Editing Pawlet, Vermont

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|postal_code              = 05761 (Pawlet)<br/>05775 ([[West Pawlet, Vermont|West Pawlet]])<br/>05774 ([[Wells, Vermont|Wells]])
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'''Pawlet''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Rutland County, Vermont]], United States. The population was 1,424 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5002154250| title=Census - Geography Profile: Pawlet town, Rutland County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=January 4, 2022}}</ref>

==History==
Pawlet was one of the [[New Hampshire Grants]], chartered from [[Benning Wentworth]], Governor of colonial [[Province of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]].  The charter was granted on August 26, 1761, to Jonathan Willard and 61 other shareholders.<ref>{{cite book |last=Deming |first=Leonard |date=1851 |title=Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_EUJ-VnHTzWAC |quote=pawlet vermont 1761 charter willard. |location=Middlebury, VT |publisher=Leonard Deming |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_EUJ-VnHTzWAC/page/n172 169]}}</ref>  The town was named for the [[Mettawee River]], which was called "Paulet" or "Paulette" on the earliest maps of the area that later became Vermont.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hollister |first=Hiel |date=1867 |title=Pawlet for One Hundred Years |url=https://archive.org/stream/pawletforonehun00hollgoog#page/n14/mode/2up |location=Albany, NY |publisher=J. Munsell |page=5}}</ref> Nine families lived there at the time of its organization in 1769.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wickman |first=Don |date=15 September 2006 |title=Pawlet - At home in the Mettawee Valley |url=https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/pawlet---at-home-in-the-mettawee-valley/article_2966bac1-d9ed-59cf-9cc6-b91564790a17.html |access-date=29 June 2024 |work=Rutland Herald Online}}</ref> It was part of [[Bennington County, Vermont|Bennington County]] until Rutland County was created in 1781.<ref>{{cite book |last=Swift |first=Esther M. |date=1977 |title=Vermont Place-names: Footprints of History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B7zWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22rutland+county+was+incorporated%22 |location=Brattleboro, VT |publisher=Stephen Greene Press |page=372|isbn=9780828902915 }}</ref>

The first town meeting on record took place on December 22, 1775.  Since this meeting was called by town clerk Simeon Burton, it is apparent that Pawlet was already settled by then.

==Geography==
Pawlet is located in the [[Taconic Mountains]].  The town is located on Vermont's western boundary with [[New York (state)|New York]], and adjacent towns include [[Wells, Vermont|Wells]] to the north, [[Danby, Vermont|Danby]] to the east, [[Rupert, Vermont|Rupert]] to the south, and [[Granville, New York|Granville]] and [[Hebron, New York|Hebron]], New York to the west. The town contains two unincorporated villages: [[Pawlet (CDP), Vermont|Pawlet]] in the center of town, and [[West Pawlet, Vermont|West Pawlet]] along the western border.
 
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|42.9|sqmi}}, of which 0.02% is water.

Pawlet is a rural farming town. The local school (Mettawee Community School) is about five minutes from downtown Pawlet and downtown West Pawlet.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 1458
|1800= 1938
|1810= 2233
|1820= 2155
|1830= 1965
|1840= 1748
|1850= 1843
|1860= 1539
|1870= 1505
|1880= 1696
|1890= 1745
|1900= 1731
|1910= 1959
|1920= 1413
|1930= 1476
|1940= 1192
|1950= 1156
|1960= 1112
|1970= 1184
|1980= 1244
|1990= 1314
|2000= 1394
|2010= 1477
|2020= 1424
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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 2000, there were 1,394 people, 575 households, and 396 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 32.5 people per square mile (12.5/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 707 housing units at an average density of 16.5 per square mile (6.4/km<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the town was 98.85% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.29% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.65% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 0.22% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.79% of the population.

There were 575 households, out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $36,429, and the median income for a family was $42,750. Males had a median income of $27,847 versus $22,262 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $20,726.  About 8.3% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.0% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.

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* [[Frederick W. Adams]] (1786–1858), noted physician, born in Pawlet
* [[Aaron Clark]], Mayor of New York City, 1837–1839, raised in Pawlet from the age of 2
* [[William Fairfield]], businessman and politician in Upper Canada
* [[Claude Fredericks]] (1923–2013), resident 1948–2013, Bennington professor, ran the Banyan Press<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6s203736/ | title=Finding aid for the Banyan Press archive, 1946-1986 | publisher=The Online Archive of California | access-date=July 7, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Lemuel Chipman]], judge and politician<ref>{{cite web |title=1831 Lemuel Chipman death notice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/56463054/1831-lemuel-chipman-death-notice/ |website=Middlebury Free Press |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=September 8, 2023 |pages=3 |date=June 1, 1831}}</ref>
* [[James Campbell Hopkins]], federal judge
* [[Kirby Flower Smith]], classicist and translator
* [[Joshua C. Stoddard]], inventor, born in Pawlet<ref  name="appletons">{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Stoddard, Joshua C.|year=1900}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://pawlet.vt.gov/ Town of Pawlet official website]
*[http://www.cambridgephoto.com/Town-View/Town-View-Menu.php Vintage Images of Pawlet, VT and area ~ Richard Clayton Photography]

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