Editing Landgrove, Vermont

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|subdivision_name2        = [[Bennington County, Vermont|Bennington]]
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|parts                    = North&nbsp;Landgrove

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|postal_code              = 05152 ([[Peru, Vermont|Peru]])<br/>05148 ([[Londonderry, Vermont|Londonderry]])
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|blank_info               = 50-39025<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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'''Landgrove''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Bennington County, Vermont]], United States. The population was 177 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5000339025| title=Census - Geography Profile: Landgrove town, Bennington County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=December 31, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
Landgrove occupies a small area in the northeastern corner of Bennington County, bordered by the town of [[Weston, Vermont|Weston]] in [[Windsor County, Vermont|Windsor County]] to the north and east, [[Londonderry, Vermont|Londonderry]] in [[Windham County, Vermont|Windham County]] to the east and south, and in Bennington County the town of [[Peru, Vermont|Peru]] to the west and a small portion of [[Winhall, Vermont|Winhall]] to the south.

The only centralized community in the town is North Landgrove, next to Utley Brook. [[Vermont Route 11]] crosses the southern part of the town, where it is only {{convert|0.8|mi}} wide.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|23.7|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|23.6|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqkm|disp=flip|2}}, or 0.44%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5000339025| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212163135/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5000339025| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Landgrove town, Bennington County, Vermont| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=April 25, 2014}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 31
|1800= 147
|1810= 299
|1820= 341
|1830= 355
|1840= 345
|1850= 337
|1860= 320
|1870= 302
|1880= 246
|1890= 220
|1900= 225
|1910= 160
|1920= 143
|1930= 104
|1940= 64
|1950= 80
|1960= 49
|1970= 104
|1980= 121
|1990= 134
|2000= 144
|2010= 158
|2020= 177
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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>
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As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 144 people, 64 households, and 44 families residing in the town. The population density was 15.8 people per square mile (6.1/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 153 housing units at an average density of 16.8 per square mile (6.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 99.31% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 0.69% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]].

There were 64 households, out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.73.

In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 23.6% under the age of 18, 2.1% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 37.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $38,750, and the median income for a family was $55,625. Males had a median income of $71,250 versus $31,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $34,929. There were 7.4% of families and 15.7% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 23.8% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==Notable people==

* [[James Loren Martin]], [[Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives]] and judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of Vermont]], was born in Landgrove<ref>{{cite book |last=Fleetwood |first=Frederick G., Vermont Secretary of State |date=1902 |title=Vermont Legislative Directory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wCY0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA410 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Vermont Watchman Co. |page=410}}</ref>
* [[Ben Ogden]], member of the [[United States Ski Team]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Benjamin Ogden|url=https://usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/benjamin-ogden|access-date=February 23, 2022|website=U.S. Ski & Snowboard|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[J. Henry Tate]], Wisconsin businessman and legislator, was born in Landgrove<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1877,' Biographical Sketch of J. Henry Tate, pg. 448</ref>

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