Editing Proctor, Vermont

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| subdivision_name2               = [[Rutland County, Vermont|Rutland]]

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| leader_name1                    = Judy Frazier
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| established_date                = 1886

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'''Proctor''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Rutland County, Vermont|Rutland County]], [[Vermont]], United States. The population was 1,763 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5002157250| title=Census - Geography Profile: Proctor town, Rutland County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=January 4, 2022}}</ref> Proctor is home to the [[Vermont Marble Museum]] and [[Wilson Castle]].

==History==

[[Image:Loading Marble, Proctor, VT.jpg|thumb|left|Loading marble in 1908]]
In the early 19th century, small high-quality [[marble]] deposits were discovered in Rutland, and in the 1830s a large deposit of nearly solid marble of high quality was found in what is now [[West Rutland, Vermont|West Rutland]]. By the 1840s small firms had begun operations, but marble [[quarry|quarries]] only became profitable when the railroad came to Rutland in 1851. At the same time, the famous quarries of [[Carrara]] in [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]], became largely unworkable because of their extreme depth, and Rutland quickly became one of the leading producers of marble in the world.

This fueled enough growth and investment that in 1886 the marble companies saw to it that when the present [[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland City]] was incorporated as a village, most of the [[Rutland (town), Vermont|town]] was split off as West Rutland and Proctor, which between them contained the bulk of the marble quarries. Proctor was formed around the nucleus of the old Sutherland Falls from parts of Rutland and [[Pittsford, Vermont|Pittsford]]. Proctor was named for and almost completely owned by [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Redfield Proctor]]. The closing of the marble quarries in the town in the 1980s and 1990s cost the area many jobs, and Proctor has struggled much more than its neighbors. In 2004 the Proctor Marble Arch Bridge restoration project was the recipient of the Marble Institute Award of Merit for "commitment to preservation of the original stonework."<ref>[http://www.marble-institute.com/awards/pinnacle2004.cfm 2004 Marble Institute Award of Merit]</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|7.6|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|0.04|sqmi}}, or 0.39%, is water. Drained by [[Otter Creek (Vermont)|Otter Creek]], Proctor lies between the [[Taconic Range]] and [[Green Mountains]]. The northern half of the town, home of unincorporated Proctor village, is the [[Proctor (CDP), Vermont|Proctor]] [[census-designated place]].

The town is crossed by [[Vermont Route 3]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 1758
|1900= 2136
|1910= 2871
|1920= 2789
|1930= 2596
|1940= 2292
|1950= 1917
|1960= 2102
|1970= 2095
|1980= 1998
|1990= 1979
|2000= 1877
|2010= 1741
|2020= 1763
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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 1,877 people, 756 households, and 530 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|248.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|inhabitants&nbsp;|inhabitants|}}. There were 791 housing units at an average density of {{convert|104.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 99.04% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.16% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.11% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.05% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.05% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.53% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.59% of the population.

There were 756 households, out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families. 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.2% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $39,773, and the median income for a family was $45,625. Males had a median income of $33,214 versus $25,197 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $18,214. About 6.8% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Neighboring cities and towns==
{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Proctor
|North     = [[Pittsford, Vermont|Pittsford]]
|Northeast = [[Pittsford, Vermont|Pittsford]]
|East      = [[Rutland (town), Vermont|Rutland (town)]]
|Southeast = [[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland (city)]]
|South     = [[West Rutland, Vermont|West Rutland]]
|Southwest = [[West Rutland, Vermont|West Rutland]]
|West      = [[West Rutland, Vermont|West Rutland]]
|Northwest = [[Pittsford, Vermont|Pittsford]]
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== Notable people ==
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[[Image:VTMarbleMuseum.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Vermont Marble Museum]]]]
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* [[Bernard Joseph Flanagan]], bishop
* [[F. Ray Keyser]], 72nd [[List of Governors of Vermont|governor of Vermont]]
* [[Earle B. McLaughlin]], U.S. Marshal for Vermont<ref name="Obituary">{{cite news |date=December 3, 2003 |title=Obituary, Earle B. McLaughlin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115111432/mclaughlin/ |work=[[The Burlington Free Press]] |location=Burlington, VT |page=4B |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[Frank Charles Partridge]], US senator
* [[Fletcher Dutton Proctor]], 51st [[List of Governors of Vermont|governor of Vermont]]
* [[Mortimer Robinson Proctor]], 66th [[List of Governors of Vermont|governor of Vermont]]
* [[Redfield Proctor]], secretary of war, US senator, and 37th [[List of Governors of Vermont|governor of Vermont]]
* [[Redfield Proctor, Jr.]], 59th [[List of Governors of Vermont|governor of Vermont]]

==Sites of interest==
* [http://www.coveredbridgesite.com/vt/gorham.html Gorham Covered Bridge]
* [https://proctorvermont.com/library/ Proctor Free Library]
* [http://www.vermont-marble.com/ Vermont Marble Museum]
* [[Wilson Castle]]

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==

* Juliette M. Bianco and Pieter B.F.J. Broucke, ''Nature Transformed: Edward Burtynsky's Vermont Quarry Photographs in Context.'' Hanover, NH: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College; Distributed by University Press of New England, 2012.
* David C. Gale, ''Proctor: the Story of a Marble Town.'' Brattleboro, VT: Vermont Printing Co, 1922.
* Abby Marin Hemenway (ed.), [https://archive.org/details/historyofrutland01heme ''The History of Rutland County, Vermont: Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical, and Military.''] White River Junction, VT: White River Paper Co., 1882.
* Paul R Magocsi, ''Immigrants from Eastern Europe: The Carpatho-Rusyn Community of Proctor, Vermont.'' Montpelier, VT: Vermont Historical Society, 1974.
* Lyman Williams Redington, [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NtZYAAAAMAAJ ''Centennial Celebration of the Organization of Rutland County, Vermont: Held under the Auspices of the Rutland County Historical Society at the Town Hall, Rutland, Vt., March 4, 1881...''] Rutland, VT: [[Lyman W. Redington]], 1882.
* H.P. Smith and W.S. Rann, [https://archive.org/details/historyofrutland00smit ''History of Rutland County, Vermont: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers.''] Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., 1886.
* Vermont Marble Company, ''Vermont Marble Company: Its Past and Future: Address at a General Conference at Proctor, Vermont, December 28–31, 1920.'' Proctor, VT: Privately printed, 1921.

==External links==
* [http://www.proctorvermont.com Town of Proctor official website]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030902211119/http://www.uvm.edu/~ashawley/proctor/ Proctor history and politics]
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vttowns/proctor/proctor.htm Proctor, Vermont genealogy]
* [http://www.proctornews.com ''Proctor News'']

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