Hartford, Vermont
Town

Location in Windsor County and the state of Vermont.
Hartford, Vermont Location in the United States
Coordinates: 43°39′54″N 72°22′18″W / 43.66500°N 72.37167°W / 43.66500; -72.37167
Country	United States
State	Vermont
County	Windsor
Chartered	1761^[1]
Area
• Total	45.9 sq mi (118.9 km²)
• Land	45.0 sq mi (116.5 km²)
• Water	0.9 sq mi (2.3 km²)
Elevation	761 ft (232 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	10,686
• Density	230/sq mi (90/km²)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code	05047
Area code	802
FIPS code	50-32275^[2]
GNIS feature ID	1462116^[3]
Website	www.hartford-vt.org

Hartford is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. It is on the New Hampshire border, at the intersection of Interstates 89 and 91. It is the site of the confluence of the White and Connecticut rivers; the Ottauquechee River also flows through the town.^[4] The town is composed of five unincorporated villages: Hartford, Quechee, West Hartford, White River Junction and Wilder. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,686.^[5]

History

The community was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire in 1761,^[1] and is named for Hartford, Connecticut.^[6]^[7]

On February 5, 1887, Hartford became the site of what remains Vermont's worst railway disaster when a Vermont Central Railroad train struck a broken rail on a bridge west of town. The ensuing derailment threw the train to the frozen river below, killing 37 and injuring 50.^[8]

Geography

The town of Hartford is located at 43°39′52″N 72°23′12″W / 43.66444°N 72.38667°W / 43.66444; -72.38667 (43.66444, −72.38667).^[9]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 45.9 square miles (118.9 km²), of which 45.0 square miles (116.5 km²) is land and 0.89 square miles (2.3 km²), or 1.93%, is water.^[10] The Appalachian Trail crosses the northwest corner of the town, passing through West Hartford.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	988	—
1800	1,494	51.2%
1810	1,881	25.9%
1820	2,010	6.9%
1830	2,044	1.7%
1840	2,194	7.3%
1850	2,159	−1.6%
1860	2,396	11.0%
1870	2,480	3.5%
1880	2,954	19.1%
1890	3,740	26.6%
1900	3,817	2.1%
1910	4,197	10.0%
1920	4,739	12.9%
1930	4,888	3.1%
1940	4,978	1.8%
1950	5,827	17.1%
1960	6,355	9.1%
1970	6,477	1.9%
1980	7,963	22.9%
1990	9,404	18.1%
2000	10,367	10.2%
2010	9,952	−4.0%
2020	10,686	7.4%
U.S. Decennial Census^[11]

At the 2000 census there were 10,367 people in 4,509 households, including 2,800 families, in the town. The population density was 229.6 people per square mile (88.7/km²). There were 5,493 housing units at an average density of 121.7 per square mile (47.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.02% White, 0.55% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.88% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 1.05% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.85%.^[2]

Of the 4,509 households 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.9% were non-families. 30.6% of households were one person and 10.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.86.

The age distribution was 23.4% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.

The median household income was $42,990 and the median family income was $51,286. Males had a median income of $35,969 versus $27,073 for females. The per capita income for the town was $22,792. About 5.3% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.8% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

John L. Bacon, Chelsea and Hartford banker and Vermont State Treasurer^[12]
Marion L. Bugbee, physician, suffragist, hospital administrator
Daniel A. Dickinson, Minnesota Supreme Court justice^[13]
Albert R. Hall, Minnesota and Wisconsin politician^[14]
Phillips Lord, radio producer and motion picture actor^[15]
Frank G. Mahady, Vermont attorney and judge who served on the Vermont Supreme Court^[16]
Samuel E. Pingree, 40th Governor of Vermont
Charles W. Porter, Secretary of State of Vermont^[17]
William Strong, U.S. congressman^[18]
Andrew Tracy (1797–1868), U.S. congressman^[19]
Joseph Tracy, leading figure in the American Colonization Society
Horace Wells, dentist and pioneering anesthesiologist

References

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Places adjacent to Hartford, Vermont

Hartford, Vermont

Municipalities and communities of Windsor County, Vermont, United States

Municipalities and communities of Windsor County, Vermont, United States
Shire town: Woodstock
Towns	Andover Baltimore Barnard Bethel Bridgewater Cavendish Chester Hartford Hartland Ludlow Norwich Plymouth Pomfret Reading Rochester Royalton Sharon Springfield Stockbridge Weathersfield West Windsor Weston Windsor Woodstock	Map of Vermont highlighting Windsor County
Villages	Ludlow Perkinsville Woodstock
CDPs	Ascutney Bethel Cavendish Chester Hartford Village Hartland North Hartland North Springfield Norwich Proctorsville Quechee Rochester South Royalton South Woodstock Springfield West Woodstock Weston White River Junction Wilder Windsor
Other communities	Brownsville Felchville Gaysville Hartland Four Corners Lewiston North Pomfret Plymouth Notch Weathersfield Bow West Hartford
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Connecticut River watershed

Tributaries

Connecticut	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Salmon River Scantic River
Massachusetts	Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Connecticut River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Farmington River Fall River Five Mile River Green River Hubbard River Manhan River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mirey Brook North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Otter River Quaboag River Scantic River Seven Mile River Tarbell Brook Ware River Westfield River
New Hampshire	Ammonoosuc River Ashuelot River Blow-me-down Brook The Branch Cold River Connecticut River East Branch Mohawk River Gale River Great Brook Halls Stream Ham Branch Indian River Indian Stream Israel River Johns River Knox River Little River Little Sugar River Mascoma River Millers River Mink Brook Mirey Brook Mohawk River Nash Stream North Branch Gale River North Branch Millers River North Branch Sugar River North Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Oliverian Brook Otter Brook Partridge Brook Perry Stream Phillips Brook Simms Stream South Branch Ashuelot River South Branch Gale River South Branch Israel River South Branch Sugar River Stocker Brook Sugar River Tarbell Brook Upper Ammonoosuc River West Branch Mohawk River West Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Wild Ammonoosuc River Zealand River
Vermont	Black River Connecticut River Deerfield River Fall River Green River Halls Stream Leach Creek Moose River Nulhegan River Ompompanoosuc River Ottauquechee River Passumpsic River Rock River Saxtons River Utley Brook Waits River Wells River West River Whetstone Brook White River Williams River Winhall River

Lakes

Connecticut	Barkhamsted Reservoir Lake Beseck Lake Hayward Lake Pocotopaug
Massachusetts	Brooks Pond Browning Pond Lake Monomonac Quabbin Reservoir Lake Wyola
New Hampshire	Ashuelot Pond Back Lake Canaan Street Lake Cedar Pond Christine Lake Comerford Reservoir Connecticut Lakes Crystal Lake Dublin Pond Eastman Pond Echo Lake Lake Francis (Murphy Dam) Goose Pond Grafton Pond Granite Lake Lakes of the Clouds Little Sunapee Lake Mascoma Lake McIndoes Reservoir Lake Monomonac Moore Reservoir Pearly Lake Silver Lake Spofford Lake Lake Sunapee Surry Mountain Lake Lake Tarleton
Vermont	Ball Mountain Lake Comerford Reservoir Harriman Reservoir Harvey's Lake McIndoes Reservoir Moore Reservoir North Hartland Lake Lake Rescue Townshend Lake

Towns

Connecticut	Chester Cromwell Deep River East Haddam East Hampton East Hartford East Windsor Enfield Essex Glastonbury Haddam Hartford Higganum Lyme Middletown Moodus Old Lyme Old Saybrook Portland Rocky Hill South Windsor Suffield Thompsonville Wethersfield Windsor Windsor Locks
Massachusetts	Agawam Chicopee Deerfield Easthampton Gill Greenfield Hadley Hatfield Holyoke Longmeadow Millers Falls Montague Northampton Northfield South Hadley Springfield Sunderland Turners Falls West Springfield Whately
New Hampshire	Bath Charlestown Chesterfield Claremont Clarksville Colebrook Columbia Cornish Dalton Groveton Hanover Haverhill Hinsdale Lancaster Lebanon Littleton Lyme Monroe Northumberland Orford Piermont Pittsburg Plainfield Stewartstown Stratford Walpole West Lebanon Westmoreland Woodsville
Quebec	East Hereford
Vermont	Ascutney Barnet Beecher Falls Bellows Falls Bloomfield Bradford Brattleboro Brunswick Canaan Concord Dummerston Fairlee Gilman Guildhall Hartford Hartland Lemington Lunenburg Maidstone Newbury Norwich Putney Rockingham Ryegate Springfield Thetford Vernon Waterford Weathersfield Wells River Westminster White River Junction Wilder Windsor

Crossings

Authority control databases

Hartford, Vermont
Communities	Hartford Village Quechee White River Junction Historic District Wilder
Education	Hartford School District Mid Vermont Christian School
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International	VIAF
National	Israel United States