Weathersfield, Vermont

Windsor County

50-77500

Weathersfield is a town in Windsor County, the State of Vermont in the United States with 2,825 inhabitants ( according to the census of 2010). It lies on the western bank of the Connecticut River in the eastern foothills of the Green Mountains. The two population centers are Ascutney ( before 1927: Ascutneyville ) and Perkinsville.

Declared on 20th August 1761 as part of the New Hampshire Grants, to the land of the Town quickly proved to be particularly suitable for agriculture. The first settlers came from Connecticut and brought from there the name of the place with. The first town meeting was convened in March 1778 and determined a mayor. A chicken pox epidemic in 1791, called for seven deaths among the settlers; another epidemic struck the city in 1813.

In the river bend Connecticut in the northern part of the Town had the later United States ambassador in Lisbon, William Jarvis, created a sheep farm. He was the first imported the defining episode in the Vermont Merino sheep from Spain and here let graze: 4,000, of which eight went on as a personal gift to Thomas Jefferson. However, a 1835 built four storey wool mill burned down in November in 1839 and has not been subsequently rebuilt again. To this day, no other major industry is in Weathersfield become a resident, the area is characterized purely agricultural. Even when the train 1848/1849 reached the place changed because nothing: Weathersfield took advantage of the new opportunities only for the improved sales of sheep, wool and other agricultural products.

In the Town there are three branches of the United Church of Christ. Vocational training is possible up to Middle School in the city; the nearest hospital is located in Springfield. The nearest airport, the Claremont Municipal Airport, located in 8,0 km as the crow south-east on the other side of the Connecticut River. The Interstate 91, located parallel to the river, and the Vermont State Route 131 north of the Town are the most important road links represents a passenger station exists, despite its location on the railway line, not.

Nearby Cities

All information bee-line distances.

  • North: West Windsor, 11.5 km
  • North East Windsor, ON 11.5 km
  • East: Newport, 23.0 km
  • Southeast: Unity, 20.0 km
  • South: Springfield 10.0 km
  • Southwest: Chester, 17.0 km
  • West: Cavendish, 11.5 km
  • Northwest: Reading, 16.5 km
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