Pittsfield, Vermont Pittsfield, Vermont Pittsfield, Vermont Pittsfield, Vermont Pittsfield is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States.
The populace was 546 at the 2010 census. It is site of the annual Pittsfield Snowshoe Race.
Pittsfield was titled after Pittsfield, Massachusetts, which itself had been titled in honor of William Pitt.
The town proved suitable for grazing livestock because of its mountainous terrain. Indeed, in the 19th-century, humorists attributed the invention of the one-legged milking stool to Pittsfield, "...as a means of conquering a stern difficulty." Pittfield was one of thirteen Vermont suburbs isolated by flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 20.0 square miles (52 km2), all land.
The town is crossed by Vermont Route 100.
As of the census of 2000, there were 427 citizens , 190 homeholds, and 120 families living in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 98.36% White, 0.23% Asian, and 1.41% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 19.9% under the age of 18, 3.5% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 30.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $41,667, and the median income for a family was $47,000.
The per capita income for the town was $21,837.
About 1.6% of families and 4.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.
In August 2011, Pittsfield turn into known as one of the most isolated Vermont suburbs when Tropical Storm Irene finished parts of Vermont Route 100 between Killington and Bethel, preventing vehicle travel in and out of the town for weeks.
As with so many other suburbs in the area, the geography of this small village has changed decidedly ; this flood has been compared to the Great Vermont Flood of 1927.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Pittsfield town, Vermont".
Floodwaters From Storm Isolate 13 Vermont Towns, The New York Times "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
Town of Pittsfield official website Pittsfield Snowshoe Race Virtual Vermont -- Pittsfield, Vermont Municipalities and communities of Rutland County, Vermont, United States Shire town: Rutland Benson Brandon Castleton Chittenden Clarendon Danby Fair Haven Hubbardton Ira Killington Mendon Middletown Springs Mount Holly Mount Tabor Pawlet Pittsfield Pittsford Poultney Proctor Rutland Shrewsbury Sudbury Tinmouth Wallingford Wells West Haven West Rutland
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