Editing Waterville, Vermont

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|blank_info               = 50-77425<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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'''Waterville''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Lamoille County, Vermont|Lamoille County]], [[Vermont]], United States. The population was 686 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5001577425|title=Census - Geography Profile: Waterville town, Lamoille County, Vermont|access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
Waterville is in northwestern Lamoille County, in the valley of the North Branch of the [[Lamoille River]]. The town is bordered to the west by [[Franklin County, Vermont|Franklin County]]. [[Vermont Route 109]] runs through the center of town, up the North Branch valley. It leads northeast (upstream) {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[Vermont Route 118]] at [[Belvidere, Vermont|Belvidere Corners]] and southwest {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Jeffersonville, Vermont|Jeffersonville]] in the town of [[Cambridge, Vermont|Cambridge]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Waterville has an area of {{convert|42.5|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.1|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.34%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0600000US5001577425&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P1| title=Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Waterville town, Lamoille County, Vermont| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov| accessdate=February 10, 2021}}</ref>
[[Image:WatervilleVT Bridge Winter.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Church Street and the covered bridge in Waterville, in winter]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1810= 193
|1820= 273
|1830= 488
|1840= 610
|1850= 753
|1860= 747
|1870= 573
|1880= 547
|1890= 577
|1900= 529
|1910= 485
|1920= 469
|1930= 370
|1940= 386
|1950= 409
|1960= 332
|1970= 397
|1980= 470
|1990= 532
|2000= 697
|2010= 673
|2020= 686
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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=June 18, 2015}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 697 people, 260 households, and 186 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 42.5 people per square mile (16.4/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 284 housing units at an average density of 17.3 per square mile (6.7/km<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the town was 97.27% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.43% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.29% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 2.01% from two or more races.

There were 260 households, out of which 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.1% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.0% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $39,453, and the median income for a family was $42,857. Males had a median income of $34,250 versus $22,917 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $18,081.  About 6.8% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.4% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.

== Culture ==
The 20th-century American oil painter [[Emile Gruppe]] painted Waterville on several canvases from a variety of points of view, almost always including the church, the North Branch of the Lamoille River, and the Church Street covered bridge. Gruppe maintained a seasonal studio and painting school in the nearby village of [[Jeffersonville, Vermont|Jeffersonville]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/5664538|title=Signed Emile Gruppe, Winter in Waterville, Vt|access-date=August 7, 2023}}</ref>

==Notable people==

* [[James M. Hotchkiss]] (1812–1877), member of the [[Vermont House of Representatives]] and [[Vermont Senate]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Aldrich |first=Lewis Cass |date=1891 |title=History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont |url=https://archive.org/details/historyfranklin00aldrgoog |location=Syracuse, NY |publisher=D. Mason & Co. |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyfranklin00aldrgoog/page/n771 697] |ref={{sfnRef|''History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont''}}}}</ref>
* [[Luke P. Poland]] (1815–1887), U.S. senator and representative, justice of the [[Vermont Supreme Court]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000406 |title=Biography, Like Potter Poland |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |publisher=Historians of the U.S. House and Senate |location=Washington, DC |access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|www.watervillevt.org}}

{{Lamoille County, Vermont}}

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[[Category:Waterville, Vermont| ]]
[[Category:Towns in Vermont]]
[[Category:Towns in Lamoille County, Vermont]]