Charleston, Vermont
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| Geography | ||
| Total Area | 100.0 km² (38.6 mi²) | |
| Land | 97.1 km² (37.5 mi²) | |
| Water | 2.9 km² (1.1 mi²) | |
| Altitude | 1196' Above sea level | |
| Demographics | ||
| Population (2000) | 895 | |
| Households (2000) | 362 | |
| Families(2000) | 261 | |
| Population Density(2000) | 23.9 per mi² | |
Charleston is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 895 at the 2000 census. The town contains three unincorporated villages: Charleston, East Charleston and West Charleston.
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[edit] Local Government
[edit] Town
- Selectman - Tom Jensen[1]
- Town Clerk - Jeanine Bennett
- Town Budget - $413,221
[edit] School District
- School Board Chair - Nancy Tessier
- Member, School Board - Jason Brueck, East Charleston
- Number of students - 100 (current and projected)
- Number of students in 2004 - 128
- School Budget for 2008 - $1,428,500
[edit] History
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[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 100.0 km² (38.6 mi²). 97.1 km² (37.5 mi²) of it is land and 2.9 km² (1.1 mi²) of it (2.93%) is water.
The surface of the town is somewhat uneven, some portions being very low.
[edit] Tributaries
The Clyde river is the largest stream. It rises in Spectacle pond, in Brighton, thence flowing through Island Pond into Charleston, in a northwesterly direction nearly through its center. Some falls of importance are found on the stream, especially the falls in the western part town, where it drops more than a hundred feet in 660 feet, but its current is generally slow.
The principal tributaries of the Clyde are
- Ferrin's river from the north
- The waters of Suke's pond through a brook
- The waters of Cole's Copper brook
- Morgan Gull brook
- The stream from Cole's pond in Brighton
- Buck's brook from Brighton
- Mad brook from Westmore
- Echo pond brook at the East village
- Fenner brook from Westmore
- The Nutting brook from Broadway pond
- Toad pond brook from Toad pond.
These all flow into Clyde river above Pensioners pond.
Echo Pond, situated in the easterly part of the township, receives the waters of Seymour pond in Morgan, and through that the waters of Holland pond. Echo Pond is a beautiful sheet of water one mile from East Charleston. It is one mile and a half long and one mile wide. General Whitelaw gave it the name of Echo Pond because when any sound was produced in its vicinity it was reverberated in various directions, producing a series of echoes.
Pensioners pond is the next in size, and was so named because of the pension of a revolutionary soldier who employed its water power.
Toad pond is above Pensioners pond, near the great swamp on the Brownington line. Broadway pond is near the Morgan line.[2]
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 895 people, 362 households, and 261 families residing in the town. The population density was 9.2/km² (23.9/mi²). There were 587 housing units at an average density of 6.0/km² (15.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.42% White, 1.34% Native American, 0.34% Asian, and 1.90% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.45% of the population.
There were 362 households out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.80.
In the town the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $28,083, and the median income for a family was $31,250. Males had a median income of $25,938 versus $19,911 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,278. About 16.4% of families and 20.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.6% of those under age 18 and 23.9% of those age 65 or over.
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