Randolph (Vermont)

Orange County

50-58075

Randolph is a town in Orange County of the State of Vermont in the United States and with 4,778 inhabitants ( according to the census of 2010), by far the largest community in Orange County. In the Town there are two main population centers: the Village and Randolph Randolph Center. Two historic settlement cores, East Randolph and West Randolph are no longer existent. Randolph is located in Zentralvermont on a plateau of the Green Mountains, known as the Upper Valley.

Declared on October 2, 1780 the new land to settle on June 29, 1781 was sold to a group of settlers from Hanover, New Hampshire. The constituent town meeting was held on 31 March 1783. A first Meeting House, which is a community center and a sanctuary was established in 1792 and 1838, replaced by a new building on the same site. The Town was geared primarily agricultural and produced, among many other raw materials, above all in potatoes, oats, sheep and wool. Two inlets of the White River provided an opportunity to build several water mills. On November 8, 1806 was also the - no longer existing - Orange County Grammar School (also: Randolph Academy), the College of the county, founded in Randolph Center and built the school house the following year. By 1840, it was noted, the school would be very well equipped with appliances and their library would include 300 volumes proud.

1848, the community was connected to the railway Windsor Burlington and equipped with its own railway station. The route will be operated until the present day; the passenger was, however, set a few years. Today the station Randolph is served by a daily Express The Vermonter that the location of Washington DC followed.

Besides the usual small agricultural industries that feed the majority of the population of the Town, also an artistic center of the wide area Randolph dar. Since 1907, there is the Chandler Center before the Arts, a community- based art association in Randolph as a concert hall and art gallery use building maintains and organizes shows and exhibitions throughout the year.

In the main settlement Randolph are located each one Episcopal, a Methodist and a Roman Catholic church; in addition there is a congregation of the United Church of Christ with an additional community in Randolph Center. In place all school types are represented through high school. A hospital shall ensure medical care for the wide surroundings. The main transport connection is Interstate 89, which crosses the Town from north to south.

Nearby Cities

All information bee-line distances.

  • North Northfield, 25.0 km
  • Northeast: Chelsea, 17.5 km
  • East: Fairlee, 40.5 km
  • South East: Tunbridge, 15.0 km
  • South: Bethel, 12.0 km
  • Southwest: Proctor, 44.0 km
  • West: Hancock, 14.5 km
  • Northwest: Warren, 24.0 km

Sons and daughters of the town

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