Lunenburg, Vermont

Lunenburg, Vermont
Town
Mount Orne Covered Bridge between Lunenburg and South Lancaster, NH
Nickname(s): The Mountain Town
Location in Essex County and the state of Vermont.
Location of Vermont in the United States
Coordinates: 44°28′4″N 71°41′14″W / 44.46778°N 71.68722°W / 44.46778; -71.68722Coordinates: 44°28′4″N 71°41′14″W / 44.46778°N 71.68722°W / 44.46778; -71.68722
Country	United States
State	Vermont
County	Essex
Area
• Total	45.8 sq mi (118.6 km²)
• Land	45.1 sq mi (116.7 km²)
• Water	0.7 sq mi (1.8 km²)
Elevation	1,296 ft (395 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,302
• Density	29/sq mi (11.2/km²)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	05904, 05906
Area code(s)	802
FIPS code	50-41425^[1]
GNIS feature ID	1462139^[2]

Lunenburg is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,302 at the 2010 census,^[3] the most populous in Essex County. Lunenburg contains the villages of West Lunenburg, South Lunenburg, and Gilman, and is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The name of the town stems from one of the titles for Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunenburg.^[4] Lunenburg was the home of Vermont State Representative Adino Nye Bell. Lunenburg is also believed to have inspired the Robert Frost poem "The Mountain", which takes place in a town called Lunenburg. ^[5]

Geography

Lunenburg is in southern Essex County along the Connecticut River, the border between Vermont and New Hampshire. It is bordered to the west by the town of Concord, to the northwest by Victory, at its northernmost point by Granby, and to the northeast by Guildhall, all in Vermont. Across the Connecticut, to the east is the town of Lancaster, New Hampshire, and to the south is the town of Dalton, New Hampshire. U.S. Route 2 crosses through the center of Lunenburg, leading west to St. Johnsbury and east to Lancaster and Gorham, New Hampshire. The Mount Orne Covered Bridge is in the eastern part of town, crossing the Connecticut to South Lancaster, New Hampshire.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Lunenburg has a total area of 45.8 square miles (118.6 km²), of which 45.1 square miles (116.7 km²) is land and 0.69 square miles (1.8 km²), or 1.55%, is water.^[3] Neal Pond, north of the town center, is the largest water body. The highest point is 2,279-foot (695 m) Temple Mountain in the northern part of town.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1790	119		—
1800	393		230.3%
1810	714		81.7%
1820	856		19.9%
1830	1,054		23.1%
1840	1,130		7.2%
1850	1,123		−0.6%
1860	1,034		−7.9%
1870	999		−3.4%
1880	1,038		3.9%
1890	1,019		−1.8%
1900	968		−5.0%
1910	880		−9.1%
1920	1,048		19.1%
1930	1,400		33.6%
1940	1,374		−1.9%
1950	1,299		−5.5%
1960	1,237		−4.8%
1970	1,061		−14.2%
1980	1,138		7.3%
1990	1,176		3.3%
2000	1,328		12.9%
2010	1,302		−2.0%
Est. 2014	1,270	^[6]	−2.5%
U.S. Decennial Census^[7]

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 1,328 people, 516 households, and 366 families residing in the town. The population density was 29.5 people per square mile (11.4/km²). There were 747 housing units at an average density of 16.6 per square mile (6.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.82% White, 0.08% African American, 0.68% Native American, 0.08% Asian, and 1.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.38% of the population.

There were 516 households out of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the town, the population was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 103.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,802, and the median income for a family was $33,000. Males had a median income of $26,793 versus $18,594 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,804. About 8.7% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.0% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.

References

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.
1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Lunenburg town, Essex County, Vermont". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
↑ "Profile for Lunenburg, Vermont". ePodunk. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
↑ "4. The Mountain. Frost, Robert. 1915. North of Boston". www.bartleby.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Essex County, Vermont, United States
Shire town: Guildhall
Towns	Averill‡ Bloomfield Brighton Brunswick Canaan Concord East Haven Ferdinand‡ Granby Guildhall Lemington Lewis‡ Lunenburg Maidstone Norton Victory
CDPs	Beecher Falls Canaan Concord Island Pond
Grants and gores	Avery's Gore Warner's Grant Warren's Gore
Other communities	Gilman North Concord
Footnotes	‡ Unorganized

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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