks North American area code 802 is the state of Vermont 's sole Telephone Area code. Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout The New England town is the basic unit of local government in each of the six New England states Orleans County is one of the four northernmost counties in the U Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The population was 2,780 at the 2000 census. The town includes two incorporated villages, Barton and Orleans. Barton is a village located near the center of the town of Barton, in Orleans County, Vermont, USA. Orleans is a village in Barton, Orleans County, Vermont, USA. There are only four other towns in the state containing two incorporated villages. [3]

Contents

Government

Town

Legislature

The Essex-Orleans District includes all of Essex County, all of Orleans County, the Franklin County towns of Montgomery and Richford, and the Lamoille County towns of Eden and Wolcott. Essex County is the County located in the northeastern part of the U Orleans County is one of the four northernmost counties in the U Franklin County is a County located in the US state of Vermont. Montgomery is a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States. Richford is a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States. Lamoille County is a County located in the US state of Vermont. Eden is a town in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1152 at the 2000 census Senators are Vincent Illuzzi, Republican and Robert A. Starr, Democrat. Vincent Illuzzi (born September 17, 1953) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Vermont State Senate, representing the Robert A Starr (born December 17, 1942) is an American politician from Vermont who currently serves as a Democratic member of the The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party.

Further information: Essex-Orleans Vermont Senate District, 2002-2012


The Orleans-Caledonia-1 District includes all of the Orleans County towns of Albany, Barton, Craftsbury, Glover, and Greensboro, and the Caledonia County towns of Sheffield and Wheelock. Orleans County is one of the four northernmost counties in the U Albany is a town in Orleans County, For the village see Barton (village, Vermont. Craftsbury is a town in Orleans County Glover is a town in Orleans County, Greensboro is the southernmost town in Orleans Caledonia County is a County located in the US state of Vermont. Sheffield is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. Wheelock is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. Representatives are: John Morley, Republican and John S. Rodgers, Democrat. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party.

Further information: Orleans-Caledonia-1 Vermont Representative District, 2002-2012


Education

The town is a key member of the Orleans Central Supervisory Union. The Orleans-Caledonia-1 Representative District is a two member state Representative district in the U The Orleans Central Supervisory Union is responsible for the education of students in the Vermont towns of Albany, Barton, Brownington, Glover Spending per pupil in 2007 was $10,364, slightly below the state average of $11,095.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 44. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 9 square miles (116. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 3 km²), of which, 43. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 square miles (113. 1 km²) of it is land and 1. 3 square miles (3. 3 km²) of it (2. 81%) is water. Barton averages 931 feet above sea level (ASL).

The principal rock is calciferous mica schist. The schists form a group of medium-grade Metamorphic rocks chiefly notable for the preponderance of lamellar Minerals such as Micas chlorite About two miles from the Irasburg line, and parallel with it, there is a narrow vein of hornblende schist the whole length of the town. Irasburg is a town in Orleans County, In the eastern corner, covering an area of several square miles, the rocks are a mixture of granite, syenite, and protogine. Granite (ˈɡrænɪt is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, Felsic, igneous rock. Syenite is a coarse-grained intrusive Igneous rock of the same general composition as Granite but with the Quartz either absent or present in relatively [5] Iron has been found in small quantities, and some traces of gold. Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 [6]

The highest peak in Barton is Barton Mountain - 2235 feet ASL. May Hill is 2007 feet high.

Barton rivers include the Barton, Clyde, Willoughby, and Black Rivers; Hogtrough Brook, Lord Brook, Annis Brook, May Pond Brook, Willoughby Brook, and Roaring Brook. The Barton River is a tributary of Lake Memphremagog, over long in northern Vermont in the United States.

Each spring the rainbow trout swim up the Willoughby River to Lake Willoughby. Lake Willoughby is a Lake in the town of Westmore in Orleans County in the northeast section of Vermont, United States.

Crystal Lake State Park is located in Barton.

Demographics

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 2,780 people, 1,153 households, and 748 families residing in the town, as follows:

The population density was 63. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7/sq mi(24. 6/km²).

There were 1,438 housing units at an average density of 32. 9/sq mi (12. 7/km²).

The racial makeup of the town was:

There were 1,153 households out of which 32. 0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49. 6% were married couples living together, 10. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35. 1% were non-families. 30. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 16. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 33 and the average family size was 2. 86.

In the town the population was spread out with 24. 8% under the age of 18, 6. 6% from 18 to 24, 25. 9% from 25 to 44, 24. 3% from 45 to 64, and 18. 4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 94. 5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91. 1 males.

Economy

Personal Income

The median income for a household in the town was $28,797, and the median income for a family was $33,872. Males had a median income of $25,922 versus $20,938 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,636. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 12. 2% of families and 15. 8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 7% of those under age 18 and 17. 0% of those age 65 or over.

Industry

Ethan Allen Manufacturing, in the village of Orleans, employees about 400 workers locally. Ethan Allen Interiors Inc ( is a North American Furniture chain with more than 300 stores across the United States and Canada [7]

Utilities and Communication

Cellphone

Barton receives Unicel (TDMA and GSM)

Electricity

The Barton side of Barton town is serviced by Barton Electric which generates some of its power hydroelectrically. It services 2100 customers. [8][9]

The Orleans side of Barton town is serviced by The Village of Orleans Electric with 665 customers. [10][11]

Transportation

Major Routes

The opening of the Interstate north on November 9, 1972 and opening south in 1978 had an impact on the town comparable to the opening of the railway a century earlier. In 1980, Barton registered its first population gain in a century. [3]

Barton has 78. 37 miles of state road and class 1, 2 and 3 roads. 44. 38 are class 3 (dirt) roads. 21. 43 are state roads. [12]

Local community public and private transportation

Vermont Transit bus company services Barton. Interstate 91 (abbreviated I-91) is an Interstate highway in the New England section of the United States. US Route 5 is a north-south United States highway running through the New England states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont Vermont Route 16 is a 28-mile north-south state highway in northern Vermont Vermont Route 58 is an east-west State highway in northern Vermont. [13]

Railroads

While the Washington County Railroad (The Vermont Railway System) runs through Barton, it does not service the town. The Washington County Railroad is a Class III railroad operating in Vermont.

History

Rogers' Rangers were forced to retreat through the area following their attack on Saint-Francis, Quebec in 1759. Rogers' Rangers was an independent company of rangers attached to the British Army during the French and Indian War. Saint-François-du-Lac Quebec is a Community in Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, located at the confluence of the The fleeing rangers split up before getting to Barton. One group followed the Barton River south to the falls at the outlet of Crystal Lake where they were able to catch fish. From there, they continued south over the summit into the Passumpsic River Valley. [14]

Barton was chartered on October 20, 1789. [15]. The grant was to sixty Revolutionary War soldiers, mainly from Rhode Island and including Admiral John Paul Jones, General William Barton, and Ira Allen. John Paul Jones ( &ndash) was America's first well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War. William Barton (1748–1831 was an officer in the Continental Army during the American War of Independence who retired with the rank of Colonel. Ira Allen ( April 21, 1751 - January 7, 1814) was one of the founders of Vermont and leaders of the Green Mountain Boys [6]

From 1791 to 1793 Timothy Hinman built what is now called the "Hinman Settler Road" linking Barton south to Greensboro and north through Brownington to Derby and Canada. [16]

The early settlers of Barton found Indian wigwams, in a decayed condition, quite numerous in the vicinity of the outlet of Barton pond (sic), from which it was inferred that it was a favorite camping ground. It is stated that an Indian, Foosah, claimed he killed twenty-seven moose, beside large numbers of beaver and otter near this pond in the winter of 1783-84. [6]

On June 6, 1810, the body of water known today as Runaway Pond flooded the Barton River Valley resulting in destruction, the results of which can still be seen today. Runaway Pond was a Lake at Glover Vermont. Hydrology

Railroad construction reached Barton in 1858. [17] The first train arrived in 1863. [18]

As each new railroad terminus was built, the stagecoaches used them as terminuses as well. The stage ran north from Barton from what is now the junction of State Road 58 and US 5, north to unite with the Hinman Settler Road which came out of Glover and ran up Barton Hill over what is now Maple Hill Road then straight over to what is now the Orleans Country Club and from there to Brownington.

Around 1900, a granite quarry was located on the east side of Crystal Lake. Crystal Lake is near the village of Barton in Orleans County Vermont. Steamboats barged stone across the lake.

Increasing steadlly, Barton's population reached a peak of 3,506 people in 1920.

The Portland Pipeline company built a crude oil pipeline to Montreal from Portland, Maine in 1941 to avoid u-boat attacks when shipping by sea during WWII. In 2005, the portion of the line that passes through Barton town was evaluated and taxed at $2,277,000. [3] [19]

In 1967, the school districts turned over their inadequately sized high schools, Barton Academy and Orleans High School to elementary school use and replaced them with Lake Region Union High School. History The Academy started in the fall of 1852 in a building on the location now occupied by the school parking lot History Orleans graduated its first class in 1901 from a wooden two-story building where the Federated Church now stands on School Street Lake Region Union High School, commonly known as Lake Region is a secondary school located in Barton Vermont.

South Barton

The unincorporated village of South Barton, sometimes called Kimball Station no longer exists today. It was located near the Wheeler Mountain Road south of Crystal Lake on what is today, Route 5.

In 1858, Barton (and Orleans County) obtained a triangular piece of land from Sheffield which included all of May Pond, the entire area south of Crystal Lake, and the village of South Barton. [3]

In 1861, the village of South Barton had its own post office, and, in 1874, its own railroad depot. [3]

Its main industry was logging. The village foundered on lack of electric power which the other two villages in town had aggressively pursued. It tried to make up for this with steam power, but by the early 1940s the village was no longer viable. Its post office closed in 1947.

Three businesses operating serially with much of the same plant were the Orleans and Caledonia Steam Mill Company, Willoughby Wood and Lumber Company and US Bobbin and Shuttle Company. Eventually the location of the latter company to New York state finalized the village's demise. [3]

Media

Culture

Barton village contains three areas on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of

Barton is home to the Orleans County Fair held each August at the Fairgrounds since 1868. [22]

Notable residents

See also

Conversion of St. Paul Church (Vermont)

References

  1. ^ a b American FactFinder. Francis Walter Nye (born 1918 was a major general in the US Air Force In 1893 the Conversion of St Paul Roman Catholic Church was founded in Barton Vermont. United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  2. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Young, Darlene (1998). A history of Barton Vermont. Crystal Lake Falls Historical Association.  
  4. ^ Mason to fill White's shoes as town clerk,The Chronicle,March 7, 2007, page 9
  5. ^ protogine - definition from dictionary.die.net
  6. ^ a b c Gazetteer of Lamoille and Orleans Counties, VT. ; 1883-1884, Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child; May 1887
  7. ^ http://vtwoodnet.org/news_articles/ethan_allen_power_plant.htm
  8. ^ Electric Utilities List : Electric : Vermont Department of Public Service
  9. ^ "Customers" refers to number of hookups, not individuals
  10. ^ Electric Utilities List : Electric : Vermont Department of Public Service
  11. ^ "Customers" refers to number of hookups, not individuals
  12. ^ Microsoft Word - 2004 Miles by County-Town.rtf
  13. ^ Bus service
  14. ^ Darrell Hoyt (1985). Sketches of Orleans, Vermont. Mempremagog Press. ISBN 0-9610860-2-5.  , page 1
  15. ^ Actual Virtual Vermont Internet Magazine. Barton. Retrieved on 2006-12-27. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the
  16. ^ Vermont History. The Checkered Career of Timothy Hinman. Retrieved on 2006-12-27. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the
  17. ^ Darrell Hoyt (1985). Sketches of Orleans, Vermont. Orleans County Historical Society.  , page 14
  18. ^ Barton, Vermont - Business & Industry - Northeast Kingdom
  19. ^ Krajeski, William (2005). Reappraisal of the Town of Barton, Vermont 2005. Town of Barton.  
  20. ^ VtGenWeb-Orleans County Vermont Newspapers
  21. ^ RadioStationWorld - Vermont - Radio Broadcasting Stations
  22. ^ Discover the Barton Area. Barton Area Chamber of Commerce,undated, referenced February 2007
  23. ^ http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/grout-william-wallace.html retrieved June 8, 2007
  24. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=tt2_3hTQxFMC&pg=PA290&dq=%22barton+academy%22#PPA90,M1 retrieved on June 8, 2007

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