Guilford, Vermont Explained

Official Name:Guilford, Vermont
Settlement Type:Town
Mapsize:200px
Pushpin Map:USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the United States
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Vermont
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Windham
Parts Type:Communities
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:103.5
Area Land Km2:103.3
Area Water Km2:0.2
Area Total Sq Mi:40.0
Area Land Sq Mi:39.9
Area Water Sq Mi:0.1
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:2120
Population Density Km2:20.5
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation M:241
Elevation Ft:791
Coordinates:42.7664°N -72.6264°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:05301
Area Code:802
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:50-30925[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1462112[2]

Guilford is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford.[3] The population was 2,120 at the 2020 census.[4]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 40mi2, of which 39.9mi2 is land and 0.1mi2 (0.20%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census[5] of 2010, there were 2,121 people, 902 households, and 574 families residing in the town. The population density was 53.2/sqmi. There were 1,038 housing units at an average density of 26/sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 97.2% White, 0.5% African American, 0.0% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 1.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.1% of the population.

There were 902 households, out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.9% were husbands and wives living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 5.4% had a male householder with no wife present. 36.4% of all households were non-families, and 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.2% 19 years old or younger, 3.9% from 20 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 37.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $57,674, and the median income for a family was $77,431.[6] Full-time working males had a median income of $42,250 versus $31,725 for females. The per capita income for the town was $28,612. About 2.9% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.2% of those under the age of 18 and 2.5% of those 65 and older.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. January 31, 2008.
  2. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. January 31, 2008. United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007.
  3. Web site: Profile for Guilford, Vermont. ePodunk. May 10, 2010. February 8, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100208160728/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=25139. dead.
  4. Web site: Census - Geography Profile: Guilford town, Windham County, Vermont. December 30, 2021.
  5. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. May 14, 2011.
  6. Web site: Explore Census Data . June 8, 2023 . data.census.gov.
  7. Vincent Carretta notes that Lucy Terry, who is credited as being the first woman African-American poet, moved to Guilford in 1760, raising six children in the town, contrary to reports that one Micah Rice was the town's first settler, as Rice did not arrive in Guilford until 1761. Book: Caretta, Vincent. Lucy Terry Prince (c.1730-1821). 2001. Penguin. New York. 9780140424300. 199. Vincent Caretta.
  8. Book: Thompson, Zadock . History of Vermont: Natural, Civil, and Statistical . History of Vermont: Natural, Civil, and Statistical, by Zadock Thompson. . 1842 . 83.
  9. Book: Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont . E. P. Walton . Montpelier . 1 . 1873 . 117–118.
  10. Book: Bridgman, Thomas . Inscriptions on the Grave Stones in the Grave Yards of Northampton and of the Other Town in the Valley of the Connecticut . 1850 . 195. Heritage Books . 9780788405907 .
  11. ELLIOT, James, (1775 - 1839). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. October 24, 2012.
  12. Web site: GREENLEAF, Halbert Stevens, (1827 - 1906). Biographical Directory of the United StatesCongress. May 15, 2014.
  13. Web site: Fashion Spotlight: Olivia Wilde. Elle. May 1, 2014. Christopher Hitchens. February 23, 2010.
  14. Book: Jennings, Isaac. Memorials of a Century: Embracing a Record of Individuals and Events, Chiefly in the Early History of Bennington, Vt., and Its First Church. 1869. Gould and Lincoln. 323. jonathan hunt northampton..
  15. PHELPS, Charles Edward, (1833 - 1908). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. October 24, 2012.
  16. United States Military Academy Association of Graduates, Annual Report, 1885, pages 73-86
  17. Web site: Rudolf Serkin. Internet Movie Database . October 24, 2012.
  18. Book: Ullery, Jacob G. . 1894 . Men of Vermont Illustrated . Brattleboro, VT . Transcript Publishing Company . 169.
  19. Book: Gerzina. Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina; researched with Anthony. Mr. and Mrs. Prince : how an extraordinary eighteenth-century family moved out of slavery and into legend. 2008. Amistad. New York. 978-0060510732. 1st. registration.
  20. Web site: Royall Tyler Collection, 1753-1935 . Vermont Historical Society . October 24, 2012.
  21. News: Vilkomerson . Sara . Wilde At Heart . The New York Observer . April 11, 2007 . April 11, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071211231244/http://www.observer.com/2007/wilde-heart . December 11, 2007 .

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