Woodstock, Vermont
Woodstock, Vermont Location in Windsor County and the state of Vermont.
Location in Windsor County and the state of Vermont.
Woodstock, Vermont is positioned in the US Woodstock, Vermont - Woodstock, Vermont Woodstock is the shire town (county seat) of Windsor County, Vermont, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the town populace was 3,048. It contains the villages of South Woodstock, Taftsville, and Woodstock.
Chartered by New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth on July 10, 1761, the town was a New Hampshire grant to David Page and 61 others.
The town was first settled in 1768 by James Sanderson and his family. In 1776, Major Joab Hoisington assembled a gristmill, followed by a sawmill, on the south branch of the Ottauquechee River. The town was incorporated in 1837. By 1859, the populace was 3,041. The Woodstock Railroad opened to White River Junction on September 29, 1875, carrying freight and tourists.
Woodstock has the 20th highest per-capita income of Vermont suburbs as announced by the United States Census, and a high percentage of homes owned by non-residents.
The cost of real estate in the precinct adjoining the Green is among the highest in the state. The cyclic existence of wealthy second-home owners from metros/cities such as Boston and New York has contributed to the town's economic vitality and livelihood, while at the same time diminished its accessibility to indigenous Vermonters. The town maintains a no-charge (paid for through taxation) improve wi-fi internet service that covers most of the village of Woodstock, dubbed "Wireless Woodstock". Rybczynsk points out that there is no zoning in Woodstock, and "buildings with different functions sat and still sit today side by side on the same streets", with practical exceptions such as the slaughterhouse and the gasworks. They helped preserve the 19th century architecture and the non-urban feel. They assembled the Woodstock Inn, a center point for the town.
To protect their ridgeline views, the town adopted an ordinance creating a Scenic Ridgeline District in order to protect the beautifuls and the views of the town.
Woodstock was titled "The Prettiest Small Town in America" by the Ladies Home Journal magazine, and in 2011, North and South Park Street and one block of Elm Street won an award for great streetscape by the American Planning Association's "Great Places in America" program.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 44.6 square miles (115.6 km2), of which 44.4 square miles (114.9 km2) is territory and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km2), or 0.63%, is water. The Ottauquechee River flows through the town. Route 4, Vermont Route 12 and Vermont Route 106.
Woodstock is a three-hour drive from Boston and is 250 miles (400 km) away from New York City.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Woodstock has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. In the town, the populace was spread out with 20.7% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 31.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is positioned in Woodstock, and is the only unit of the United States National Park System in Vermont (except for the Appalachian Trail).
Woodstock is served by Woodstock Elementary School and Woodstock Union High School & Middle School.
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