Brookfield, Vermont
Brookfield, Vermont | ||
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Town | ||
FIPS code 50-09325[1] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 1462054[2] | |
Website | brookfieldvt.org |
Brookfield is a town in
The town's modest village center is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Brookfield Village Historic District.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 41.7 square miles (107.9 km2), of which 41.4 square miles (107.2 km2) is land and 0.3 square mile (0.7 km2) (0.65%) is water.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1790 | 419 | — | |
1800 | 988 | 135.8% | |
1810 | 1,384 | 40.1% | |
1820 | 1,507 | 8.9% | |
1830 | 1,677 | 11.3% | |
1840 | 1,789 | 6.7% | |
1850 | 1,672 | −6.5% | |
1860 | 1,521 | −9.0% | |
1870 | 1,269 | −16.6% | |
1880 | 1,239 | −2.4% | |
1890 | 996 | −19.6% | |
1900 | 996 | 0.0% | |
1910 | 1,008 | 1.2% | |
1920 | 860 | −14.7% | |
1930 | 761 | −11.5% | |
1940 | 808 | 6.2% | |
1950 | 762 | −5.7% | |
1960 | 597 | −21.7% | |
1970 | 606 | 1.5% | |
1980 | 959 | 58.3% | |
1990 | 1,089 | 13.6% | |
2000 | 1,222 | 12.2% | |
2010 | 1,292 | 5.7% | |
2020 | 1,244 | −3.7% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[4] |
As of the
There were 475 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.3% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.1% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 30.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $45,515, and the median income for a family was $51,071. Males had a median income of $34,464 versus $24,258 for females. The
Notable people
- Donald M. Hooper, Secretary of State of Vermont[5]
- Jay Hooper, member of the Vermont House of Representatives[6]
- Ben Jickling, member of the Vermont House of Representatives[6]
- George Washington Morse, Seventh-day Adventist Pioneer[7]
- Cassius Peck, Union Army recipient of the Medal of Honor, member of the Vermont Senate and Vermont House of Representatives[8]
- Myron W. Reed (1836–1899), Congregationalist minister and political activist[9]
- Orange Scott (1800 - 1847), Methodist reformer and abolitionist
- Edward Koren, (1935 - April 14, 2023) Cartoonist, writer, illustrator
References
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Brookfield town, Orange County, Vermont". Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ^ *"Biography, Donald M. Hooper" (PDF). Vermont State Archives. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ a b Freese, Alicia (November 30, 2016). "In With the New: Two College-to-Statehouse Reps Prepare to Serve". Seven Days. Burlington, VT.
- ^ Gomide, Jonathan (2020). Morse, George Washington (1816–1909) (PDF). Silver Spring , MD: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. p. 1.
- ^ Carleton, Hiram (1903). Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont. New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company. p. 272 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Myron W. Reed is Dead," Chicago Chronicle, Jan. 31, 1899, unspecified page. Copy preserved in The Papers of Eugene V. Debs, 1834-1945 microfilm edition, reel 9.
External links
- Media related to Brookfield, Vermont at Wikimedia Commons
- http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/brookfield.html
- http://www.travel-vermont.net/2008/05/brookfield-and-its-floating-bridge/