Bennington, Vermont - Wikipedia. Bennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, in the United States.
It is one of two shire towns (county seats) of the county, the other being Manchester.[4][5] The population is 1. US Census estimates.[6] Bennington is the most populous town in southern Vermont, the third- largest town in Vermont (after Essex and Colchester) and the sixth- largest municipality in the state including the cities of Burlington, Rutland, and South Burlington in the count.
The town is home to the Bennington Battle Monument, which is the tallest human- made structure in the state of Vermont. The town has ready access to natural resources and waterpower, and a long history of manufacturing, primarily within wood processing. The town is also recognized nationally for its pottery, iron, and textiles. History[edit]First of the New Hampshire Grants, Bennington was chartered on January 3, 1. Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth and named in his honor. It was granted to William Williams and 6.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The town was first settled in 1. Watch Face Online Freeform. Hardwick and two from Amherst, Massachusetts.[7] They were led by Capt.
Samuel Robinson, who camped in the river valley on his return from the French and Indian War.[8]There are three historic districts within the town today: Old Bennington, Downtown Bennington and North Bennington. Of these, Old Bennington is the original settlement, dating back to 1. Congregational Separatists arrived from Connecticut and from Amherst and Hardwick, Massachusetts.
In the early 1. 80. Downtown Bennington started developing, and by 1.
Battle of Bennington[edit]. Battle of Bennington Heights, August 1. The town is known in particular for the Battle of Bennington, which took place during the Revolutionary War. Although the battle took place approximately 1. New York, an ammunition storage building located in Bennington was an important strategic target.
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On August 1. 6, 1. Gen. John Stark's 1,5. New Hampshire Militia defeated 8. German (Hessian) mercenaries, local Loyalists, Canadians and Indians under the command of German Lt.
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Col. Friedrich Baum. German reinforcements under the command of Lt. Col. Heinrich von Breymann looked set to reverse the outcome, but were prevented by the arrival of Seth Warner's Green Mountain Boys, the Vermont militia founded by Ethan Allen. In 1. 89. 1, the Bennington Battle Monument was opened.
The monument is a 3. Vermont. It is a popular tourist attraction. Geography[edit]Bennington is located in southwestern Bennington County at 4. N7. 3°1. 2′2. 9″W / 4. N 7. 3. 2. 08. 06°W / 4. To the west is New York State, Pownal, Vermont is to the south, Shaftsbury, Vermont is to the north and Woodford, Vermont is to the east. Due to its location in the southernmost portion of Vermont, it is geographically closer to the capital cities of Albany, Hartford, and Concord than it is to its own state capital, Montpelier.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4. Bennington is drained by the Walloomsac River and its tributaries, flowing to the Hoosic and then the Hudson River. The town is located along the western edge of the Green Mountains, including Bald Mountain, which occupies the northeastern edge of town. Its 2,8. 57- foot (8. Woodford.) In the southwest part of town is 2,3. Mount Anthony, part of the Taconic Range.
Climate[edit]Bennington experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen. Dfb) with cold, snowy winters and warm to hot, humid summers.
Snowfall can vary greatly from year to year. The town can experience snowfall as early as October and as late as April, and the surrounding high country can receive snow as late as May. Nor'easters often dump heavy snow and wind on the town during the winter, and accumulations of one foot of snow or greater are not uncommon when these storms move through the area. One such storm dumped very wet, heavy snow on October 4, 1. The storm resulted in many downed trees and power lines, due in part to that year's fall foliage still being intact.[1. Abundant sunshine, along with heavy showers and thunderstorms, are frequent during the summer months. Although tornadoes seldomly occur there, an F2 tornado did hit North Bennington on May 3.
The record high is 9. F (3. 7 °C), set in 1. The record low is −2. F (−3. 2 °C), set in 1.
July is typically the wettest month, and February is the driest. Bennington averages 6. Bennington lies in USDA plant hardiness zone 5a.[1. Climate data for Bennington, Vermont. Month. Jan. Feb. Mar.
Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov.
Dec. Year. Record high °F (°C)6. Average high °F (°C)3. Average low °F (°C)1. Record low °F (°C)−2. Average precipitation inches (mm)2.
Source #1: NWS Office, Albany NY [1. Source #2: The Weather Channel [1.
Demographics[edit]Historical population. Census. Pop.%±1. 79. Est. 2. 01. 41. 5,4. U. S. Decennial Census[1. As of the 2. 01. 0 US census,[1.
The population density was 3. There were 6,7. 63 housing units at an average density of 1. The ethnic/racial makeup of the town was 9. White, 1. 3% from two or more races, 1. Black, 0. 8% Asian, 0. Native American, and 0.
Pacific Islander. Latino of any race were 1. There were 6,2. 46 households out of which 2. The average household size was 2. In the town, the population was spread out with 2. The median age was 3. For every 1. 00 females there were 8.
For every 1. 00 females age 1. The median income for a household in the town was $3.
Males had a median income of $3. The per capita income for the town was $2. About 1. 4. 2% of families and 1. Government[edit]Bennington employs a representative town meeting form of local government, wherein an elected seven- member Select Board represents the town's citizens at large from two districts.[1. The Select Board is considered the "executive branch" of the town's government, which in turn hires and supervises a Town Manager. As of 2. 01. 3, the current town manager is Stuart A.
Hurd. The current Town Clerk is Cassandra J. Barbeau.[2. 0]Four representatives from Bennington's two voting districts currently represent the town in Montpelier. Bennington County is also represented by two state senators. Fire department[edit]The town is protected by both the Bennington Fire Department and the Bennington Rural Fire Department.
The current chief of the Bennington Fire Department is Jeff Vickers, and the current chief of the Bennington Rural Fire Department is Wayne Davis.[2. Bennington police car in downtown Bennington. The town is protected by the Bennington Police Department, which consists of 4.
West Town, Chicago - Wikipedia. West Town. Community area. Community Area 2. West Town. Intersection of Division Street, Ashland Avenue, and Milwaukee Avenue in West Town.
Location within the city of Chicago. Coordinates: 4. 1°5. N8. 7°4. 0. 8′W / 4. N 8. 7. 6. 80. 0°W / 4. Coordinates: 4. 1°5. N8. 7°4. 0. 8′W / 4.
N 8. 7. 6. 80. 0°W / 4. Country. United States. State. Illinois. County. Cook. City. Chicago. Neighborhoods. Area • Total.
Population (2. 01. Total. 85,5. 82 • Density. Demographics 2. 01. White. 56. 9. 7% • Black. Hispanic. 29. 3% • Asian. Other. 2. 1. 7%Time zone.
CST (UTC- 6) • Summer (DST)CDT (UTC- 5)ZIP Codesparts of 6. Median household income$6. Source: U. S. Census, Record Information Services.
West Town, located in Chicago, in the U. S. state of Illinois, northwest of the Loop, on Chicago's West Side is one of 7. Chicago community areas. Much of this area was historically part of the city's Polish Downtown, and its name may refer to Western Avenue, which was the city's western boundary at the time of West Town's settlement, but more likely was a convenient abstraction by the creators of Chicago's community areas. Then, as now, West Town was a collection of several distinct neighborhoods. The boundaries of the community area are the Chicago River to the east, the Union Pacific railroad tracks to the south, the former railroad tracks on Bloomingdale Avenue to the North, and an irregular western border to the west that includes the city park called Humboldt Park.
Humboldt Park is also the name of the community area to West Town's west, Logan Square is to the north, Near North Side to the east, and Near West Side to the south. Currently, as well as historically, the collection of neighborhoods in West Town along with the neighborhoods of Bucktown and the eastern portion of Logan Square have been referred to by media as the Near Northwest Side.[3][4] However, since the gentrification of West Town, media often refer to the area as solely the Northwest Side, most likely to separate it from the image of criminality in the West Side and downtown for the purposes of real estate gentrification tactics.[5]Neighborhoods[edit]Pulaski Park[edit]Pulaski Park is a neighborhood directly west of Goose Island and east of Wicker Park.
The generally accepted boundaries of Pulaski Park are Ashland (1. W) to the west, the Chicago River and Elston Avenue to the east, the Bloomingdale Line on the north, and Chicago (8. N) on the south (although some people extend the southern border only to Division Street). Pulaski Park derives its name from the historic park and fieldhouse that was designed by Jens Jensen between 1. The park and fieldhouse were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 1. It became an official Chicago Landmark on July 2.
The neighborhood borders on Polonia Triangle which was considered to be the center of Chicago's Polish Downtown, the city's oldest and most prominent Polish settlement, functioning as the capital of American Polonia.[9] Because of this, the headquarters of many major Polish organizations in the United States were found in Pulaski Park such as the Polish National Alliance, the Polish Daily News[1. Polish Women's Alliance. Pulaski Park is listed within "Polonia Triangle" as one of the 1.
The Labor Trail which chronicles Chicago's history of working class life and struggle.[1. The neighborhood is also home to two of Chicago's Polish Cathedrals: St.
Stanislaus Kostka and Holy Trinity Polish Mission. Pulaski Park was the area of West Town that served as Chicago Congressman Dan Rostenkowski's base of operations. The family still owns the building opposite St. Stanislaus Kostka church at 1. Evergreen from which he ran his operations. Although Pulaski Park has declined from its heady days as part of the city's Polish Downtown, the entire West Town area has undergone a renaissance as gentrification has transformed the area.[1. This area's higher population density gave it a more working- class population than Wicker Park.
As opposed to other areas of West Town, much of the original housing stock of Pulaski Park has not been torn down for new construction in recent years. Wicker Park[edit]Wicker Park is a Chicago neighborhood northwest of the Loop, south of Bucktown and west of Pulaski Park. Charles and Joel Wicker purchased 8. Milwaukee Avenue in 1.
The Great Chicago Fire of 1. Chicagoans looked to build new houses. Before the turn of the twentieth century, Germans and Scandinavians tended to live in the area's north and northwestern sections. Wicker Park became the abode of Chicago's wealthy Northern European immigrants.
The district proved especially popular with merchants, who built large mansions along the neighborhood's choicest streets—particularly on Hoyne and Pierce, just southwest of North & Damen, known then as Robey. Hoyne was known as "Beer Baron Row," as many of Chicago's wealthiest brewers built mansions there.[1. With the end of the 1. Polish Downtown and the area adjacent to the park which gave the neighborhood its name became known as "the Polish Gold Coast".[1. In the 1. 89. 0s and 1. Poland and the completion of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Lines greatly boosted the population density of West Town, especially in areas east of Wicker Park.
The area around Division, Milwaukee, and Ashland was once known as 'Kostkaville',[1. Polish Triangle" to this day. The provisional government of Poland met in Wicker Park during World War I. The near Northwest Side is home to many of the most opulent churches in the Archdiocese of Chicago, built in the so- called 'Polish Cathedral style'. Polish immigration into the area accelerated during and after World War II when as many as 1. Poles are estimated to have arrived between 1.
Displaced Persons (DPs).[1. Like the Ukrainians in neighboring Ukrainian Village, they clustered in established ethnic enclaves like this one that offered shops, restaurants, and banks where people spoke their language. Division Street was referred to as Polish Broadway.[1. Poet John Guzlowski whose parents first came to the area as DPs commented on growing up in the area in the 1. Pole", a place where the local store owners, priests, cops, trash men, teachers, librarians all either spoke Polish or had family that did.[1. Nelson Algren's literary output lionized the Division Street strip in his books such as "The Man With The Golden Arm" and "Never Come Morning" focusing on the stories of junkies, gamblers, hookers, and drunks in the Polish ghetto.[1.