Editing Strafford, Vermont

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'''Strafford''' is a town in [[Orange County, Vermont|Orange County]], [[Vermont]], United States. The population was 1,094 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5001770675|title=Census - Geography Profile: Stafford town, Orange County, Vermont|access-date=January 6, 2022}}</ref> The town of Strafford was created on August 12, 1761, by way of a [[royal charter]] which [[King George III]] of Great Britain issued to Governor [[Benning Wentworth]] of [[New Hampshire]]. The town was named after the [[Earl of Strafford]].<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=25244|title=Profile for Strafford, Vermont|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|accessdate=May 9, 2010}}</ref>  Its town house is one of the most famous in Vermont, sitting atop a hill at the end of the historic town common.

Strafford was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by [[Hurricane Irene (2011)|Hurricane Irene]] in 2011.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/us/31floods.html Floodwaters From Storm Isolate 13 Vermont Towns], ''The New York Times''</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 44.3&nbsp;square miles (114.8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 44.2&nbsp;square miles (114.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.1&nbsp;square mile (0.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) (0.25%) is water. The West Branch of the [[Ompompanoosuc River]] flows through the town.<ref>[[DeLorme]] (1996). ''Vermont Atlas & Gazetteer''.  Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme.  {{ISBN|0-89933-016-9}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 844
|1800= 1642
|1810= 1805
|1820= 1921
|1830= 1935
|1840= 1761
|1850= 1540
|1860= 1506
|1870= 1290
|1880= 1181
|1890= 932
|1900= 1000
|1910= 776
|1920= 601
|1930= 615
|1940= 598
|1950= 680
|1960= 548
|1970= 536
|1980= 731
|1990= 902
|2000= 1045
|2010= 1098
|2020= 1094
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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 1,045 people, 420 households, and 296 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 23.6 people per square mile (9.1/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 542 housing units at an average density of 12.3 per square mile (4.7/km<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the town was 98.47% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.19% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.29% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.10% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.96% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.48% of the population.

[[Image:JSMorrill-House.jpg|thumb|left|[[Justin Smith Morrill]] House.]]
There were 420 households, out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% 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 2.97.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 29.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $46,711, and the median income for a family was $52,596. Males had a median income of $31,481 versus $24,808 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $22,267.  About 3.6% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 13.9% of those age 65 or over.

[[Justin Smith Morrill]], US Representative and Senator, known as the chief sponsor and author of the [[Morrill Land-Grant Acts|Land Grant College Acts]] was born in Strafford.  His Gothic Revival Homestead is one of the Vermont State-Owned Historic Sites. [http://www.HistoricVermont.org/Morrill]

== Notable people ==
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* [[Jedediah Hyde Baxter]], son of [[Portus Baxter]] and [[Surgeon General of the United States Army]]
* [[Edmund Coffin|Edmund "Tad" Coffin]], saddle maker and Olympic equestrian
* [[William Sloane Coffin]], clergyman and activist
* [[Denny Emerson]], equestrian<ref>{{Cite web |title=Denny Emerson |url=https://useventing.com/about/hall-of-fame/denny-emerson |access-date=September 29, 2023 |website=USEA : United States Eventing Association Inc. |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Doc Hazelton]], major league baseball player and college coach<ref name="O'Boyle">{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/9595a4eb |title=Biography: Doc Hazelton |last=O'Boyle |first=Francis Joseph |date=2000 |website=SABR.org |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |location=Phoenix, AZ |access-date=December 12, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Noah Kahan]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mosk |first=Mitch |date=March 28, 2019 |title=Interview: Inside Noah Kahan's Beautiful Mess |url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/noah-kahan-2019-interview-mess/ |access-date=September 29, 2023 |website=Atwood Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Barbara Moraff]], American poet of the Beat generation 
* [[Justin Smith Morrill]], US congressman and senator

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.straffordvt.org/ Town of Strafford official website]

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[[Category:Towns in Vermont]]
[[Category:Towns in Orange County, Vermont]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1761]]