Editing Cornwall, Vermont

{{Other uses|Cornwall (disambiguation)}}
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Addison County, Vermont|Addison]]
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|parts                    = Cornwall<br>West&nbsp;Cornwall

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|blank1_info              = 1462076<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
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'''Cornwall''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Addison County, Vermont]], United States. It was founded November 3, 1761. The population was 1,207 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5000116000| title=Census - Geography Profile: Cornwall town, Addison County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
Cornwall is located in south-central Addison County, in the [[Champlain Valley]]. It is bordered by the town of [[Middlebury, Vermont|Middlebury]] (the county seat) to the northeast, [[Salisbury, Vermont|Salisbury]] to the southeast, [[Whiting, Vermont|Whiting]] to the south, [[Shoreham, Vermont|Shoreham]] to the southwest, [[Bridport, Vermont|Bridport]] to the west, and [[Weybridge, Vermont|Weybridge]] to the north. [[Otter Creek (Vermont)|Otter Creek]] forms the town border with Salisbury. [[Vermont Route 30]], also known as the "Seth Warner Memorial Highway" and named for notable Vermonter [[Seth Warner]], passes north–south through Cornwall, while [[Vermont Route 125]] passes east–west through the northern part of the town. [[State Route 74 (New York–Vermont)|Vermont Route 74]] leads southwest from the center of town, towards the [[Ticonderoga, New York|Ticonderoga]]–Larrabees Point Ferry across [[Lake Champlain]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town of Cornwall has a total area of {{convert|74.1|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|73.7|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.4|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 0.57%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5000116000| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212162355/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5000116000| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cornwall town, Addison County, Vermont| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=August 26, 2013}}</ref>

===Climate===
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 | location    = Cornwall, Vermont (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1894–1996, 1999–present)
 | Jan record high F  = 64
 | Feb record high F  = 66
 | Mar record high F  = 82
 | Apr record high F  = 91
 | May record high F  = 95
 | Jun record high F  = 99
 | Jul record high F  = 102
 | Aug record high F  = 104
 | Sep record high F  = 96
 | Oct record high F  = 88
 | Nov record high F  = 77
 | Dec record high F  = 67
 | year record high F = 
 | Jan high F = 27.1
 | Feb high F = 30.3
 | Mar high F = 39.5
 | Apr high F = 53.6
 | May high F = 67.0
 | Jun high F = 75.5
 | Jul high F = 80.4
 | Aug high F = 78.6
 | Sep high F = 71.3
 | Oct high F = 57.4
 | Nov high F = 44.3
 | Dec high F = 33.0
 | year high F = 54.8
 | Jan mean F = 18.2
 | Feb mean F = 20.3
 | Mar mean F = 29.8
 | Apr mean F = 43.2
 | May mean F = 56.0
 | Jun mean F = 65.0
 | Jul mean F = 70.0
 | Aug mean F = 67.8
 | Sep mean F = 60.2
 | Oct mean F = 47.7
 | Nov mean F = 36.4
 | Dec mean F = 25.3
 | year mean F = 45.0
 | Jan low F = 9.2
 | Feb low F = 10.3
 | Mar low F = 20.1
 | Apr low F = 32.7
 | May low F = 45.0
 | Jun low F = 54.5
 | Jul low F = 59.6
 | Aug low F = 57.0
 | Sep low F = 49.1
 | Oct low F = 38.0
 | Nov low F = 28.4
 | Dec low F = 17.5
 | year low F = 35.1
 | Jan record low F  = -30
 | Feb record low F  = -31
 | Mar record low F  = -20
 | Apr record low F  = 2
 | May record low F  = 20
 | Jun record low F  = 31
 | Jul record low F  = 39
 | Aug record low F  = 32
 | Sep record low F  = 22
 | Oct record low F  = 13
 | Nov record low F  = -5
 | Dec record low F  = -32
 | year record low F = 
 | precipitation colour   = green
 | Jan precipitation inch = 2.55
 | Feb precipitation inch = 2.07
 | Mar precipitation inch = 2.42
 | Apr precipitation inch = 3.35
 | May precipitation inch = 3.37
 | Jun precipitation inch = 4.21
 | Jul precipitation inch = 4.09
 | Aug precipitation inch = 3.53
 | Sep precipitation inch = 3.25
 | Oct precipitation inch = 3.96
 | Nov precipitation inch = 2.85
 | Dec precipitation inch = 3.02
 | year precipitation inch = 38.67
 | unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
 | Jan precipitation days  = 11.1
 | Feb precipitation days  = 9.2
 | Mar precipitation days  = 8.5
 | Apr precipitation days  = 11.0
 | May precipitation days  = 11.1
 | Jun precipitation days  = 12.3
 | Jul precipitation days  = 11.4
 | Aug precipitation days  = 10.8
 | Sep precipitation days  = 8.7
 | Oct precipitation days  = 12.4
 | Nov precipitation days  = 9.9
 | Dec precipitation days  = 12.4
 | year precipitation days = 128.8
 | Jan snow inch = 13.3
 | Feb snow inch = 13.3
 | Mar snow inch = 11.9
 | Apr snow inch = 2.6
 | May snow inch = 0.0
 | Jun snow inch = 0.0
 | Jul snow inch = 0.0
 | Aug snow inch = 0.0
 | Sep snow inch = 0.0
 | Oct snow inch = 0.3
 | Nov snow inch = 3.8
 | Dec snow inch = 13.4
 | year snow inch = 58.6
 | unit snow days = 0.1 in
 | Jan snow days  = 7.6
 | Feb snow days  = 7.1
 | Mar snow days  = 3.9
 | Apr snow days  = 1.2
 | May snow days  = 0.0
 | Jun snow days  = 0.0
 | Jul snow days  = 0.0
 | Aug snow days  = 0.0
 | Sep snow days  = 0.0
 | Oct snow days  = 0.1
 | Nov snow days  = 1.5
 | Dec snow days  = 6.7
 | year snow days = 28.1
 | source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web
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|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
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|access-date = December 16, 2023}}</ref>
}}

==Landmarks==
Cornwall is home to a monument of fallen soldiers from several wars. The most recent inscription is of a soldier who was killed on the Verdun Front on November 10, 1918, a day before the armistice.{{Geographic location
 | Northwest = [[Bridport, Vermont|Bridport]]
 | North     = [[Weybridge, Vermont|Weybridge]]
 | Northeast = [[Middlebury, Vermont|Middlebury]]
 | West      = [[Bridport, Vermont|Bridport]]<br />[[Shoreham, Vermont|Shoreham]]
 | Centre    = Cornwall
 | East      = [[Middlebury, Vermont|Middlebury]]<br />[[Salisbury, Vermont|Salisbury]]
 | Southwest = [[Shoreham, Vermont|Shoreham]]
 | South     = [[Whiting, Vermont|Whiting]]
 | Southeast = [[Salisbury, Vermont|Salisbury]]
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 826
|1800= 1163
|1810= 1279
|1820= 1120
|1830= 1264
|1840= 1163
|1850= 1155
|1860= 977
|1870= 969
|1880= 1070
|1890= 927
|1900= 850
|1910= 789
|1920= 782
|1930= 640
|1940= 670
|1950= 728
|1960= 756
|1970= 900
|1980= 993
|1990= 1101
|2000= 1136
|2010= 1185
|2020= 1207
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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>
}}
[[File:Cornwall Vermont 20040704.jpg|thumbnail|left|Cornwall Congregational Church]]
As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,136 people, 427 households, and 322 families residing in the town.  The population density was 39.7 people per square mile (15.3/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 464 housing units at an average density of 16.2 per square mile (6.3/km<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the town was 98.24% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.09% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.62% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.26% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.79% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.44% of the population.

There were 427 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.6% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. 18.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 25.6% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 30.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $52,692, and the median income for a family was $59,792. Males had a median income of $36,563 versus $23,913 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $26,902.  About 3.4% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Cornwall 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.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,114
|92.31%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|6
|0.50%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|1
|0.17%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|10
|0.83%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|0
|0
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|48
|3.98%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|28
|2.32%
|}

==Education==

Cornwall public school is the kindergarten-fifth grade [[Bingham Memorial School]].<ref name=BinghamSchool>{{Cite web |title=Bingham Memorial School |website=Town of Cornwall, Vermont |access-date=December 16, 2023 |url= https://cornwallvt.com/bingham-memorial-school/}}</ref>

Middle school students attend Middlebury Union Middle School (MUMS) and high school students who live in Cornwall attend Middlebury Union High School (MUHS) in [[Middlebury, Vermont]].<ref name=BinghamSchool/>

==Notable people==
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* [[Chauncey Abbott]] (1815–1872), Wisconsin politician
* [[Luther Loren Baxter]] (1832–1915), Minnesota politician, lawyer, and judge
* [[Marvin Dana]] (1867–1926), author and magazine editor
* [[Solomon Foot]] (1802–1866), lawyer, US congressman and senator
* [[Abram W. Foote]] (1862–1941), 51st [[List of Lieutenant Governors of Vermont|lieutenant governor of Vermont]]
* [[Charles G. Lewis]], Wisconsin assemblyman
* [[Charles Linsley]], Vermont attorney and politician<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vermonthistory.org/documents/findaid/linsley.pdf |title=Biographical Sketch, Charles Linsley |last=Ellingson |first=Barbara |date=1997|website=Charles and Emmeline Linsley Papers, 1827-1892 |publisher=Vermont Historical Society |location=Montpelier, VT |access-date=July 3, 2018 |page=1 |ref={{sfnRef|"Biographical Sketch, Charles Linsley"}}}}</ref>
* [[Joel H. Linsley]] (1790–1868), Congregational minister and first president of [[Marietta College]]
* [[Luke Reynolds]] (born 1979), artist, musician, member since 2010 of rock band [[Guster]]
* [[Beaumelle Sturtevant-Peet]] (1840-1921), president, [[California]] [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]]
* [[Enoch Cobb Wines]] (1806–1879), Congregational minister and penologist

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://cornwallvt.com Town of Cornwall official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060118093613/http://www.acsu.k12.vt.us/cornwall/ Bingham Memorial School], K–6 school in Cornwall
* [http://cornwallvt.com/cornwall-historical-society Cornwall Historical Society]

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