Hartford (Vermont)
Windsor County
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Hartford is a town in Windsor County, the State of Vermont in the United States with 9,952 inhabitants ( according to the census of 2010). Hartford lies in the western Green Mountains on the White River, a tributary of the Connecticut River. In the Town five population centers are found, which are dependent politically and administratively by the Town: Hartford Village, Quechee, West Hartford, White River Junction and Wilder.
The municipality was proclaimed on July 4, 1761 by Governor Benning Wentworth as part of the so-called New Hampshire Grants as a settled area. The first permanent settlement was made from about 1764, the first town meeting was held on March 8, 1768. Originally greatly influenced by farming area was through the systematic use of water power for industrial uses rapidly to a local industrial center with a variety of mills and manufactories, which lay on the White River and the southerly Ottauquechee River. The population of the town grew rapidly accordingly. For 1840 in addition to 14 mills and three woolen mills also 17 schools, six shops and three taverns for 2,194 inhabitants are occupied.
With the construction of the railway Windsor Burlington Hartford was linked to the resulting railway network in the U.S. in June 1848. In addition led a north-south connection along the Connecticut River to Montreal. The intersection of these lines and an additional connection over the river through New Hampshire to the cities of the east coast of the station in White River Junction, although significantly less population than the main settlement, but is better known was born. On the bridge over the White River the heaviest train wreck Vermont with about 40 deaths took place on the night of February 5, 1887, when the Montreal Express derailed before the bridge and fell partly into the frozen river. The Hartford station is now closed, the routes along the Connecticut and the crossing line to Burlington are still busy.
The accessibility of the Town have existed since the 1960s, especially in the U.S. Highway 4, Interstate 89 and Interstate 91, go through all the territory of the Town. Southeast of the town, beyond the Connecticut River, also of Lebanon Municipal Airport is located in 6.5 km as the crow.
In the various main settlements several municipalities of the Episcopal Church, the Methodists, the United Church of Christ and the Catholics are located. All types of school through high school are included in the Town, as well as a library and Historical Society.
The Town is today next to a local center for medium-sized industry as a tourist destination. In the south of Town a conservation area with tent sites and things to do was created with the Quechee State Park, which is constantly increasing attendance since its creation in 1965.
Population Development
Nearby Cities
All information bee-line distances.
- North: Strafford, 23.0 km
- North East: Norwich, 8.5 km
- East: Lebanon, 10.5 km
- Southeast: White River Junction, 5.5 km
- South: Hartland, 13.5 km
- Southwest: Woodstock, 14.0 km
- West: Killington, 32.5 km
- Northwest: Pomfret, 12.5 km
Sons and daughters of the town
- Andrew Tracy (1797 - 1868), politician and representative of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives