Morrisville, Vermont | |
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Coordinates: 44°33′35″N72°35′50″W / 44.55972°N 72.59722°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Vermont |
County | Lamoille |
Town | Morristown |
Area | |
• Total | 2.02 sq mi (5.24 km2) |
• Land | 1.96 sq mi (5.06 km2) |
• Water | 0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2) |
Elevation | 679 ft (207 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,086 |
• Density | 1,000/sq mi (400/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP Codes | 05657, 05661 |
Area code | 802 |
FIPS code | 50-46825 [2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1458547 |
Morrisville is a village in the town of Morristown, Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 2,086. [2] Morrisville has two country clubs, a hospital, a school featuring Greek architecture and an airport. Morrisville is the headquarters for Union Bank.
Morrisville was settled in 1798. The Morrisville Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The hospital and one of the country clubs are named after Alexander Copley, a philanthropist who donated much of the money for their construction. Copley also donated a large sum of money for the construction of the town's high school that is currently called Peoples Academy.[ citation needed ]
Morrisville is in the northeastern part of the town of Morristown, slightly southeast of the center of Lamoille County. The village is on both sides of the Lamoille River, with the village center on the south side. It is 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Hyde Park, the county seat, 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Hardwick, and 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Stowe.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Morrisville has a total area of 2.02 square miles (5.24 km2), of which 1.95 square miles (5.06 km2) are land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km2), or 3.42%, are water. [1]
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 Köppen Climate Classification system, Morrisville has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. [3]
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1900 | 1,262 | — | |
1910 | 1,445 | 14.5% | |
1920 | 1,707 | 18.1% | |
1930 | 1,822 | 6.7% | |
1940 | 1,967 | 8.0% | |
1950 | 1,995 | 1.4% | |
1960 | 2,047 | 2.6% | |
1970 | 2,116 | 3.4% | |
1980 | 2,074 | −2.0% | |
1990 | 1,984 | −4.3% | |
2000 | 2,009 | 1.3% | |
2010 | 1,958 | −2.5% | |
2020 | 2,086 | 6.5% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [2] |
As of the census [2] of 2020, the population was 2,086 with 898 households. There were 1,123 housing units.
The Vermont Wild of the Federal Hockey League played out of Morrisville's Green Mountain Arena in the 2011-12 season, but they suspended operations after approximately two weeks. The Wild were the first professional hockey team to play in Vermont.
The News and Citizen is a weekly newspaper published since 1881. It was purchased in 2015 by the owners of the Stowe Reporter, [5] who then created the Vermont Community Newspaper Group in January 2019. [6]
Lamoille County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,945, and it is the third-least populous county in Vermont. Its shire town is the town of Hyde Park, while Morristown is the county's largest town by population as well as its main commercial center. The county was created in 1835 from portions of Orleans, Franklin, Washington, and Chittenden Counties and organized the following year.
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Horace Henry Powers was an American lawyer, judge and politician. He was most notable for his service as an Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and a U.S. Representative from Vermont (1891-1901).
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George M. Powers was a Vermont attorney, politician, and judge. He was most notable for his service as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1904 to 1906, and again from 1909 to 1913, and chief justice from 1913 to 1915 and 1929 until his death.
Clifton G. Parker was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as Vermont Attorney General for three terms.
The News & Citizen is a weekly newspaper with a circulation of 13,500 based in Morrisville in the U.S. state of Vermont. It covers Lamoille County — the towns and villages of Morristown and Morrisville, Cambridge, Jeffersonville, Belvidere, Waterville, Johnson, Eden, Elmore, Hyde Park and Wolcott, plus Greensboro, Craftsbury and Hardwick, Vermont.
Vernon A. Bullard was a Vermont attorney and public official. He was notable for his service as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont from 1916 to 1923.