Editing Eden, Vermont

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|postal_code              = 05652 (Eden)<br/>05653 ([[Eden Mills, Vermont|Eden Mills]])
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[[File:Eden Central School.jpg|thumb|Eden Central School]]

'''Eden''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Lamoille County, Vermont]], United States. The population was 1,338 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5001523500|title=Census - Geography Profile: Eden town, Lamoille County, Vermont |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
Eden is one of the largest towns in Vermont by area. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|166.5|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|164.0|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|2.6|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 1.54%, are water;<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019"/> {{convert|15.9|sqmi}} are conserved land.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} The villages of Eden and Eden Mills, each of which has its own [[ZIP Code]], are in the center of the town, Eden to the west and Eden Mills to the east.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.edenvt.org/about-eden/ |title=About Eden {{!}} Eden, Vermont 05652 |publisher=www.edenvt.org |access-date=September 30, 2016}}</ref> The center of the town is drained by the Gihon River, a southwest-flowing tributary of the [[Lamoille River]]. The eastern portion of the town drains southward via Boomhour Branch and Wiley Brook to the Green River, another tributary of the Lamoille. The westernmost part of town drains to the North Branch of the Lamoille. The [[Long Trail]] passes through the town on the crest of the [[Green Mountains]], separating the North Branch watershed from the Gihon River watershed.

[[Vermont Route 100]] crosses the center of town, passing through the villages of Eden and Eden Mills. Route 100 leads northeast {{convert|24|mi}} to [[Vermont Route 105|Route 105]] in the western part of [[Newport (town), Vermont|Newport]] and southwest {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[Hyde Park (village), Vermont|Hyde Park]]. [[Vermont Route 118|Route 118]] leaves Route 100 in Eden village and leads northwest {{convert|17|mi}} to [[Montgomery, Vermont|Montgomery]].

The [[Babcock Nature Preserve]], a geologically significant tract of land used by [[Johnson State College]] and students of other [[Vermont State Colleges|Vermont state colleges]], is located in the northwest part of Eden. The preserve is used for teaching courses in geology, field biology, and field ornithology.

Lake Eden is located in Eden and is a popular summer destination; a lottery is held each fall to reserve RV sites for the following summer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.edenvt.org/recreation/lake-eden-recreation-area/ |title=Lake Eden Recreation Area {{!}} Eden, Vermont 05652 |publisher=www.edenvt.org |access-date=September 30, 2016}}</ref>

Eden Notch is located at the northern edge of Eden on Route 100.

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Eden 2 S, 1991–2020 normals: 1456ft (444m)
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 57
|Feb record high F = 60 
|Mar record high F = 77 
|Apr record high F = 85 
|May record high F = 86 
|Jun record high F = 90
|Jul record high F = 91
|Aug record high F = 89
|Sep record high F = 89
|Oct record high F = 78
|Nov record high F = 69
|Dec record high F = 64
|year record high F =

|Jan avg record high F = 45.1
|Feb avg record high F = 48.5
|Mar avg record high F = 59.0
|Apr avg record high F = 76.3
|May avg record high F = 81.9
|Jun avg record high F = 86.1
|Jul avg record high F = 85.7
|Aug avg record high F = 84.2
|Sep avg record high F = 81.9
|Oct avg record high F = 72.4
|Nov avg record high F = 62.3
|Dec avg record high F = 50.5
|year avg record high F = 84.7

|Jan high F = 23.3
|Feb high F = 26.7
|Mar high F = 35.6
|Apr high F = 48.7
|May high F = 63.5
|Jun high F = 71.2
|Jul high F = 75.3
|Aug high F = 73.8
|Sep high F = 66.7
|Oct high F = 53.7
|Nov high F = 40.2
|Dec high F = 29.3
|year high F = 

|Jan mean F = 14.8
|Feb mean F = 17.5
|Mar mean F = 27.0
|Apr mean F = 39.9
|May mean F = 53.7
|Jun mean F = 62.2
|Jul mean F = 66.4
|Aug mean F = 64.9
|Sep mean F = 57.8
|Oct mean F = 45.5
|Nov mean F = 33.4
|Dec mean F = 22.2
|year mean F = 

|Jan low F = 6.3
|Feb low F = 8.2
|Mar low F = 18.4
|Apr low F = 31.0
|May low F = 43.9
|Jun low F = 53.2
|Jul low F = 57.6
|Aug low F = 56.0
|Sep low F = 48.9
|Oct low F = 37.3
|Nov low F = 26.6
|Dec low F = 15.0
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|Jan avg record low F = -14.7
|Feb avg record low F = -8.9
|Mar avg record low F = -3.5
|Apr avg record low F = 19.3
|May avg record low F = 30.9
|Jun avg record low F = 39.9
|Jul avg record low F = 47.9
|Aug avg record low F = 44.9
|Sep avg record low F = 36.1
|Oct avg record low F = 24.1
|Nov avg record low F = 12.9
|Dec avg record low F = -6.7
|year avg record low F = -16.3

|Jan record low F = -25
|Feb record low F = -21
|Mar record low F = -19
|Apr record low F = 7
|May record low F = 25
|Jun record low F = 33
|Jul record low F = 42
|Aug record low F = 42
|Sep record low F = 27
|Oct record low F = 19
|Nov record low F = 3  
|Dec record low F = -20  
|year record low F =

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.95
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.67
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.39
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.50
|May precipitation inch = 3.98
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.81
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.40
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.93
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.73
|Oct precipitation inch = 4.22
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.78
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.76
|year precipitation inch = 

|Jan snow inch = 36.1
|Feb snow inch = 33.4
|Mar snow inch = 31.6
|Apr snow inch = 10.6
|May snow inch = 0.4
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 4.0
|Nov snow inch = 13.6
|Dec snow inch = 39.2
|year snow inch = 

|source 1 = NOAA(1981-2010 Precipitation)<ref name = NOAA1>
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|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00432698&format=pdf
|title = Eden 2 S, Vermont 1991-2020 Monthly Normals 
|access-date = December 15, 2023
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</ref><ref name = NOAA2>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00432698&format=pdf
|title = Eden 2 S, Vermont 1981-2010 Monthly Normals 
|access-date = December 15, 2023
}}
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|source 2 = XMACIS2 (1998-2020 snowfall, records & monthly max/mins)<ref name = XMACIS2>
{{cite web
|url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = xmACIS
|access-date = December 15, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

== School ==

The single public school in Eden serves slightly more than 100 students.  The ECS mascot is Eddie the Eagle.  Eden Central School is located at 140 Knowles Flat Road just off route 100.  The school serves Pre-K through 6th-grade students. In 2018, ECS was the recipient of a Year of the Book Grant from the Children's Literacy Foundation.

Middle and high school students attend [[Lamoille Union High School]] in Hyde Park, as Eden is part of the Lamoille North Unified School District. The school boasts an outdoor classroom area, a large garden, sports fields, and a very vibrant after school program. ECS receives tremendous support from the community.  Open houses, concerts, celebration events and graduations are all widely attended.

==Government==

===Legislators===
The two-member at-large [[Essex-Orleans Vermont Senate District, 2002-2012|Essex-Orleans Senate district]] includes the town of Eden, as well as parts or all of [[Essex County, Vermont|Essex]], [[Orleans County, Vermont|Orleans]], [[Franklin County, Vermont|Franklin]] and [[Lamoille County, Vermont|Lamoille]] counties.

==History==
Eden was chartered in 1781 to 72 [[Green Mountain Boys]] who fought in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. However, town history shows that Eden was not settled until after 1800, and none of the veterans to whom the town was originally chartered ever settled there.

===Belvidere Mountain===
An [[asbestos]] mine on Belvidere Mountain which operated from 1936 to 1993 left an estimated {{convert|3500000|yd3}} of mill tailings. In 2008, the state warned residents of Eden and nearby towns that there was a "health risk" for people living within a {{convert|10|mi|km|adj=on|0}} radius of the mine. The aboveground mill tailings had seeped into the ground water systems and were estimated at {{convert|16000000|yd3}}.<ref>{{cite book | author = Lefebvre, Paul |title = Residents shrug off asbestos findings | publisher = the Chronicle | date = December 1, 2008}}</ref>

In April 2009, the Vermont Department of Health released a revised study which found that all of the deaths related to the asbestos mine were caused by exposure, residing with in the ten-mile radius, and consuming ground waters. The report also concluded that people living near the mines had higher increased risk of asbestos-related illness vis-a-vis people living anywhere else in Vermont.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://healthvermont.gov/enviro/asbestos/vagm-healthstudy.aspx|title=Overview: Asbestos in Buildings|date=July 18, 2016|work=Vermont Department of Health|language=en}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1800= 29
|1810= 224
|1820= 201
|1830= 461
|1840= 702
|1850= 668
|1860= 919
|1870= 958
|1880= 934
|1890= 851
|1900= 788
|1910= 751
|1920= 619
|1930= 568
|1940= 498
|1950= 496
|1960= 430
|1970= 513
|1980= 612
|1990= 840
|2000= 1152
|2010= 1323
|2020= 1338
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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>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,152 people, 409 households, and 312 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 18.1 people per square mile (7.0/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 582 housing units at an average density of 9.2 per square mile (3.5/km<sup>2</sup>).  151 (26%) of those housing units were seasonal homes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edenvt.org/?page_id=159|title=Statistics {{!}} Eden, Vermont 05652|website=www.edenvt.org|language=en-US}}</ref>  The racial makeup of the town was 95.57% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.17% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.30% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.09% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.43% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 2.43% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.22% of the population.

There were 409 households, out of which 41.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were couples living together and joined in either [[marriage]] or [[Civil Union|civil union]], 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families. 16.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 31.1% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $35,417, and the median income for a family was $35,380. Males had a median income of $27,717 versus $21,705 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,391.  About 10.3% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.1% of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
*[[Philip Cummings]], news analyst and lecturer; had a summer home in [[Eden Mills, Vermont|Eden Mills]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Newton |first=Candelas |date=1995 |title=Understanding Federico García Lorca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rwVfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22philip+cummings%22+%22eden%22+%22home%22 |location=Columbia, SC |publisher=University of South Carolina Press |page=10 |isbn= 9781570030208}}</ref>
*[[Frank Plumley]], U.S. congressman; born in Eden<ref>{{cite news |last=Young |first=Peter |date=December 14, 2017 |title=I Remember: The cabal that saved Norwich, Part 10 |url=http://www.thenorthfieldnews.com/news/2017-12-14/Features/I_Remember.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214093948/http://www.thenorthfieldnews.com/news/2017-12-14/Features/I_Remember.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 14, 2017 |work=The Northfield News |location=Northfield, VT}}</ref>
*[[Harold C. Sylvester]], Judge of the Vermont Superior Court and Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court; born in Eden<ref>{{cite news |date=July 16, 1988 |title=Obituary, Harold C. Sylvester |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/202091262/ |work=[[Burlington Free Press]] |location=Burlington, VT |url-access=subscription  |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=2B |ref={{sfnRef|"Obituary, Harold C. Sylvester"}}}}</ref>
*[[George W. Weightman]], U.S. Army major general; born in Eden Mills<ref>{{cite news |last=Barlow |first=Daniel |agency=Vermont Press Bureau |date=March 3, 2007 |title=General fired in Walter Reed scandal grew up in northern Vt. |url=http://www.rutlandherald.com/articles/general-fired-in-walter-reed-scandal-grew-up-in-northern-vt/ |work=[[Rutland Herald]] |location=Rutland, VT}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|www.edenvt.org}}

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