Fairlee, Vermont

Fairlee, Vermont
Town
Fairlee from Morey Mountain c. 1907
Located in Orange County, Vermont
Location of Vermont with the U.S.A.
Coordinates: 43°55′N 72°10′W / 43.917°N 72.167°W / 43.917; -72.167
Country	United States
State	Vermont
County	Orange
Chartered	1761^[1]
Area
• Total	21.2 sq mi (55.0 km²)
• Land	20.2 sq mi (52.3 km²)
• Water	1.0 sq mi (2.7 km²)
Elevation	430 ft (421 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	967
• Density	47.9/sq mi (18.5/km²)
• Households	395
• Families	265
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	05045
Area code(s)	802
FIPS code	50-25675^[2]
GNIS feature ID	1462095^[3]
Website	http://www.fairleevt.org/

Fairlee is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 977 at the 2010 census. It includes the village of Ely. Fairlee is home to Lake Morey, which claims to have the longest ice skating trail in the United States.^[4]

History

One of the New Hampshire grants, Fairlee was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth on September 9, 1761 and awarded to Josiah Channey, Joseph Hubbard and 62 others.^[5] It was first settled in 1766. On February 25, 1797, the western half was set off as West Fairlee. The population was 575 by 1859, when it had several sawmills, a gristmill, and an establishment for lead pipe and pumps.^[6] The Fairlee Railroad Depot was built in 1848 by the Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers Railroad. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, it is the oldest surviving railroad structure along the Connecticut River.^[7]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 21.2 square miles (55.0 km²), of which, 20.2 square miles (52.3 km²) of it is land and 1.0 square miles (2.7 km²) of it (4.90%) is water. Bounded by the Connecticut River, Fairlee is drained by Glen Falls Brook, Big Brook and the outlet of Lake Morey.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1790	463		—
1800	386		−16.6%
1810	983		154.7%
1820	1,143		16.3%
1830	656		−42.6%
1840	644		−1.8%
1850	575		−10.7%
1860	549		−4.5%
1870	416		−24.2%
1880	469		12.7%
1890	398		−15.1%
1900	438		10.1%
1910	438		0.0%
1920	459		4.8%
1930	456		−0.7%
1940	535		17.3%
1950	571		6.7%
1960	569		−0.4%
1970	604		6.2%
1980	770		27.5%
1990	883		14.7%
2000	967		9.5%
2010	977		1.0%
Est. 2014	987	^[8]	1.0%
U.S. Decennial Census^[9]

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 967 people, 395 households, and 265 families residing in the town. The population density was 47.9 people per square mile (18.5/km²). There were 575 housing units at an average density of 28.5 per square mile (11.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.52% White, 0.21% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.21% from other races, and 1.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.83% of the population.

There were 395 households out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the town, the population was spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 96.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $44,018, and the median income for a family was $48,250. Males had a median income of $31,736 versus $25,217 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,454. About 2.6% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 13.4% of those age 65 or over.

Sites of interest

Infrastructure

Transportation

The town is crossed by Interstate 91, U.S. Route 5, and Vermont Route 244.

Notable people

Helen Gahagan Douglas, actress and US congresswoman^[10]^[11]
Milton Friedman, economist, former resident of Ely^[12]
William H. Gilmore, Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard^[13]
Richard W. Mallary, US congressman^[14]
Samuel Morey, inventor^[15]
George W. Morrison, US congressman^[16]
Nathaniel Niles, politician^[17]
Stephen Thomas, politician and brigadier general^[18]

References

↑ "Town of Fairlee Vermont". Town of Fairlee Vermont. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ Lake Morey Ice Skating Trail
↑ A. J. Coolidge & J. B. Mansfield, A History and Description of New England; Boston, Massachusetts 1859
↑ A. J. Coolidge & J. B. Mansfield, A History and Description of New England; Boston, Massachusetts 1859
↑ National Register of Historic Places -- Fairlee Railroad Depot
↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Archived from the original on May 23, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ Sally Denton, The Pink Lady: The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas, 2009, page 12
↑ Edward T. James, Janet Wilson James, Paul S. Boyer, Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume 5, 2004, page 178
↑ Smith, Win (16 June 2010). "Myt Turn:Taxes put sustainability at risk". Burlington, Vermont: Burlington Free Press. pp. 6A.
↑ Vermont Historical Society, Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society, 1915, page 203
↑ "MALLARY, Richard Walker, (1929 - 2011)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
↑ "Samuel Morey". Find A Grave. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
↑ "MORRISON, George Washington, (1809 - 1888)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
↑ "Niles, Nathaniel (1741-1828)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
↑ "Stephen Thomas". Vermont in the Civil War. Retrieved October 22, 2012.

External links

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Fairlee

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Coordinates: 43°56′13″N 72°10′05″W / 43.937°N 72.168°W / 43.937; -72.168

Municipalities and communities of Orange County, Vermont, United States
Shire town: Chelsea
Towns	Bradford Braintree Brookfield Chelsea Corinth Fairlee Newbury Orange Randolph Strafford Thetford Topsham Tunbridge Vershire Washington West Fairlee Williamstown
Villages	Newbury Wells River
CDPs	Bradford Fairlee Randolph Williamstown
Other communities	North Thetford Post Mills South Strafford West Newbury

Connecticut River watershed
Tributaries	Ammonoosuc River Ashuelot River Black River Black Hall River Blow-me-down Brook Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Cold River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Eightmile River Fall River Farmington River Five Mile River Green River Halls Stream Hockanum River Hubbard River Indian Stream Israel River Johns River Little Sugar River Manhan River Mascoma River Mattabesset River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mink Brook Mirey Brook Mohawk River North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Nulhegan River Oliverian Brook Ompompanoosuc River Ottauquechee River Otter River Park River Partridge Brook Passumpsic River Perry Stream Quaboag River Salmon River Saxtons River Scantic River Seven Mile River Simms Stream Sugar River Tarbell Brook Upper Ammonoosuc River Waits River Ware River Wells River West River Westfield River Whetstone Brook White River Williams River
Lakes	Ashuelot Pond Back Lake Ball Mountain Lake Barkhamsted Reservoir Lake Beseck Brooks Pond Canaan Street Lake Cedar Pond Christine Lake Comerford Reservoir Connecticut Lakes Crystal Lake Dublin Pond Eastman Pond Echo Lake Lake Francis (Murphy Dam) Goose Pond Grafton Pond Granite Lake Harriman Reservoir Harvey Lake Lake Hayward Lakes of the Clouds Little Sunapee Lake Mascoma Lake McIndoes Reservoir Lake Monomonac Moore Reservoir North Hartland Lake Pearly Lake Pocotopaug Lake Quabbin Reservoir Lake Rescue Silver Lake Spofford Lake Lake Sunapee Surry Mountain Lake Lake Tarleton Townshend Lake Lake Wyola
Major cities (>100k)	Hartford, Connecticut Springfield, Massachusetts
Smaller cities and towns (<100k)	Agawam Ascutney Barnet Bath Beecher Falls Bellows Falls Bloomfield Bradford Brattleboro Brunswick Canaan Charlestown Chester Chesterfield Chicopee Claremont Clarksville Colebrook Columbia Concord Cornish Cromwell Dalton Deep River Deerfield Dummerston East Haddam East Hampton East Hartford East Hereford East Windsor Easthampton Enfield Essex Fairlee Gill Gilman Glastonbury Greenfield Groveton Guildhall Haddam Hadley Hanover Hartford VT Hartland Hatfield Haverhill Higganum Hinsdale Holyoke Lancaster Lebanon Lemington Littleton Longmeadow Lunenburg Lyme CT Lyme NH Maidstone Middletown Millers Falls Monroe Montague Moodus Newbury Northampton Northfield Northumberland Norwich Old Lyme Old Saybrook Orford Piermont Pittsburg Plainfield Portland Putney Rockingham Rocky Hill Ryegate South Hadley South Windsor Springfield VT Stewartstown Stratford Suffield Sunderland Thetford Thompsonville Turners Falls Vernon Walpole Waterford Weathersfield Wells River West Lebanon West Springfield Westminster Westmoreland Wethersfield Whately White River Junction Wilder Windsor CT Windsor VT Windsor Locks Woodsville
Crossings	Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge Arch Bridge Bulkeley Bridge Calvin Coolidge Bridge Canalside Rail Trail Bridge Cheshire Bridge Columbia Bridge Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge Dexter Coffin Bridge French King Bridge Gill–Montague Bridge Janice Peaslee Bridge Ledyard Bridge Morey Memorial Bridge Mount Orne Covered Bridge Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge Piermont Bridge Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge Ranger Bridge Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge Sunderland Bridge Wells River Bridge

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