Editing Pittsford, Vermont

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'''Pittsford''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Rutland County, Vermont]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], the town population was 2,862.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5002155600| title=Census - Geography Profile: Pittsford town, Rutland County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=January 4, 2022}}</ref> Named for William Pitt, it has two picket [[Forts in Vermont|forts]] used in the [[American Revolutionary War]].

==History==
Pittsford was first settled as a frontier town in 1769, about {{convert|60|mi}} north of [[Bennington, Vermont|Bennington]]. It is the location of two historical picket [[Forts in Vermont|forts]] used by the [[militia]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Fort Mott (Vermont)|Fort Mott]] (built in 1777), and [[Fort Vengeance Monument Site|Fort Vengeance]] (built from 1780 to 1781), about a mile north.

The town of [[Pittsford (town), New York|Pittsford, New York]], was named by [[Caleb Hopkins (colonel)|Colonel Caleb Hopkins]] after his hometown of Pittsford, Vermont, named after [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|William Pitt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=25200|title=Profile for Pittsford, Vermont|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=May 10, 2010}}</ref>

The first settlers and founders of Pittsford were the Cooley half-brothers, Benjamin Cooley (b. 1747, d. 1790) and Gideon Cooley (b. 1731,  d. abt 1800).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/townpittsford00caverich/townpittsford00caverich_djvu.txt|title=History of the Town of Pittsford, Vt with Biographical Sketches|author=A. M. Caverly, M.D.|access-date=December 20, 2016}}</ref> Benjamin Cooley joined [[Ethan Allen]], [[Benedict Arnold]], and the rest of the [[Green Mountain Boys]] in the first victory of the Colonies over England: the [[Capture of Fort Ticonderoga]] on 10 May 1775.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/ticonderogaexped00basc/ticonderogaexped00basc_djvu.txt|title=The Ticonderoga expedition of 1775; list of men with Ethan Allen, page 10 | author=Robert O. Bascom}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|43.6|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|43.5|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi}}, or 0.18%, is water. The unincorporated [[Pittsford (CDP), Vermont|village of Pittsford]] is in the center of the town.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 850
|1800= 1413
|1810= 1936
|1820= 1916
|1830= 2005
|1840= 1927
|1850= 2026
|1860= 1839
|1870= 2127
|1880= 1982
|1890= 1775
|1900= 1866
|1910= 2479
|1920= 2098
|1930= 2332
|1940= 2093
|1950= 2076
|1960= 2225
|1970= 2306
|1980= 2590
|1990= 2919
|2000= 3140
|2010= 2991
|2020= 2862
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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 3,140 people, 1,284 households, and 876 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 72.2 people per square mile (27.9/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 1,388 housing units at an average density of 31.9 per square mile (12.3/km<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the town was 99.08% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.22% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.06% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.19% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.45% 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.

There were 1,284 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.2% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $40,027, and the median income for a family was $44,079. Males had a median income of $34,769 versus $24,342 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $19,271.  About 6.0% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.4% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

== Notable people ==
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* [[George D. Chafee]], Illinois lawyer and legislator<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1907-1908,' Biographical Sketch of George D. Chafee, pg. 280-281</ref>
* [[Thomas E. Drew]], former [[Adjutant General#United States|Adjutant General]] of the [[Vermont|State of Vermont]] and resident of the village of [[Florence, Vermont|Florence]]
* [[Frederic Williams Hopkins]], Adjutant General of Vermont, 1837–1852<ref>Vermont Adjutant General, [https://books.google.com/books?id=32oMAQAAIAAJ&q=%22frederic+w.+hopkins%22+rutland Annual Report], 1955, page 2</ref>
* [[Samuel Hopkins (inventor)|Samuel Hopkins]], holder of first American patent, for pearl and potash process (1790)<ref>United States Patent Office, [http://www.myoutbox.net/popch05.htm  History of the Early Patent Office], 1994, page 24</ref>
* [[Jake Lacy]], actor (Casey in ''[[Better with You]]'', Pete in "[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]"); grew up in Pittsford<ref>[http://www.poptower.com/jake-lacy.htm Jake Lacy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305235343/http://www.poptower.com/jake-lacy.htm |date=March 5, 2012 }}. Retrieved April 12, 2012.</ref>
* [[John Lowth]], Wisconsin lawyer and legislator<ref>'Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin,' vol. 1, Biographical Sketch of John Lowth, pg. 189</ref>
*[[Emma A. Winslow]], home economist, researcher, writer

==Sites of interest==

* [[Colburn Bridge]]
* [[Cooley Covered Bridge]]
* [[Depot Covered Bridge]]
* [[Fort Vengeance Monument Site]]
* [[Gorham Covered Bridge]]
* [[Hammond Covered Bridge]]
* Maclure Library
* [[Pittsford Green Historic District]]
* [[Thomas H. Palmer House]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://pittsfordvermont.com/ Town of Pittsford official website]

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