Royalton, Vermont

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Village of South Royalton, Vermont as seen from Interstate 89
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Village of South Royalton, Vermont

Royalton is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, and includes the villages of Royalton, South Royalton, and North Royalton. The town was originally chartered on 23 November, 1769, by King George III through the Royal Lieutenant Governor of New York. It was re-chartered by the Independent Republic of Vermont on 20 December, 1781. The population was 2,603 at the 2000 census. Vermont Law School, the state's only accredited law school, is located in South Royalton. ==Geography== The town is located in the heart of the Green Mountains, and the White River cuts through its center. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 106.0 km² (40.9 mi²). 104.7 km² (40.4 mi²) of it is land and 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it (1.25%) is water. ==Demographics== As of the census2 of 2000, there were 2,603 people, 1,155 households, and 622 families residing in the town. The population density was 24.9/km² (64.4/mi²). There were 1,281 housing units at an average density of 12.2/km² (31.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.20% White, 0.77% African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.77% Asian, and 0.85% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.88% of the population. There were 1,155 households out of which 26.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were couples living together and joined in either marriage or civil union, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.1% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.95. In the town the population was spread out with 22.3% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 35.5% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 102.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.7 males. The median income for a household in the town was $30,943, and the median income for a family was $42,898. Males had a median income of $29,708 versus $26,667 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,755. About 7.6% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.3% of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over. == Trivia ==*An image of South Royalton is used in the opening of the television show Gilmore Girls.*Known as a sightseeing town for many of the Mormon Faith, who trek to the birthplace of Mormon Church Founder, Joseph Smith.*The 1780 Royalton Raid was the last major British raid of the Revolutionary war in New England. ==Notable residents==*Charles Durkee, U.S. Senator for Wisconsin.*Truman Henry Safford, calculating prodigy.*Jacob Collamer, lawyer, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, 1833-1842, U. S. Congressman, 1843-1849, U. S. Postmaster General, 1849-1850, Vermont Circuit Court Judge, 1850-1854, U. S. Senator, 1855-1865.*Salmon P. Chase, jurist, politician and anti-slavery advocate, U. S. Senator from Ohio, 1849-1855, 1860-1861, Governor of Ohio, 1855-1859, U.S. Treasury Secretary, 1861-1864, Chief Justice of U. S. Supreme Court, 1864-1873, eponym of Chase Manhattan Bank.* Dudley Chase Denison, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, 1865-1869; U.S. Congressman, 1875 - 1879. [1]* Frederick Billings, American lawyer, financier, president of the Northern Pacific Railway, 1879-1881, philanthropist and eponym of Billings, Montana, Billings County, North Dakota and the World War II Liberty ship, S.S. Frederick Billings. [2]* Thomas Powers, author, intelligence expert, reporter, Pulitzer Prize recipient. ==External links==* Royalton Vermont Official Town Webite* Vermont Law School Website*Template:Geolinks-US-cityscale

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Constitüssiú | Vültüra | Zeograféa | Goernamét | Stòria | Imaz | Sitat | Villaz in Vermont

Capitala

Montpelier

Resú

Champlain Valley | Green Mountains | Mount Mansfield | Northeast Kingdom

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Addison | Bennington | Caledonia | Chittenden | Essex | Franklin | Grand Isle | Lamoille | Orange | Orleans | Rutland | Washington | Windham | Windsor

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Barre | Burlington | Montpelier | Newport | Rutland | South Burlington | St. Albans | Vergennes | Winooski

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