Editing Danby, Vermont

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|subdivision_name2        = [[Rutland County, Vermont|Rutland]]
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|postal_code              = 05739 (Danby)<br/>05761 ([[Pawlet, Vermont|Pawlet]])
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'''Danby''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Rutland County, Vermont|Rutland County]], [[Vermont]], United States.  The population was 1,284 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5002116825|title=Census - Geography Profile: Danby town, Rutland County, Vermont |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref>

==Etymology==
According to the ''Vermont Encyclopedia'', Danby was most likely named for [[Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds|Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby and Duke of Leeds]].<ref name="VE">"Danby" in ''The Vermont Encyclopedia'' (eds. John J. Duffy, Samuel B. Hand & Ralph H. Orth: University of Vermont Press, 2003), p. 101.</ref> However, [[Henry Gannett]] in 1905 attributed the town's name to [[Danby, North Yorkshire]], in England.<ref>{{cite book| last = Gannett| first = Henry| title = The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ| year=1905| publisher = Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n98 99]}}</ref> Historian [[Willard Sterne Randall]], in his biography of [[Ethan Allen]], gives yet another name origin: that Allen named Danby "after the French Naval commander whose fleet invaded New England's waters in the [[French and Indian War]]."<ref>{{cite book|title=Ethan Allen, His Life and Times|last=Randall|first=Willard Sterne|publisher=W.W. Norton, New York/London|date=2011|page=527}}</ref>

==Geography, geology, and landmarks==
{{See also|Danby Village Historic District}}

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|41.5|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|41.4|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi}}, or 0.22%, is water.

Most of the town lies in the [[Taconic Mountains]]; the eastern boundary of the town generally follows the course of [[Otter Creek (Vermont)|Otter Creek]] in the narrow Valley of Vermont.<ref name="VE"/> The [[Danby (CDP), Vermont|village of Danby]] lies along the eastern border of the town, on the west side of Otter Creek, and extends east into [[Mount Tabor, Vermont|Mount Tabor]].

[[Dorset Mountain|Dorset Peak]], part of the Taconic range, lies on the town's southern border and reaches an elevation of {{convert|3804|ft}}.<ref name="VE"/> Danby quarry, located near the peak,<ref name="VE"/> opened in the early 20th century and is likely the world's largest underground marble quarry.<ref name="Bradley">Frederick Bradley/Studio Marmo, ''Fine Marble in Architecture'', Vol. 1 (W.W. Norton, 2001).</ref> It was reported in 2001 to have a total monthly output of about 1,200 tons of marble, half of which consists of Imperial Danby, a fine architectural marble with a variety of uses.<ref name="Bradley"/> Danby marble has been used in a number of notable buildings, including the [[United States Supreme Court building]]<ref name="VE"/> and the [[Jefferson Memorial]].<ref>Catherine Miglorie, ''Vermont's Marble Industry'' (Arcadia Publishing, 2013), p. 118.</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 1206
|1800= 1487
|1810= 1730
|1820= 1607
|1830= 1362
|1840= 1379
|1850= 1535
|1860= 1419
|1870= 1319
|1880= 1202
|1890= 1084
|1900= 964
|1910= 1001
|1920= 1007
|1930= 1070
|1940= 1112
|1950= 990
|1960= 891
|1970= 910
|1980= 992
|1990= 1193
|2000= 1292
|2010= 1311
|2020= 1284
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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 |access-date=May 16, 2015 }}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,292 people, 502 households, and 362 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 31.2 people per square mile (12.0/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 647 housing units at an average density of 15.6 per square mile (6.0/km<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the town was 98.53% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.54% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.23% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.70% from two or more races.  0.62% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 502 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.7% were non-families. 20.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.5% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $37,137, and the median income for a family was $39,737. Males had a median income of $29,063 versus $20,795 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,984.  About 4.6% of families and 8.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.8% of those under the age of 18 and 9.1% of those 65 and older.

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* [[Pearl S. Buck]], Nobel Prize-winning writer – lived in Danby and died there in 1973<ref name="VE"/>
* [[Luther Buxton]], New York and Wisconsin legislator and physician
* [[Thomas Chittenden]], First Governor of Vermont<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vermonthistory.org/thomas-chittenden|title = Thomas Chittenden — Vermont Historical Society}}</ref>
* [[Asher Crispe]], Orthodox Rabbi and technology futurist<ref>[[Asher Crispe]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=May 2020}}
* [[Silas L. Griffith]], Vermont businessman and politician and First Vermont millionaire<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtdhistoricalsociety.org/silas-l-griffith/|title = Silas L. Griffith &#124; Mt. Tabor-Danby Historical Society}}</ref>
* [[Henry D. Hitt]], farmer, businessman, Wisconsin legislator<ref>"Henry D. Hitt" in ''A Biographical History, with Portraits, of Prominent Men of the Great West'' (ed. John A. Campbell: Western Biographical and Engraving Co., 1902), p. 223.</ref>
* [[Thomas Rowley (poet)|Thomas Rowley]], "poet of the Green Mountain Boys" – lived in Danby<ref name="VE"/>
* [[Nathan B. Smith]], New York lawyer and politician

==References==

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[[Category:Towns in Vermont]]
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