Editing Fairfax, Vermont

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Fairfax, Vermont
|settlement_type  = [[New England town|Town]]
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|image_caption = A house in Fairfax during winter
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|image_map = Franklin County Vermont incorporated and unincorporated areas Fairfax highlighted.svg
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|map_caption = Location in [[Franklin County, Vermont|Franklin County]] and the state of [[Vermont]].
|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 = [[Franklin County, Vermont|Franklin]]
|parts_type = Communities
|parts = [[Fairfax (CDP), Vermont|Fairfax]]<br />Fairfax&nbsp;Falls<br />Huntsville<br />North&nbsp;Fairfax<br />Sanderson&nbsp;Corner
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|unit_pref = Imperial
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|area_total_km2 = 104.7
|area_land_km2 = 103.2
|area_water_km2 = 1.5
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|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|population_total = 5014
|population_density_km2 = 48.6
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|timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_m = 201
|elevation_ft = 659
|coordinates = {{coord|44|41|50|N|72|59|52|W|region:US-VT|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code]]s
|postal_code = 05454 (Fairfax)<br/>05444 ([[Cambridge (village), Vermont|Cambridge]])
|area_code = [[Area code 802|802]]
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 50-24925<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info = 1462092<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
|website = {{URL|www.fairfax-vt.gov}}
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'''Fairfax''' is a town in [[Franklin County, Vermont|Franklin County]], [[Vermont]], United States, with a population of 5,014 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5001124925| title=Census - Geography Profile: Fairfax town, Franklin County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=December 30, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
The [[New England town]] of Fairfax is in southern Franklin County and is bordered by [[Chittenden County, Vermont|Chittenden County]] to the south. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|104.7|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|103.2|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.5|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 1.44%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://www.vocson.com/application/power-extension-cord/?bkmk/table/DEC/10/0604925| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241224210925/https://www.vocson.com/application/power-extension-cord/?bkmk/table/DEC/10/0604925| url-status=dead| archive-date=December 24, 2024| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Fairfax town, Franklin County, Vermont| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref> The [[Lamoille River]], a tributary of [[Lake Champlain]], flows from east to west across the southern part of the town, passing through the communities of [[Fairfax (CDP), Vermont|Fairfax]] and Fairfax Falls.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 254
|1800= 786
|1810= 1301
|1820= 1359
|1830= 1729
|1840= 1919
|1850= 2111
|1860= 1987
|1870= 1956
|1880= 1820
|1890= 1523
|1900= 1338
|1910= 1318
|1920= 1244
|1930= 1249
|1940= 1229
|1950= 1129
|1960= 1244
|1970= 1366
|1980= 1805
|1990= 2485
|2000= 3765
|2010= 4285
|2020= 5014
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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 2010, there were 4,285 people, 1,591 households, and 1,226 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 105.8 people per square mile (40.8/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 1,683 housing units at an average density of 41.6 per square mile (16.0/km<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the town was 97.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 1.3% Hispanic or Latino.
There were 39.8% of households under the age of 18 living with them, 64.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.9% were non-families and  16.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.00.

The median income for a household in the town was $70,348, and the median income for a family was $77,159. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $18,632.  About 2.7% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==

{{anchor|Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax}}
Bellows Free Academy – Fairfax, is a public K–12 school in Fairfax.  The school has an average graduating class of 80 from students drawn from Fairfax and the surrounding towns of [[Fletcher, Vermont|Fletcher]], [[Georgia, Vermont|Georgia]], [[Fairfield, Vermont|Fairfield]], and [[Westford, Vermont|Westford]].  As of 2010, the school's per-pupil tuition is $9,870<ref>Note: for 2009–2010 see: {{cite news | first=Terri | last=Hallenbeck | title=GEORGIA:Residents show support for choice | publisher=Burlington Free Press | location=Burlington, Vermont | pages= 5B | date=30 September 2009 }}</ref> paid by the towns (sometimes from outside the school district) who send the students to the school.
 
Hiram Bellows bought {{convert|4|acres}} of land and left money for the construction of a free school in Fairfax, Vermont.   'Bellows Free Academy – Fairfax and Saint Albans' was built from the money earned in stocks willed to the town by Bellows. The stocks had been invested in the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|Chicago Rock Island Railway]]. When the stocks had earned $250,000, the school was constructed.<ref name="fire">{{cite web | url=http://www.vtgrandpa.com/fhs/bfafire.html| title=Bellows Free Academy Fire – Fairfax, VT – January 17, 1941| website= www.vtgrandpa.com}}</ref>  The original school burned on January 14, 1941,<ref name="fire"/> and the current school is its replacement.  The school's team name is The Bullets. It competes as a Division III school. School colors are maroon and white.

==Notable people==

* [[Donly C. Hawley]], [[list of mayors of Burlington, Vermont|mayor of Burlington, Vermont]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Carleton |first=Hiram |date=1903 |title=Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont |volume=II |url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami02carl/page/50/mode/2up/ |location=New York, NY |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |via=[[Internet Archive]] |pages=51–52 |ref={{sfnRef|Carleton}}}}</ref>
* [[James M. Hotchkiss]] (1812–1877), member of the [[Vermont House of Representatives]] and [[Vermont Senate]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Aldrich |first=Lewis Cass |date=1891 |title=History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont |url=https://archive.org/details/historyfranklin00aldrgoog |location=Syracuse, NY |publisher=D. Mason & Co. |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyfranklin00aldrgoog/page/n771 697] |ref={{sfnRef|''History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont''}}}}</ref>
* [[Israel Bush Richardson]] (1815–1862), United States Army officer during the Mexican–American War and American Civil War, where he was a major general in the Union Army. Mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.fairfax-vt.gov/ Town of Fairfax official website]
* [http://www.bfafairfax.com Bellows Free Academy]

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