Putney (Vermont)

Windham County

50-57700

Putney is a town in Windham County, Vermont, New England, with 2,702 inhabitants ( according to the census of 2010 ) ..

History

At the site of the present town of Putney, a fort was built in 1740. On December 26, 1753 Colonel Josiah Willard filed a petition for grant owner an official local establishment. On the same day Governor Benning Wentworth Putney yet issued the official concession. In 2006, Putney was much talked about, as it supported a resolution calling for impeachment of U.S. President George W. Bush.

Geography

The area of ​​Putney and the surrounding area amounts to 69.4 km ². It is divided into 99.96 % land area, and 0.04 % water.

Population and demography

At the 2000 census, a population of 2,634 inhabitants was determined for Putney, which corresponds to a population density of 37.9 inhabitants / km ².

  • 958 households, and 603 families inhabit the city.
  • The population is made up of 95.63 % White, 1.03% Black, 0.49 % indigenous people ( Indians), 0.76 % Asian, 0.04 % Pacific Islander, 0.03 % other ethnicities, Hispanics 1.56 and Latinos, and most recently 1.75% multiracial.
  • Of the 958 households 32.5 % have children under the age of 18. 50.5 % are married couples, 8.5% single women, 37 % non-marital partnerships, 27.9% of all households and 7 % living alone over 65 years.
  • The age structure of Putney consists of 22.6% under 18, 16.5 % from 18 to 24, 27.5 % between 25 and 44 years, 23.7% between 45 and 64 years and 9.8 % over 65 years. The average age is 36 years.
  • The average household size is 2.43 persons the average family at 2.99.
  • For every 100 females over 18 come 108 men.
  • The average income per household is $ 40,346, and the median income per family $ 50,170. Men earn an average of $ 29,922 and women $ 25,217. The average per capita income stands at $ 18,576.
  • 6.2 % of families and 8.4 % of the population live below the poverty line.

Train

  • The Putney School is a private, independent high school that offers both boarding accommodation as day school. Prominent graduates were, inter alia, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Tea Leoni and Timothy Daly.
  • Landmark College was the first college specifically for students with learning disabilities.
  • The Greenwood School is a boarding school for boys 9-15 years of age who suffer from dyslexia and language- related learning disabilities.

Personalities

The following people were born in Putney, or are otherwise associated with the city:

  • George Aiken (1892-1984), Senator and Governor of Vermont
  • Fernando Gerassi (1899-1974), painter
  • William Haile (1807-1876), businessman and politician
  • Carmelitta Hinton (1890-1983), progressive educator and founder of The Putney School
  • Manon Kahle ( born 1980 ), actress
  • Melissa Leo ( born 1960 ), actress
  • John Humphrey Noyes (1811-1886), early socialist, coined the term Free Love
  • Jody Williams ( born 1950 ), Nobel Peace Prize Winner 1997
  • John Henry Williams (1968-2004), only son of baseball player Ted Williams
  • Peter Shumlin ( born 1956 ), Governor of Vermont since 2011
  • Kevin Connors, champion in speed walking
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