Poultney is a village in
Rutland CountyRutland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2005, the population was 63,743 . Its shire town is Rutland.-Geography:...
of the
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of
VermontThe State of Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area. It has a population of 621,270, making it the second least-populated state...
. The village is entirely within the
Town of PoultneyPoultney is a town in Rutland County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Vermont. New York state is on its western border. Castleton, Vermont is on its northern border. Poultney is home to Green Mountain College, a private liberal arts college with about 820 students. The Village of...
. The population was 1,575 at the 2000 census. Poultney is home to
Green Mountain CollegeGreen Mountain College is a coeducational private environmental liberal arts college located in Poultney, Vermont, in the USA.Vermont's Environmental Liberal Arts College, Green Mountain is located in the Vermont countryside, at the foot of the Taconic Mountains between the Green Mountains and...
.
According to the
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, the village has a total area of 0.6
square mileThe square mile is an imperial and US unit of measure for an area equal to the area of a square of one statute mile.
s (1.7 km²), all of it land.
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 1,575 people, 524 households, and 290 families residing in the village. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 2,424.6 people per square mile (935.6/km²).
Poultney is a village in
Rutland CountyRutland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2005, the population was 63,743 . Its shire town is Rutland.-Geography:...
of the
U.S. stateA U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile...
of
VermontThe State of Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area. It has a population of 621,270, making it the second least-populated state...
. The village is entirely within the
Town of PoultneyPoultney is a town in Rutland County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Vermont. New York state is on its western border. Castleton, Vermont is on its northern border. Poultney is home to Green Mountain College, a private liberal arts college with about 820 students. The Village of...
. The population was 1,575 at the 2000 census. Poultney is home to
Green Mountain CollegeGreen Mountain College is a coeducational private environmental liberal arts college located in Poultney, Vermont, in the USA.Vermont's Environmental Liberal Arts College, Green Mountain is located in the Vermont countryside, at the foot of the Taconic Mountains between the Green Mountains and...
.
Geography
According to the
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, the village has a total area of 0.6
square mileThe square mile is an imperial and US unit of measure for an area equal to the area of a square of one statute mile.
s (1.7 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 1,575 people, 524 households, and 290 families residing in the village. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 2,424.6 people per square mile (935.6/km²). There were 573 housing units at an average density of 882.1/sq mi (340.4/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 95.62% White, 1.21% Black or
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, 0.32% Native American, 1.78% Asian, 0.19% from
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, and 0.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.70% of the population.
There were 524 households out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were
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living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.5% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the village the population was spread out with 17.0% under the age of 18, 34.4% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 14.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $27,143, and the median income for a family was $37,857. Males had a median income of $30,074 versus $24,063 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the village was $13,114. About 11.9% of families and 15.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.3% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.
Notable residents
- Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, and a politician...
, newspaper editor, reformer and politician.
- George Jones
George Jones was an American journalist who co-founded with Henry Jarvis Raymond the New-York Daily Times, now the New York Times, publishing its first issue on September 18, 1851....
, cofounder of the New York Times.
- Oliver Cowdery
Oliver Hervy Pliny Cowdery was the primary participant with Joseph Smith, Jr. in the formative period of the Latter Day Saint movement from 1829 through 1836. He was one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon's golden plates and with Smith was one of the first Latter Day Saint apostles...
, early leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and associate of Joseph Smith, Jr.Joseph Smith, Jr. was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, and an important religious and political figure during the 1830s and 1840s...