Editing Bolton, Vermont

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|official_name            = Bolton, Vermont
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Chittenden County, Vermont|Chittenden]]
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|parts                    = [[Bolton (CDP), Vermont|Bolton]]<br/>[[Bolton Valley]]<br/>West&nbsp;Bolton

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|population_total         = 1301
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|postal_code              = 05465 ([[Jericho, Vermont|Jericho]])<br />05466 ([[Jonesville, Vermont|Jonesville]])<br />05477 ([[Bolton Valley]])<br/>05676 ([[Waterbury, Vermont|Waterbury]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 802|802]]
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|blank_info               = 50-06550<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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'''Bolton''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Chittenden County, Vermont|Chittenden County]], [[Vermont]], United States. The population was 1,301 at the time of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5000706550| title=Census - Geography Profile: Bolton town, Chittenden County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=December 28, 2021}}</ref> The town is home to [[Bolton Valley]], a popular ski resort.

The main road passing through the town is [[U.S. Route 2 in Vermont|U.S. Route 2]], which follows the north bank of the [[Winooski River]]. [[Interstate 89#Vermont|Interstate 89]] also passes through the town, parallel to Route 2, but does not have an interchange there.

==Geography==
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Bolton is located in eastern Chittenden County, bordered to the east by [[Washington County, Vermont|Washington County]]. The main crest of the [[Green Mountains]] runs north to south through the eastern part of the town, and the [[Winooski River]], running east to west, cuts through the mountains south of the center of the town. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|110.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|109.4|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.7|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 0.65%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US5000706550| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Bolton town, Chittenden County, Vermont| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=August 11, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213135422/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US5000706550| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

The town is predominantly rural. There are four principal settlements:
* [[Bolton (CDP), Vermont|Bolton proper]] is in the Winooski River valley, on the north side of the river.
* West Bolton is in the northwestern corner of the town, and is accessed primarily from the adjacent town of [[Jericho, Vermont|Jericho]].
* A thin strip of land, known as "the back side of the river", is located south of the Winooski River. The only road access is through the neighboring towns of [[Richmond, Vermont|Richmond]] and [[Duxbury, Vermont|Duxbury]].
* A small number of year-round residents live near the [[Bolton Valley]] ski area in the northeastern part of the town.

The [[Long Trail]] passes through Bolton on its way from [[Camel's Hump]] to [[Mount Mansfield]].

==Schools==

Bolton has its own elementary school (Pre-K to 4th grade).  The Ellen P. Smilie Memorial School's benefactor was Ellen Pinneo, born in 1849 in Pinneo Flats in Bolton. She attended the Pinneo Flats School, which was later destroyed by the flood of 1927. Ellen married Melville Smilie and moved to Montpelier where she lived for many years until her death on December 17, 1933. After the flood of 1927 washed away her old schoolhouse, she donated $1000 toward the rebuilding of another school on Pinneo Flats. In her will, she bequeathed a sum of money to the Memorial School.  When I-89 was constructed through Bolton and cut off access to the Memorial School, it was demolished and in 1960 part of the present school was erected. In September 1999, a large addition was completed adding five new classrooms and a large gym to the existing building. A final gift was made that made it possible to enlarge the library facility and increase the number of books. The school is exceptional with a strong partnership with Smilie families and Townspeople{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}.

On November 4, 2014, the communities of Bolton, Jericho, Richmond, Underhill ID and Underhill Town voted to form the [[Mount Mansfield Modified Union School District]], also known as the MMMUSD. This new school district serves and governs the current town school districts of Bolton (Smilie Memorial School), Jericho (Jericho Elementary), Richmond (Richmond Elementary), Underhill ID School District (Underhill ID Elementary), Underhill Town (Underhill Central School), Mt Mansfield Union School District (Browns River Middle, Camels Hump Middle and Mt. Mansfield Union High Schools) in grades Pre-K through 12 and Huntington students grades 5–12.<ref>Chittenden East Supervisory Union, http://www.cesu.k12.vt.us/</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 88
|1800= 219
|1810= 249
|1820= 306
|1830= 452
|1840= 470
|1850= 602
|1860= 645
|1870= 711
|1880= 674
|1890= 547
|1900= 486
|1910= 469
|1920= 390
|1930= 325
|1940= 287
|1950= 301
|1960= 237
|1970= 427
|1980= 715
|1990= 971
|2000= 971
|2010= 1182
|2020= 1301
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=U.S. Decennial Census |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=May 16, 2015 }}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 971 people, 368 households, and 260 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 22.9 people per square mile (8.8/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 412 housing units at an average density of 9.7 per square mile (3.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 98.15% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.10% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.41% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.21% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.93% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.31% of the population.

There were 368 households, of which 40.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 19.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.09.

The median income for a household in the town was $49,625, and the median income for a family was $55,486. Men had a median income of $39,375 versus $28,958 for women. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $24,256. About 3.6% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.7% of those under age 18 and 1.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==

* [[Alison Bechdel]], cartoonist

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://boltonvt.com Town of Bolton official website]

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