Editing Woodbury, Vermont

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|postal_code              = 05681 (Woodbury)<br/>05650 ([[East Calais, Vermont|East Calais]])<br/>05658 ([[Marshfield (village), Vermont|Marshfield]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 802|802]]
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|blank_info               = 50-85525<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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|blank1_info              = 1462270<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
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'''Woodbury''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Washington County, Vermont|Washington County]], [[Vermont]], United States. The population was 928 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5002385525| title=Census - Geography Profile: Woodbury town, Washington County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref>

==History==

Woodbury was chartered and settled in the late 18th century.  After the U.S. Civil War, granite quarrying became a viable business, and the [[Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad]] was built to transport stone from the quarries to finishing shops in nearby [[Hardwick, Vermont|Hardwick]], which had a rail connection to the outside world.  Woodbury's granite finishing business faded away, although granite is still quarried in the town and "Woodbury Gray" granite is still sold.<ref>Mineral Resource Data System, "[https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10081736 Woodbury Quarries-Robeson Mountain]", [[U.S. Geologic Survey]]; accessed 2021.11.23.</ref><ref>"[https://www.stonecontact.com/woodbury/s1652 Woodbury Grey Granite]", Stone Contact International Builders Marketplace; accessed 2021.11.23.</ref> 

The 2024 videogame [[Fears to Fathom: Woodbury Getaway]] takes place in this town.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|101.3|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|97.1|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|4.1|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 4.06%, is water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Woodbury town, Washington County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| accessdate=September 19, 2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1800= 23
|1810= 254
|1820= 432
|1830= 824
|1840= 1092
|1850= 1070
|1860= 999
|1870= 902
|1880= 856
|1890= 810
|1900= 862
|1910= 824
|1920= 686
|1930= 529
|1940= 463
|1950= 449
|1960= 317
|1970= 399
|1980= 573
|1990= 766
|2000= 809
|2010= 906
|2020= 928
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="VTHistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.vermonthistory.org/explorer|title=Vermont History Explorer|accessdate=August 7, 2015}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 809 people, 329 households, and 209 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 21.4 people per square mile (8.3/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 659 housing units at an average density of 17.4 per square mile (6.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 91.59% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.37% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.62% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.49% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.37% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.62% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5.93% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.11% of the population.

There were 329 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were couples living together and joined in either [[marriage]] or [[Civil Union|civil union]], 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families. 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 31.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $35,357, and the median income for a family was $42,727. Males had a median income of $27,434 versus $25,417 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $19,772. About 5.1% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.8% of those under age 18 and 13.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
*[[Seymour Ainsworth]], businessman prominent in [[Saratoga Springs, New York]] and member of the [[New York State Assembly]], born in Woodbury<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boone |first1=H. H. |last2=Cook |first2=Theodore P. |date=1870 |title=Life Sketches of Executive Officers, and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York |volume=III |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4I9JAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA155 |location=Albany, NY |publisher=Weed, Parsons and Company |page=155 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
*[[Charles H. Heath]], [[President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Carleton |first=Hiram |date=1903 |title=Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont |volume=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmbLSJZgij4C&pg=PA280 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |page=280 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
*[[Charles Webster Leonard]], businessman in [[Vermont]], [[Massachusetts]] and [[New York City]] who was an executive with the [[Woodbury Granite Company]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Brayley |first=Arthur Wellington |date=1913 |title=History of the Granite Industry of New England |volume=II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SUkNAAAAYAAJ |location=Boston, MA |publisher=National Association of Granite Industries |page=102 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
*[[Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1890)|Bob Smith]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher, born in Woodbury<ref>{{cite book |last=Lee |first=Bill |date=2003 |title=The Baseball Necrology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=13EwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA369 |location=Jefferson, NC |publisher=McFarland & Company |page=369 |isbn=978-0-7864-4239-3 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.wvfdvt.org Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department]
* [http://www.woodbury.ossu.org/ Woodbury Elementary School]
* [https://www.woodburyvt.org/ Town of Woodbury]

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