Editing Bristol, Vermont

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name                   = Bristol, Vermont
| settlement_type                 = [[New England town|Town]]
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| image_skyline                   = File:Bristol VT.jpg
| imagesize                       = 250px
| image_caption                   = Main Street in Bristol in the fall
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| image_map                       = Addison County Vermont incorporated and unincorporated areas Bristol highlighted.svg
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| map_caption                     = Location in [[Addison County, Vermont|Addison County]] and the state of [[Vermont]].

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| subdivision_type                = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name                = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Vermont]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in Vermont|County]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Addison County, Vermont|Addison]]
| parts_type                      = Communities
| parts                           = [[Bristol (CDP), Vermont|Bristol]]<br />Rocky&nbsp;Dale

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| government_footnotes            = 
| leader_title                    = Town Administrator
| leader_name                     = Valerie Capels
| leader_title1                   = Selectboard Chair
| leader_name1                    = John "Peeker" Heffernan
| leader_title2                   = Selectboard
| leader_name2                    = Ian Albinson, Joel Bouvier, Michelle Perlee, Darla Senecal
| established_title               = Chartered
| established_date                = 1762
| established_title2              = Settled
| established_date2               = 1783
| established_title3              = Organized
| established_date3               = 1789

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| area_land_km2                   = 107.5
| area_water_km2                  = 1.7
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| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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| population_total                = 3782
| population_density_km2          = 35.2
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| elevation_m                     = 159
| elevation_ft                    = 522
| coordinates                     = {{coord|44|8|0|N|73|4|46|W|region:US-VT|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 05443
| area_code                       = [[Area code 802|802]]
| area_code_type                  = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 50-09025<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name                     = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info                     = 1462053<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
| website                         = {{URL|http://bristolvt.org}}
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'''Bristol''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Addison County, Vermont]], United States. The town was chartered on June 26, 1762, by the colonial governor of New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth. The charter was granted to Samuel Averill and sixty-three associates in the name of Pocock—in honor of a distinguished English admiral of that name. The population was 3,782 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5000109025|title=Census - Geography Profile: Bristol town, Addison County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=December 28, 2021}}</ref> Main Street is home to most of the businesses of the town. The town is also home to the [[Lord's Prayer]] Rock.<ref name="RoadsideAmerica">{{cite web|url = http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/VTBRIlordsprayer.html|title = Lord's Prayer Rock}}</ref>

==Geography==

Bristol is in northeastern Addison County, at the western foot of the [[Green Mountains]]. The [[New Haven River]], a tributary of [[Otter Creek (Vermont)|Otter Creek]], flows out of the mountains through the town center. The town is crossed by [[Vermont Route 17]] (east-west) and [[Vermont Route 116]] (north-south).

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|109.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|107.5|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.7|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 1.57%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5000109025| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210212311/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5000109025| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 10, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Bristol town, Addison County, Vermont| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=August 26, 2013}}</ref>

The main settlement in the town is [[Bristol (CDP), Vermont|Bristol]], a [[census-designated place]], located on the north side of the New Haven River, northwest of the geographic center of town.

==Demographics==
[[Image:BristolRock 20160903.jpg|thumb|left|Bristol Rock (otherwise known as Lord's Prayer Rock) on [[Vermont Route 17|Route 17]] / [[Vermont Route 116|Route 116]] in Bristol, commissioned by local physician Joseph C. Greene.<ref name="SevenDaysNews">{{cite news|title=Why Is the Lord's Prayer Inscribed on a Rock in Bristol?|url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/why-is-the-lords-prayer-inscribed-on-a-rock-in-bristol/Content?oid=5057532|newspaper=Seven Days|publisher=Da Capo Publishing, Inc.|last=Williams|first=Sadie|location=Burlington, Vermont|date=April 12, 2017}}</ref>]]
{{US Census population
|1790= 211
|1800= 665
|1810= 1179
|1820= 1051
|1830= 1274
|1840= 1233
|1850= 1344
|1860= 1355
|1870= 1365
|1880= 1579
|1890= 1828
|1900= 2061
|1910= 2005
|1920= 1952
|1930= 1832
|1940= 1939
|1950= 1988
|1960= 2159
|1970= 2744
|1980= 3293
|1990= 3762
|2000= 3788
|2010= 3894
|2020= 3782
|align-fn=center
|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 |access-date=May 16, 2015 }}</ref>
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As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 3,788 people, 1,460 households, and 1,013 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|90.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 1,546 housing units at an average density of {{convert|37.0|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the town was 98.42% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.24% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.13% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.40% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.11% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.71% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.50% of the population.

There were 1,460 households, out of which 37.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $43,250, and the median income for a family was $48,458. Males had a median income of $33,977 versus $23,602 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $19,345. About 6.9% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.
   
===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Bristol Town racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4515295&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-14|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
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|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|4,160
|92.21%
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|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|13
|0.34%
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|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|2
|0.053%
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|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|27
|0.72%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|0
|0
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|186
|4.62%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|78
|2.07%
|}

==Education==
Bristol is part of the Mount Abraham Unified School District, which serves the towns of Bristol, [[Lincoln, Vermont|Lincoln]], [[Monkton, Vermont|Monkton]], [[New Haven, Vermont|New Haven]], and [[Starksboro, Vermont|Starksboro]]. Bristol is home to Bristol Elementary School and [[Mount Abraham Union High School|Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School]].<ref name="MountAbe">{{cite web|url = https://www.mtabevt.org/|title = Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School| access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> Additionally, Bristol is served by the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center, which provides career and technical education programs for high school students and adult learners, preparing them for success in the workforce and beyond.

==Economy==
Bristol was once home to the now defunct [[Freemountain Toys]], known for producing stuffed [[vegetable]] toys known as Vegimals. The Peas in a Pod in the movie ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' are based on the peas Vegimal.

==Media==
Northeast Addison Television (NEAT TV) - Channel 16 is the local [[public-access television]] [[cable TV]] station.<ref>[http://www.addisonindependent.com/200706neat-tv Addison Independent, June 2007]</ref>

The feature film 'The Wizard of Loneliness (1988)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096455/ | title=The Wizard of Loneliness | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>,' a period piece set during World War II starring Lukas Haas, Lea Thompson and Dylan Baker, was filmed in Bristol. The production company installed period street lights on Main Street that are still there today.
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==Notable people==
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* [[Chris Bohjalian]], writer
* [[Jeremiah Curtin]], writer and translator
* [[Walter C. Dunton]], Justice of the [[Vermont Supreme Court]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Harman |first=Henry H. |date=1901 |title=Proceedings of the Vermont Bar Association: Memorial Paper on Walter C. Dunton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mlFAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA42 |pages=84–90 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Argus and Patriot Printing House |ref={{sfnRef|''Memorial Paper on Walter C. Dunton''}}}}</ref>
* [[Ezra Butler Eddy]], Canadian businessman and political figure
*[[Ethan Sonneborn]], activist and 2018 Vermont gubernatorial candidate<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/31/meet-13-year-old-running-vermont-governor/580870001/|title=Meet the 13-year-old running for Vermont governor|website=burlingtonfreepress.com}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Bristol, Vermont}}
* [http://www.bristolvt.org Town of Bristol official website]
* [http://www.discoverbristolvt.com/ Discover Bristol Vermont] (A Project of Bristol CORE)
* [http://www.bristolrec.org/ Bristol Recreation Department]

{{Geographic location
 | Northwest = [[Monkton, Vermont|Monkton]]
 | North     = [[Monkton, Vermont|Monkton]]<br />[[Starksboro, Vermont|Starksboro]]
 | Northeast = [[Starksboro, Vermont|Starksboro]]
 | West      = [[New Haven, Vermont|New Haven]]
 | Centre    = Bristol
 | East      = [[Lincoln, Vermont|Lincoln]]
 | Southwest = [[Middlebury, Vermont|Middlebury]]
 | South     = [[Ripton, Vermont|Ripton]]
 | Southeast = [[Lincoln, Vermont|Lincoln]]
}}
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