Stamford is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Bennington County
Bennington County is a county in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,347. The shire towns (county seats) are jointly Bennington ("The Southshire") and Manchester ("The Northshire"), and the largest municipal ...
,
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
, United States. The population was 861 at the
2020 census.
Geography
Stamford is located near the southwestern corner of Vermont, on the
state line. To the south of Stamford lie the towns of
Clarksburg and
Florida, Massachusetts
Florida is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is home to the east portal of the Hoosac Tunnel, as well as Whitcomb Summit (elevation ), the highe ...
. Stamford is also bordered by the Vermont towns of
Pownal to the west,
Readsboro to the east, and
Woodford Woodford may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Woodford, New South Wales
*Woodford, Queensland, a town in the Moreton Bay Region
*Woodford, Victoria
Canada
* Woodford, Ontario
England
*Woodford, Cornwall
* Woodford, Gloucestershire
*Woodford, Greate ...
to the north. The
village of Stamford is in the southern part of town, in the valley of the North Branch of the
Hoosic River
The Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick (primarily in New York) and the Hoosuck (mostly archaic), is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed October 3, 2011 tri ...
.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.29%, is water.
Two state-maintained routes share a concurrency through Stamford:
Vermont Route 8
Route 8 (VT 8) is a state highway within Vermont. The highway runs from the Massachusetts state line in Stamford, where it continues south as Massachusetts Route 8, to VT 9 in Searsburg. VT 8 connects the southeastern Bennington C ...
and
Vermont Route 100
Vermont Route 100 (VT 100) is a north–south state highway in Vermont in the United States. Running through the center of the state, it travels nearly the entire length of Vermont and is long. VT 100 is the state's longest numbere ...
. They are the only state highways through town, and the concurrency has its southern terminus at the Massachusetts state line.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 813 people, 313 households, and 235 families residing in the town. The
population density
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was 20.6 people per square mile (7.9/km
2). There were 387 housing units at an average density of 9.8 per square mile (3.8/km
2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.52%
White
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, 0.25%
Native American, 0.37%
Asian
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, and 0.86% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 0.25% of the population.
There were 313 households, out of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.8% were
married couples
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living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.9% were non-families. 16.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 2.96.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.5% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $48,988, and the median income for a family was $49,345. Males had a median income of $39,196 versus $24,375 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the town was $19,575. About 2.4% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over.
Notable people
*
Stephen C. Millard
Stephen Columbus Millard (January 14, 1841 – June 21, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Stamford, Vermont, Millard attended Powers Institute and graduated from Williams College in 1865. He attended Harvard Law School. He ...
(1841–1914), U.S. congressman from
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
*
Ezra Miller
Ezra Matthew Miller (born September 30, 1992) is an American actor. Their feature film debut was in '' Afterschool'' (2008), which they followed by starring in the drama '' We Need to Talk About Kevin'' (2011) and '' The Perks of Being a Wallf ...
(1992–), actor
References
External links
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Towns in Vermont
Towns in Bennington County, Vermont