Montpelier, Vermont For other places titled Montpellier or Montpelier, see Montpelier .
Montpelier, Vermont Vermont State House, seat of the legislative branch of the state government Vermont State House, seat of the legislative branch of the state government Official seal of Montpelier, Vermont Location in Washington County and the state of Vermont Location in Washington County and the state of Vermont Montpelier is positioned in the US Montpelier - Montpelier State Vermont Montpelier /m nt pi li r/ is the capital town/city of the U.S.
State of Vermont and the seat of Washington County.
As the site of Vermont's state government, it is the least crowded state capital in the United States. The populace was 7,855 at the 2010 census.
However, the daytime populace swells to about 21,000, due to the large number of jobs inside town/city limits. The Vermont College of Fine Arts and New England Culinary Institute are positioned in the municipality.
Colonel Davis chose the name "Montpelier" after the French town/city of Montpellier. There was a general enthusiasm for things French as a result of the country's aid to the American colonies amid the Revolutionary War. The settlement interval quickly, and by 1791 the populace reached 117.
In 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette attended Montpelier on a triumphal tour of the United States, 50 years after the Revolutionary War.
The town advanced into a center for manufacturing, especially after the Central Vermont Railway opened in Montpelier on June 20, 1849 the same year East Montpelier was set off as a separate town.
The town had the first municipal water driven hydro fitness in Vermont in 1884.
Thousands turned out from the state to his hometown of Montpelier for the celebration. Winooski River at Montpelier Montpelier is positioned at 44 15 N 72 34 W (44.2500, 72.5667) in the north-central region of Vermont. The town/city center is a flat clay zone (elevation 520 ft/158 m), surrounded by hills and granite ledges.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.3 square miles (27 km2), of which 10.2 square miles (26 km2) is territory and 0.10% is water.
Montpelier is subject to periodic flooding in the flat town/city center, with two primary floods occurring 1927 and 1992. On its borders are the suburbs of Middlesex to the west, Berlin to the south, and East Montpelier to the north and east.
Montpelier lies near the geographic center of the state. Average annual snow flurry is 94.2 inches or 2.39 metres. Summers are warm and often humid, with 2 or 3 days above 90 F or 32.2 C, but rarely reaching 95 F or 35 C.
Climate data for Montpelier, Vermont Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 12.0 9.1 7.5 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 5.7 11.7 50.2 Along with Barre, the town/city forms a small micropolitan region in the center of the state; together they are known as the twin cities.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 21.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
Montpelier City Hall Montpelier's government maintains a town/city council, town/city manager, and mayor.
The council appoints the town/city manager who is the chief administrative officer of the city.
Since the city's establishment as capital in 1805, the major company in Montpelier has been government, and by the mid-19th century government and life and fire insurance.
Located in Montpelier are the New England Culinary Institute, the annual Green Mountain Film Festival and the command posts of a several insurance companies.
The Vermont History Museum, directed in The Pavilion by the Vermont Historical Society, is an attraction.
Montpelier High School Vermont College of Fine Arts is a low-residency graduate school offering Masters of Fine Arts degrees in visual arts, writing, and writing for kids and young grownups Main Street in downtown Montpelier Montpelier has turn into one of Vermont's most readily accessible metros/cities and towns, as Vermont's framers deliberately placed the capital near the geographic center of the state. Route 2 and north-south Vermont Route 12 are two other principal routes that intersect in Montpelier.
2 furnish a direct link to Burlington and the crowded Lake Champlain Valley in the northwestern corner of the state.
Route 302 has its end in Montpelier, connecting it with the close-by city of Barre and points east.
See also: Montpelier station (Vermont) Amtrak, the nationwide rail traveler system, provides everyday service from its station at Montpelier Junction in the neighboring town of Berlin, on the route known as the "Vermonter", operating between St.
Albans, Vermont and Washington, D.C.
The Green Mountain Transit Authority (GMTA) operates a small-town bus network throughout the micropolitan area, with stops in Montpelier and Barre, including close-by Waterbury, the Vermont State House, Ben & Jerry's factory, and the small-town Berlin Mall.
GMTA and its sister bus business in Burlington, the Chittenden County Transportation Authority (CCTA), operate a series of LINK commuter buses with stops in Montpelier, Burlington, Richmond, and Waterbury.
Knapp State Airport in Berlin to access Montpelier.
The Burlington International Airport in Chittenden County is the closest commercial air service, positioned 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Montpelier.
Two shared-use paths for strolling and bicycling connect to Montpelier: the Cross Vermont Trail and the Central Vermont Regional Path.
Montpelier's downtown is mostly compact and pedestrian-friendly, with sidewalks and crosswalks throughout the downtown area.
The Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League play at the Montpelier Recreation Field.
Main article: List of citizens from Montpelier, Vermont Vermont State House An annual small-town vernacular culture phenomenon, the Valentine Phantom, a tradition of covering downtown storefronts and enhance buildings with red hearts each February 14, began in Montpelier in the 1990s.
The town/city has three town/city nature centers.
Hubbard Park rises behind the state capitol building and extends along the ridge line towards the north past the pool to the stump dump. Accessible from Cummings Street off State Route 12, the North Branch River Park is the second-largest park in the city. The Mill Pond Park is positioned along State Route 12 roughly a 0.25 miles (0.40 km) from the cemetery and features boat access to the North Branch river, as well as benches and short-term parking. The North Branch Nature Center is positioned at the northern end of town and contains 17 acres (6.9 ha) of protected territory as well as a improve nature center.
A bridge from the North Branch Nature Center joins the territory to the North Branch River Park on the opposite side of the North Branch River. Montpelier City Hall Smallest capital town/city plans big MLK celebration.
A Study and Analysis of the Fiscal Impacts of Growth in the City of Montpelier Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Vermont (1996).
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Burlington, Vermont.
Montpelier's adjacency to the geographic center of the state was a principal deciding factor.
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