Peacham, Vermont
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Peacham is a town in Caledonia County
, Vermont
, United States
. The population was 665 at the 2000 census.
, the town has a total area of 47.7 square miles (123.5 km2), of which 46.7 square miles (121.1 km2) is land and 0.9 square mile (2.4 km2) (1.95%) is water.
of 2000, there were 665 people, 263 households, and 184 families residing in the town. The population density
was 14.2 people per square mile (5.5/km2). There were 503 housing units at an average density of 10.8 per square mile (4.2/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.65% White, 0.45% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.30% Asian, and 0.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.05% of the population.
There were 263 households out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were married couples
living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the town the population was spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 19.8% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $40,000, and the median income for a family was $50,938. Males had a median income of $43,393 versus $22,344 for females. The per capita income
for the town was $19,808. About 5.9% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.3% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.
Caledonia County, Vermont
Caledonia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2010, the population was 31,227. Its shire town is St. Johnsbury.The county was given the Latin name for Scotland, in honor of the many settlers who claimed ancestry there....
, Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 665 at the 2000 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of 47.7 square miles (123.5 km2), of which 46.7 square miles (121.1 km2) is land and 0.9 square mile (2.4 km2) (1.95%) is water.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 665 people, 263 households, and 184 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 14.2 people per square mile (5.5/km2). There were 503 housing units at an average density of 10.8 per square mile (4.2/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.65% White, 0.45% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.30% Asian, and 0.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.05% of the population.
There were 263 households out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the town the population was spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 19.8% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $40,000, and the median income for a family was $50,938. Males had a median income of $43,393 versus $22,344 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the town was $19,808. About 5.9% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.3% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.
Points of interest
- Ski-Tow Hill - Operational in the 1960s.
- Devil's Hill
- Widow Jennison Road
- Martin's Pond
- Martin's Pond Saw Mill (Location was on North side of access road. Spillway is still visible, but dry.)
- Peacham Pond
- Cemetery Hill, AKA Academy Hill
- Peacham Bog, a 748 acres (3 km²) bog
- Cow Hill (highest point in town)
- Elkin's Tavern (oldest structure)
- Bayley-Hazen Military Road
- Peacham Congregational Church
- The Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
Soldiers Monument with the names of 42 men from town who died in the war - Peacham Observatory
Schools
- Peacham Elementary
- The Stevens School of Peacham
- Peacham Academy
- Yellow School House
- Three Corners School House
- East Peacham School House
Films
- 1987 movie, A Return to Salem's LotA Return to Salem's LotA Return to Salem's Lot is a 1987 horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen.-Plot:Michael Moriarty plays an amoral anthropologist who has been lumbered with his dysfunctional adolescent son and who returns to Salem's Lot, the town of his birth, to find that it has been taken over by the undead...
- 1993 movie, "Ethan Frome"
- 1993 movie, "Where the Rivers Flow North"
- 1996 movie, The Spitfire GrillThe Spitfire GrillThe Spitfire Grill is a 1996 American motion picture that tells a story of a woman who was just released from prison and goes to work in a small-town café known as The Spitfire Grill. A central theme is redemption....
Notable people
- William ChamberlainWilliam Chamberlain (politician)William Chamberlain was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts and attended the common schools there. He moved with his father to Loudon, New Hampshire in 1774. He served as a sergeant during the American Revolutionary War and later engaged in land...
, congressman. - George HarveyGeorge Brinton McClellan HarveyGeorge Brinton McClellan Harvey was an American diplomat, journalist, author, administrator for electric rail construction and owner and editor of several newspapers, all positions that brought him great wealth....
, US Ambassador to Great Britain. - John MartinJohn Martin (businessman)John Martin of Peacham, Vermont was an American steamboat captain and businessman in Minneapolis, Minnesota involved in lumber and flour milling. In 1891, Martin led a merger of six mills to create Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company, at the time the world's second largest flour milling...
, steamboat captain and businessman. - John MattocksJohn MattocksJohn Mattocks was an American Whig politician.He was born in Hartford, Connecticut on March 4, 1777; moved with his parents to Tinmouth, Vermont, in 1778; pursued an academic course; studied law in Middlebury and Fairfield; was admitted to the bar in 1797 and commenced practice in Danville; moved...
, Whig politician and 16th governor of Vermont. - Samuel MerrillSamuel Merrill (Indiana)Samuel Merrill was an early leading citizen of the U.S. state of Indiana.-Biography:Samuel was born in 1792 in Peacham, Vermont, the second son of Jesse and Priscilla Merrill. He attended Dartmouth College for one year before moving to Pennsylvania to study law with his older brother James. In...
, early leading citizen of Indiana. - Thaddeus StevensThaddeus StevensThaddeus Stevens , of Pennsylvania, was a Republican leader and one of the most powerful members of the United States House of Representatives...
, abolitionist and politician. - Samuel WorcesterSamuel WorcesterSamuel Austin Worcester , was a missionary to the Cherokee, translator of the Bible, printer and defender of the Cherokee's sovereignty. He was a party in Worcester v...
, missionary to the Cherokee, plaintiff in Worcester v. GeorgiaWorcester v. GeorgiaWorcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 , was a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Indians from being present on Indian lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional.The...
. - Luis GuzmanLuis GuzmánLuis Guzmán is an actor from Puerto Rico. He is known for his character work. For much of his career, he has played roles largely as sidekicks, thugs, or policemen....
, Actor