Castleton (Vermont)

Rutland County

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Castleton is a town in Rutland County, the State of Vermont in the United States with 4,717 inhabitants ( according to the census of 2010). The area is located in southwestern Vermont on the west flank of the Green Mountains, near the border with the state of New York. On the western border of the Town of Lake Bomoseen is, which is an attraction for those seeking relaxation. The main settlement Castleton Village is located on a plateau above the southern shore of the Castleton River, which flows through the area from east to west.

Castleton was proclaimed on September 22, 1761 and sold to settlers from Massachusetts. The area was inhabited from 1766; a first permanent house was built in 1769, the first wintering in 1770 instead. Only in March 1777 did the constituent town meeting, which made the town into an independent political entity. While the British and Indian wars was built 1778-1779 in the vicinity of today's Castleton Village Fort Warren and manned by soldiers; the warlike actions prevented until then a systematic colonization of the land.

1787 came here on a resolution of the General Assembly of the Republic of Vermont establishing the first university on the floor Vermont, which was known as the Rutland County Grammar School at the time. It originally served as the general university for teachers and administrators; 1818 was added also a medical branch. Meanwhile it serves, after several name changes and splits of departments, under the name of Castleton State College as a university for approximately 2,000 students. Thus, it also represents the most important employer in the area dar.

On October 1, 1850, the Rutland and Whitehall Railroad opened on the railway line Whitehall Rutland its operation; Castleton was a railway station that was expanded with the opening of additional connection to Eagle Bridge on 9 March 1852 as Whitehall located in the neighboring state of New York, to a wedge Station. The passenger traffic was shut down in 1933, freight traffic fell by the wayside after Whitehall exist, but was set in 1983 on the line to Eagle Bridge. After a reorganization of the remaining distance wrong here since 1999 every day of the Ethan Allen Express between Rutland and New York City, the station serves Castleton (instead of the previously extended station Fairhaven ) since 2 January 2010. As this is the station building was renovated in 2009 reception building of 1850.

The most important transport connection Vermont Route 4 from east to west leads through the Town. The nearest airport is the Fair Haven Municipal Airport, 7 km southwest of the center Quantcast Elton, the nearest hospital is located in Rutland City. In addition to the College only primary schools are found in the Town in place, all secondary schools are concentrated in Rutland City. In addition, there are seven different parishes in the six settlements Castletons, including two free churches.

Nearby Cities

All information bee-line distances.

  • North: Hubbardton, 9.5 km
  • Northeast: Pittsford, 16.0 km
  • East: Rutland City, 17.5 kilometers
  • Southeast: Ira, 14.5 km
  • South: Wells, 21.0 km
  • Southwest: Fairhaven, 7.0 km
  • West: West Haven, 12.0 km
  • Northwest: Benson, 14.0 km

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