Bristol (Vermont)
Addison County
50-09025
Bristol is a town in Addison County, the State of Vermont in the United States with 3,894 inhabitants ( according to the census of 2010). It lies on the western edge of the Green Mountains and is covered to about two-thirds of the forest. Only the western third of the area, which lies in the plane on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, is used extensively by agriculture, especially dairy farming. The main rivers are the Haven River and its tributary, the Baldwin 's Creek. The capital of the district is Bristol Village.
The area was sold on 21 October 1762 by Benning Wentworth, governor of New Hampshire, under the name Pocock to a group of 63 settlers. At this time, the area of 22,000 acres ( 8,900 ha), of which, however, on November 18, 1824 4,400 acres ( about 1,780 hectares) were ceded to the Town Lincoln. At Haven River and Baldwin 's Creek was used by the establishment of a number of sawmills and flour mills, hydropower intensive.
The first permanent settlement was 1768 instead, although it is reported by another, earlier settlers, said to have been already twelve years settled in the region before: a German origin, a certain John Brodt should, after a neighborhood dispute with a fatal outcome from Unadilla have fled here in the British colony of New York and have been hiding in the wilderness. Brodt had been found from the first reconnaissance teams of the settlers at random and spent the winter with them. At the end of winter was a pardon letter, which would have sent to the Governor of New York, the settlers adopted and Brodt had returned to Unadilla.
The Constituent Assembly was held on March 2, 1789, the community is constantly represented in the Senate by Vermont since September of that year. The first church, Baptist, was founded on August 7, 1794 and was completed in rapid sequence by some other faith communities. Agriculture and forestry from the start was the most important branch income; shortly after 1800, the sheep was also in this area, as in many areas of Vermont, popular, which was only relieved 1870-1890 of today predominant dairy industry.
The railways, which began to traverse from about 1845 Vermont were indeed routed through the valleys nearby, but led past Bristol. In 1890 a branch line to the near Rutland and Burlington Railroad was built therefore with the Bristol Railroad, which allowed for a modest passenger and freight traffic in the Town. However, in 1920 burned the most important freight customer, a dairy down and was not rebuilt again. The line was uneconomic and 1930, shortly after the beginning of the Great Depression, closed.
The Town is now connected by the Vermont Route 17, which runs east to west through Bristol to the surrounding communities. The responsible hospital is in Middlebury; There are five major churches and next to the elementary school, a middle and high school in the capital, Bristol Village, which was administered to 1994 independently. In Bristol Village also has two local radio stations and a cable television station are located. The downtown Bristol Village is listed since 1983 as Bristol Downtown Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
Nearby Cities
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- North: Starksboro, 11.0 km
- Northeast: Fayston, 19.5 km
- East Warren, 18.0 km
- Southeast: Granville, 25.0 km
- South: Ripton, 18.0 km
- Southwest: Middlebury, 15.0 km
- West: New Haven, 6.0 km
- Northwest: Ferrisburgh, 15.5 km