Editing Middletown Springs, Vermont

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| official_name      = Middletown Springs, Vermont
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| image_caption      = Middletown Springs Community Church
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Vermont]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Vermont|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Rutland County, Vermont|Rutland]]
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| parts              = {{ubl|[[Middletown Springs (CDP), Vermont|Middletown Springs]]|Burnham Hollow}}

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| population_total   = 794
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| elevation_m        = 265
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 05757
| area_code          = [[Area code 802|802]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 50-44800<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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'''Middletown Springs''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Rutland County, Vermont|Rutland County]], [[Vermont]], United States.  The population was 794 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5002144800| title=Census - Geography Profile: Middletown Springs town, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=January 3, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 22.9&nbsp;square miles (59.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land. The [[unincorporated area|unincorporated village]] of [[Middletown Springs (CDP), Vermont|Middletown Springs]] is at the center of the town.

==History==
Settlement began shortly before the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=History – Middletown Springs Historical Society |url=https://mshsvt.org/history/ |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=mshsvt.org}}</ref> At that time, the four towns of [[Ira, Vermont|Ira]], [[Poultney (town), Vermont|Poultney]], [[Wells, Vermont|Wells]], and [[Tinmouth, Vermont|Tinmouth]] converged within a fertile valley ringed by mountains.<ref name=":1" /> Inhabitants of this valley had difficulty crossing the mountains to attend church and conduct business in their respective towns, and resolved in 1784 to petition the legislature to create a new town.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Frisbie |first=Barnes |url=https://archive.org/details/historymiddleto00frisgoog |title=The History of Middletown, Vermont, in Three Discourses: Delivered Before the Citizens of that Town, February 7 and 21, and March 30, 1867 |date=1867 |year=1867 |publication-date= |pages=7-9}}</ref> The petition was granted, and the honor of naming the town was given to settler Joseph Spaulding because of his service in surveying the town's borders. He chose "Middletown" as result of its location at the middle of four towns and to pay homage to his hometown of [[Middletown, Connecticut]].<ref name=":0" /> The town's name was officially changed to "Middletown Springs" in 1885, which was a reference to the town's mineral springs that drew in large numbers of visitors in the late 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Middleown Springs, VT – Information about Middletown Springs, Vermont |url=https://middletownsprings.vt.gov/about-middletown-springs/ |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=middletownsprings.vt.gov}}</ref> 

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 699
|1800= 1066
|1810= 1207
|1820= 1039
|1830= 919
|1840= 1057
|1850= 875
|1860= 712
|1870= 777
|1880= 823
|1890= 786
|1900= 746
|1910= 716
|1920= 567
|1930= 583
|1940= 493
|1950= 496
|1960= 381
|1970= 426
|1980= 603
|1990= 686
|2000= 823
|2010= 745
|2020= 794
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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 823 people, 331 households, and 237 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 36.0 people per square mile (13.9/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 397 housing units at an average density of 17.4 per square mile (6.7/km<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the town was 97.81% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.49% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.49% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.36% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.24% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.61% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.49% of the population.

There were 331 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.1% were non-families. 22.7% 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 2.49 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 29.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $35,385, and the median income for a family was $43,750. Males had a median income of $33,214 versus $25,114 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $18,914.  About 10.0% of families and 11.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.0% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.

== Notable people ==
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* [[Frank Asch]] (1946-2022), children's book writer
* [[Walter W. Granger]] (1872–1941), noted [[paleontology|paleontologist]]

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://middletownsprings.vt.gov/ Town of Middletown Springs official website]

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