Salisbury, Vermont
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Salisbury is a
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in
Addison County, Vermont Addison County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 37,363. Its shire town (county seat) is the town of Middlebury (town), Vermont, Middle ...
, United States. The population was 1,221 at the 2020 census.


History

Salisbury was chartered on November 3, 1761, as one of the
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issued by
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. The town may have been named after
Salisbury, Connecticut Salisbury () is a New England town, town situated in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The town is the northwesternmost in the state of Connecticut; the Connecticut-Massachusetts-New York tri-state marker is located at the northwest ...
(which was named after
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,
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), or for James Cecil, 6th Earl of Salisbury.


Geography

Salisbury is located in southern Addison County along the western edge of the
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and the eastern edge of the
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. U.S. Route 7 passes through the town leading north to Middlebury and south to Brandon and
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. The northern half of Lake Dunmore is in the eastern part of the town, and is the site of Branbury State Park. According to the
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, Salisbury has a total area of of which is land and , or 3.81%, is water.


Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,090 people, 423 households, and 302 families residing in the town. The population density was 37.4 people per square mile (14.4/km2). There were 628 housing units at an average density of 21.5 per square mile (8.3/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.17%
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, 0.09% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.18% from other races, and 1.28% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 0.28% of the population. There were 423 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.96. In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 25.6% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males. The median income for a household in the town was $39,500, and the median income for a family was $45,455. Males had a median income of $27,107 versus $21,827 for females. The
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for the town was $19,306. About 5.1% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the
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, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 2.5% of those age 65 or over.


Parks and recreation

Branbury State Park, a park on the shore of Lake Dunmore, is located in Salisbury. The park has of natural sandy beach, hiking trails, waterfalls, caves and camping areas. The park originally operated as a farm and then a summer boys' camp before being named a state park in 1945.


Notable people

* Ebenezer N. Briggs, speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate * Thomas Davenport, inventor * Henry Olin,
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from
Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...
and sixth Lieutenant Governor of Vermont * John Prout, Justice of the
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* Ann Story, local Revolutionary War heroine and early town settler * Wilbur F. Storey, 19th Century editor and publisher, owned ''
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'' and ''
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'' * John E. Weeks, governor of Vermont, born in Salisbury


Climate

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the
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system, Salisbury has a
humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...
, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Salisbury, Vermont
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Notes


References


External links


Town of Salisbury official website





ePodunk: Profile for Salisbury Vermont


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