Editing Hardwick, Vermont

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[[File:Welcome to Hardwick banner Main Street downtown Hardwick VT October 2017.jpg|alt=Welcome to Hardwick banner over Lamoille River.|thumb|upright=0.6|Over Lamoille River.]]
[[Image:hardwick2.jpg|thumb|right|View from Buffalo Mountain]]

'''Hardwick''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Caledonia County, Vermont|Caledonia County]], [[Vermont]], United States. The population was 2,920 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5000531825| title=Census - Geography Profile: Hardwick town, Caledonia County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=December 30, 2021}}</ref> It contains the unincorporated villages of [[Hardwick (CDP), Vermont|Hardwick]], [[East Hardwick, Vermont|East Hardwick]], and Mackville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.att.net/%7Elocal_history/Caledonia-Co-VT.htm|title=Caledonia County, Vermont Local History and Genealogy<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> The town is a commercial center for the region's farming population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vermont-towns.org/hardwick/hardwick.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009071610/http://www.vermont-towns.org/hardwick/hardwick.htm |archive-date=October 9, 2007 }} retrieved on June 15, 2007</ref>

The main settlement of Hardwick in the center of the town, formerly an incorporated village, is since 1988 a [[census-designated place]] (CDP), with a population of 1,269 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020 CDP">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US5031750| title=Census - Geography Profile: Hardwick CDP, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=December 30, 2021}}</ref>

==History==
During the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], General [[George Washington]] ordered construction of the [[Bayley-Hazen Military Road]] to provide access into the interior of Vermont. It would prompt the development and settlement of Hardwick and East Hardwick.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crossvermont.org/images/page_maps/brochure/bayleyhazen-intro.pdf|title=Bayley Hazen Intro}}</ref>

The town was granted by the [[Vermont General Assembly]] on November 7, 1780, then chartered on August 19, 1781, to Danforth Keyes and 66 others, some of whom were from [[Hardwick, Massachusetts]]. Permanent settlement began in 1793 when several families named Norris arrived from [[New Hampshire]]. By 1859, when the population reached 1,402, the town had several [[sawmill]]s and [[gristmill]]s on the [[Lamoille River]]. There were also two [[Tanning (leather)|tanneries]]. Over the years, other industries would include a [[woolen]] mill, [[tinware]] shop, and [[carriage]] factory.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

The predominant business following the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] was [[granite]] [[quarry]]ing, especially after the [[Portland and Ogdensburg Railway|Portland & Ogdensburg Railway]] opened service through the town and facilitated shipment of stone. While most of the granite was quarried in nearby [[Woodbury, Vermont|Woodbury]], the stone was dressed and finished in Hardwick, largely near "Granite Junction", where the rail lines met.<ref>''E.g.'', Vermont Board of Railroad Commissioners, ''Seventh Biennial report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Vermont'', p. 143 (1900).</ref> The [[Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad]] was built to bring granite from the quarries to the finishing shops, and Hardwick became known as the "Building Granite Center of the World".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vermont-towns.org/hardwick/hardwick.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009071610/http://www.vermont-towns.org/hardwick/hardwick.htm |archive-date=October 9, 2007 }}</ref> By 1906, 1,200 people were employed in the industry, which was led by the [[Woodbury Granite Company]]. Buildings around the country made with Hardwick granite include the [[Pennsylvania State Capitol]], [[Chicago City Hall]], and the [[Postal Square Building|1914 Post Office]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], as well as numerous city halls and [[custom house]]s.<ref>Elizabeth H. Dow, “[https://vermonthistory.org/journal/misc/HardwickIndustrialization.pdf Hardwick on the Map, 1895-1915: Industrialization in Direct Democracy]”, ''Vermont History: Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society'', Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 221-249 (Fall 1990).</ref>  The decline of the "architectural granite" industry in the 1920s and 1930s left Hardwick in economic depression.

Hardwick Village disincorporated in 1988 and merged with the town.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vermonthistory.org/journal/73/05_Howe.pdf |title=Data |website=vermonthistory.org}}</ref>

In 2011, the office manager of the municipal electric department was accused of embezzling $1.6 million over a period of 12 years. The [[FBI]] investigated, and she was charged in [[United States District Court for the District of Vermont|federal court]] and found guilty.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Mike | last=Donoghue | title=How $1.6M slid under the radar in Hardwick | url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110626/NEWS02/106260310/How-1-6-million-slid-under-radar-Hardwick-?odyssey=tab| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728095929/http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110626/NEWS02/106260310/How-1-6-million-slid-under-radar-Hardwick-?odyssey=tab| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 28, 2012| newspaper=[[Burlington Free Press]] | location=Burlington, Vermont | pages= 1A | date=June 26, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93099/bellevance-sentenced-to-3-12-years-for-embezzlemen/ |title=Bellevance Sentenced To 3 1/2 Years For Embezzlement |agency=Associated Press |publisher=[[Vermont Public Radio]] |date=January 18, 2012 }}</ref>

[[Image:Fletcher Granite Company, Hardwick, VT.jpg|thumb|center|upright=1.5|Fletcher Granite Co. {{Circa|1907}}]]

==Geography==
Hardwick is the westernmost town in Caledonia County. It is bordered by the Caledonia County towns of [[Walden, Vermont|Walden]] and [[Stannard, Vermont|Stannard]] to the east. The town of [[Greensboro, Vermont|Greensboro]], in [[Orleans County, Vermont|Orleans County]], is to the north. [[Lamoille County, Vermont|Lamoille County]] is to the west, containing the town of [[Wolcott, Vermont|Wolcott]] to the west and [[Elmore, Vermont|Elmore]] to the southwest. To the south, in [[Washington County, Vermont|Washington County]], are the towns of [[Woodbury, Vermont|Woodbury]] and [[Cabot, Vermont|Cabot]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Hardwick has a total area of {{convert|101.1|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|100.0|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 1.02%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5000531825| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212161227/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5000531825| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hardwick town, Caledonia County, Vermont| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 4, 2013}}</ref> The CDP (town center) of Hardwick has a total area of {{convert|3.77|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|3.73|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 1.16%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010 CDP">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US5031750| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202213/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US5031750| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hardwick CDP, Vermont| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 6, 2013}}</ref>

Hardwick is drained by the [[Lamoille River]] and its tributaries, flowing west to [[Lake Champlain]]. The highest point in Hardwick is the summit of Jeudevine Mountain in the northern corner of the town, at {{convert|558|m|order=flip}} above sea level.

The town is crossed by [[Vermont Route 14]], [[Vermont Route 15]], and [[Vermont Route 16]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 3
|1800= 260
|1810= 735
|1820= 867
|1830= 1216
|1840= 1354
|1850= 1402
|1860= 1369
|1870= 1519
|1880= 1484
|1890= 1547
|1900= 2466
|1910= 3201
|1920= 2641
|1930= 2720
|1940= 2605
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|1960= 2349
|1970= 2466
|1980= 2613
|1990= 2964
|2000= 3174
|2010= 3010
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,174 people, 1,216 households, and 854 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 82.4 people per square mile (31.8/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 1,407 housing units at an average density of 36.5 per square mile (14.1/km<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the town was 97.89% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.06% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.82% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.09% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.19% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.95% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.41% of the population.{{citation needed|date = October 2017}}

There were 1,216 households, out of which 37.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. Of all households, 22.5% were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.06.{{citation needed|date = October 2017}}

In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.5% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.3 males.{{citation needed|date = October 2017}}

==Economy==
===Personal income===
The median income for a household in the town was $33,636, and the median income for a family was $39,278. Males had a median income of $27,188 versus $21,732 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $14,813.  About 10.5% of families and 14.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 14.2% of those age 65 or over.

===Agriculture===
Several agribusinesses active in and around Hardwick,<ref>{{Cite news | first=Joseph | last=Gresser | title=Harwick has become the flavor of the month | publisher=the Chronicle, Barton, Vermont| pages= 10 | date=March 24, 2010 }}</ref> employing techniques of [[sustainable agriculture]],<!--- e.g.: Vermont Soy, Jasper Hill Farm, Pete’s Greens, Patchwork Farm & Bakery, Apple Cheek Farm, and Bonnieview Farm--><ref name="Gourmet Magazine">{{cite news|title=BEN HEWITT: THE TOWN THAT FOOD SAVED - Hardwick's economic future was dim, until a chain of events turned it into one of the most important food towns in America. |url=http://www.gourmet.com/travel/2008/10/hardwick-revival |access-date=May 29, 2013 |newspaper=Gourmet Magazine |date=October 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927021943/http://www.gourmet.com/travel/2008/10/hardwick-revival |archive-date=September 27, 2013 }}</ref> have added an estimated 75-100 jobs to the area (through 2008).{{citation needed|reason=the vague nature of this assessment is due to the vague and unreliable method of guessing how much good in indirect employment any venture causes. not WP:RS|date=June 2013}}<ref name="CAE About">{{cite web|title=Our Mission, Our Vision|url=http://www.hardwickagriculture.org/about|work=About the Center for an Agricultural Economy|publisher=The Center for an Agricultural Economy|access-date=June 17, 2013}}</ref> They operate the Vermont Food Venture Center, a "shared-use kitchen [[business incubator|incubator]] for [[value added|value-added]] and specialty food producers."<ref name="CAE VFVC">{{cite web|title=Vermont Food Venture Center|url=http://www.hardwickagriculture.org/vermont-food-venture-center|publisher=The Center for an Agricultural Economy|access-date=June 17, 2013}}</ref> The facility should generate the equivalent of 16 full-time jobs when{{when|date=June 2013}} fully operational.<ref name=vermontbiz.com>{{cite web|title=Interim Project Manager Hired for Food Processing Incubator in Hardwick|url=http://www.vermontbiz.com/people/december/interim-project-manager-hired-food-processing-incubator-hardwick|work=vermontbiz.com|date=December 13, 2010|publisher=Vermont Business Magazine|access-date=June 17, 2013}}</ref>

==Historic places==
The town contains five places on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]:

* [[Building at 143 Highland Avenue]] – 143 Highland Ave. (added May 6, 2000)
* [[Cobb School]] – Jct. of Hardwick Town Hwy. 10 (Cobb School Rd.) and Sanborn Cemetery Rd. (added October 30, 1993)
* [[Downtown Hardwick Village Historic District]] – Brush St. (added April 10, 2004)
* [[Downtown Hardwick Village Historic District]] – Main, Church, Maple and Mill Sts. (added October 30, 1982)
* [[Hardwick Street Historic District]] – NE of Hardwick (added July 22, 1979)

==Government==
The federal government granted the town $492,000 in 2008 to upgrade the water system for fire-fighting purposes after a 2005 fire gutted the Bemis block.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200810/101508a.html |title=Leahy-Authored Farm Bill Provision Nets Northeast Kingdom $22 M. in Economic Development Investments |date=October 15, 2008 |work=U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy |publisher=leahy.senate.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106171549/http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200810/101508a.html |archive-date=January 6, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The town owns the Hardwick Electric Department.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hardwickelectric.com/|title=Home - Hardwick Electric Department|website=www.hardwickelectric.com|language=en-gb|access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref>

The town owns {{convert|225|ft}} of shoreline on Caspian Lake in [[Greensboro, Vermont|Greensboro]]. The {{convert|2.4|acres}} has been used for recreation since 1927. As a result, they pay taxes to Greensboro on land worth $644,000. This was overlooked until 2012.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Joseph | last=Gresser | title=How much is 225 feet of Caspian Lake shoreline worth? | newspaper=the Chronicle | location=Barton, Vermont | pages= 2, 3 | date=September 19, 2012 }}</ref> The Vermont State Legislature passed a bill near the end of its 2013 calendar exempting Caspian Lake Public Beach from state taxes, a bill which "appears to solve recent questions between Greensboro and Hardwick regarding taxation of the Public Beach."<ref name="Greensboro Association">{{cite web|title=Vermont Legislature Exempts Caspian Lake Public Beach from State Tax|date=May 26, 2013|url=http://www.greensboroassociation.org/2013/05/26/vermont-legislature-exempts-caspian-lake-public-beach-from-state-tax/|publisher=The Greensboro Association|access-date=May 28, 2013}}</ref>

==Media==
The '''''Hardwick Gazette''''' is a weekly newspaper founded in 1889 that serves Hardwick and nine nearby communities. {{As of|2016}} it has a circulation of about 2,200 and was for sale through an essay contest.<ref>{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Annear |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/06/08/sharpen-that-pencil-essay-winner-will-become-owner-vermont-newspaper/sZ94FO0C4sVE8WNvnQwUaN/story.html |title=Sharpen that pencil! Essay winner will become owner of Vermont newspaper |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=June 8, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Erik |last=Wemple |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/06/08/owner-of-small-vermont-newspaper-launches-essay-contest-for-new-owner/ |title=Owner of small Vermont newspaper launches essay contest for new owner |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |type=Blog |date=June 8, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Kristen |last=Hare |url=http://www.poynter.org/2016/this-vermont-newspaper-is-having-an-essay-contest-the-prize-this-vermont-newspaper/415777/ |title=This Vermont newspaper is having an essay contest. The prize? This Vermont newspaper |publisher=Poynter |date=June 8, 2016 }}</ref> While the contest did not receive enough entries, a buyer was found from among the entrants and ownership changed in February 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.poynter.org/2017/this-vermont-newspaper-couldnt-give-itself-away-in-an-essay-contest-but-it-did-find-a-buyer/449201/|title=This Vermont newspaper couldn't give itself away in an essay contest. But it did find a buyer.|website=Poynter|date=February 16, 2017|access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref> The buyer was Ray Smalls. Smalls has a background in business and bought the paper with his wife, putting his retirement plans on hold. Smalls was not able to gain as much success in improving circulation of the paper as he had hoped and has been personally financially supporting the paper for about three years.

== Notable people ==
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* [[Guy W. Bailey]], [[Secretary of State of Vermont]] and President of the [[University of Vermont]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uvm.edu/president/formerpresidents/?Page=bailey.html |title=Biography, Guy W. Bailey (1920-1940) |website=Former presidents |publisher=University of Vermont |location=Burlington, VT |access-date=January 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172846/https://www.uvm.edu/president/formerpresidents/?Page=bailey.html |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Dustin Grow Cheever]], politician
* [[Catherine Cate Coblentz]], writer
* [[Philip Cummings]], Spanish teacher, news analyst, public speaker
* [[Kent Osborne]], screenwriter and actor
* [[Dorman Bridgman Eaton]], lawyer and author
* [[Lee E. Emerson]], 69th [[List of Governors of Vermont|governor of Vermont]]
* [[Jim Fixx]], author and jogging enthusiast
* [[Thomas J. D. Fuller]], US congressman
* [[David H. Nichols]], politician
* [[William H. Taylor (judge)|William H. Taylor]], Associate Justice of the [[Vermont Supreme Court]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Bigelow |first=Walter J. |date=1919 |title=Vermont, Its Government |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0kjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA35 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Historical Publishing Company |page=14 |ref={{sfnRef|''Vermont, Its Government''}}}}</ref>

<gallery class="center" widths="200" heights="200">
Image:The Hardwick Gazette building 42 South Main Street downtown Hardwick VT March 2013.jpg|''Hardwick Gazette'' building, 42&nbsp;South Main Street
Image:Jeudevine Library 93 North Main Street downtown Hardwick VT March 2013.jpg|Jeudevine Library, 93&nbsp;North Main Street
Image:United States Post Office 52 Mill Street downtown Hardwick VT March 2013.jpg|Hardwick Post Office, 52&nbsp;Mill Street
Image:Historic Hardwick Inn 4 South Main Street downtown Hardwick VT March 2013.jpg|Historic Hardwick Inn, 4&nbsp;South Main Street
Image:Buffalo Mountain Co-op & Cafe 30 S. Main Street downtown Hardwick VT March 2013.jpg|Buffalo Mountain Food Co-operative, 39&nbsp;South Main Street
Image:Footbridge crossing Lamoille River Main Street Hardwick VT March 2013.jpg|Footbridge over Lamoille River
</gallery>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* A. J. Coolidge & J. B. Mansfield (1859), [https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&dq=coolidge+mansfield+history+description+new+england+1859&pg=PA816 ''A History and Description of New England'']; Boston, Massachusetts.
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vermont/CaledoniaHardwick.html Township information – Hardwick, Vermont]

==External links==
{{Commons category|Hardwick, Vermont}}
* [http://www.hardwickvt.org Town of Hardwick official website]
* [http://www.jeudevinememoriallibrary.org/ Jeudevine Memorial Library]
* [http://www.hardwickvtarea.com/hardwick.shtml Hardwick Area Chamber of Commerce]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090331180626/http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/hardwick.html Virtual Vermont – Hardwick, Vermont]
* [https://www.npr.org/2011/07/15/137499585/vermont-towns-food-focus-still-a-growing-concept "Vermont Town's Food Focus Still a Growing Concept"], ''[[Morning Edition]]'', NPR—Article on organic farming in Hardwick

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