Maidstone, Vermont

Town in Vermont, United States

44°39′11″N 71°38′26″W / 44.65306°N 71.64056°W / 44.65306; -71.64056CountryUnited StatesStateVermontCountyEssexArea

• Total32.3 sq mi (83.6 km²) • Land30.5 sq mi (79.1 km²) • Water1.7 sq mi (4.5 km²)Elevation

1,243 ft (379 m)Population

(2020)

• Total211 • Density7/sq mi (2.7/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

05905

Area code802FIPS code50-42475^[1]GNIS feature ID1462141^[2]Websitewww.maidstone-vt.org

Maidstone is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 211.^[3] It is part of the Berlin, NH –VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. There is no town center or gas station, but there is a town office building in the southern part of the town.^[4]

History

The town was named after Maidstone, in England.^[5]

Geography

Maidstone is in eastern Essex County along the Connecticut River, the state boundary between Vermont and New Hampshire. The town is bordered by Guildhall to the south, Granby to the southwest, Ferdinand to the northwest, and Brunswick to the north, all in Vermont. Across the Connecticut River are the New Hampshire towns of Stratford to the northeast and Northumberland to the east. The only crossing of the Connecticut River from Maidstone is the Janice Peaslee Bridge in the northern part of town, leading to Stratford village. Vermont Route 102 travels the length of the east side of town, staying in the Connecticut River valley.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 32.3 square miles (83.6 km²), of which 30.5 square miles (79.1 km²) is land and 1.7 square miles (4.5 km²), or 5.39%, is water.^[6] Maidstone Lake is a large water body in the western part of town. Maidstone State Park is on the east and south sides of the lake, offering camping, fishing, swimming, and hiking.^[7] The highest point in the town is 2,143-foot (653 m) Stoneham Mountain, east of Maidstone Lake.

Politics

Like the rest of northeastern Vermont, Maidstone has historically voted for the Republican Party. The town did vote for Barack Obama in 2008, but was one of only two towns in the state to vote for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in 2012. In Vermont's 2014 elections, the town voted solidly for Republicans Phil Scott for governor and Scott Milne for lieutenant governor.^[8]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	125	—
1800	152	21.6%
1810	177	16.4%
1820	166	−6.2%
1830	236	42.2%
1840	271	14.8%
1850	237	−12.5%
1860	259	9.3%
1870	254	−1.9%
1880	286	12.6%
1890	198	−30.8%
1900	206	4.0%
1910	175	−15.0%
1920	171	−2.3%
1930	123	−28.1%
1940	96	−22.0%
1950	81	−15.6%
1960	78	−3.7%
1970	94	20.5%
1980	100	6.4%
1990	131	31.0%
2000	105	−19.8%
2010	208	98.1%
2020	211	1.4%
U.S. Decennial Census^[9]

At the 2000 census there were 105 people in 45 households, including 30 families, in the town. The population density was 3.4 inhabitants per square mile (1.3/km²). There were 276 housing units at an average density of 9.1 per square mile (3.5/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.14% White, 0.95% African American, 0.95% Native American and 0.95% Asian.^[1] Of the 45 households 20.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 24.4% of households were one person and 8.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.77.

The age distribution was 14.3% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 41.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% 65 or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 133.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 114.3 males.

The median household income was $19,167 and the median family income was $27,500. Males had a median income of $30,313 versus $17,500 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,668. There were 6.7% of families and 8.7% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

References

^ ^a ^b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Census - Geography Profile: Maidstone town, Essex County, Vermont". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
^ "Maidstone Town Plan '07.pdf - Google Drive". docs.google.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 196.
^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Maidstone town, Essex County, Vermont". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
^ "Maidstone State Park". Vermont State Parks. Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maidstone, Vermont.

Town of Maidstone official website

Municipalities and communities of Essex County, Vermont, United States

Shire town: Guildhall

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Footnotes

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Connecticut River watershed

Tributaries

Connecticut	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Salmon River Scantic River
Massachusetts	Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Connecticut River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Farmington River Fall River Five Mile River Green River Hubbard River Manhan River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mirey Brook North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Otter River Quaboag River Scantic River Seven Mile River Tarbell Brook Ware River Westfield River
New Hampshire	Ammonoosuc River Ashuelot River Blow-me-down Brook The Branch Cold River Connecticut River East Branch Mohawk River Gale River Great Brook Halls Stream Ham Branch Indian River Indian Stream Israel River Johns River Knox River Little River Little Sugar River Mascoma River Millers River Mink Brook Mirey Brook Mohawk River Nash Stream North Branch Gale River North Branch Millers River North Branch Sugar River North Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Oliverian Brook Otter Brook Partridge Brook Perry Stream Phillips Brook Simms Stream South Branch Ashuelot River South Branch Gale River South Branch Israel River South Branch Sugar River Stocker Brook Sugar River Tarbell Brook Upper Ammonoosuc River West Branch Mohawk River West Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Wild Ammonoosuc River Zealand River
Vermont	Black River Connecticut River Deerfield River Fall River Green River Halls Stream Leach Creek Moose River Nulhegan River Ompompanoosuc River Ottauquechee River Passumpsic River Rock River Saxtons River Utley Brook Waits River Wells River West River Whetstone Brook White River Williams River Winhall River

Lakes

Connecticut	Barkhamsted Reservoir Lake Beseck Lake Hayward Lake Pocotopaug
Massachusetts	Brooks Pond Browning Pond Lake Monomonac Quabbin Reservoir Lake Wyola
New Hampshire	Ashuelot Pond Back Lake Canaan Street Lake Cedar Pond Christine Lake Comerford Reservoir Connecticut Lakes Crystal Lake Dublin Pond Eastman Pond Echo Lake Lake Francis (Murphy Dam) Goose Pond Grafton Pond Granite Lake Lakes of the Clouds Little Sunapee Lake Mascoma Lake McIndoes Reservoir Lake Monomonac Moore Reservoir Pearly Lake Silver Lake Spofford Lake Lake Sunapee Surry Mountain Lake Lake Tarleton
Vermont	Ball Mountain Lake Comerford Reservoir Harriman Reservoir Harvey's Lake McIndoes Reservoir Moore Reservoir North Hartland Lake Lake Rescue Townshend Lake

Towns

Connecticut	Chester Cromwell Deep River East Haddam East Hampton East Hartford East Windsor Enfield Essex Glastonbury Haddam Hartford Higganum Lyme Middletown Moodus Old Lyme Old Saybrook Portland Rocky Hill South Windsor Suffield Thompsonville Wethersfield Windsor Windsor Locks
Massachusetts	Agawam Chicopee Deerfield Easthampton Gill Greenfield Hadley Hatfield Holyoke Longmeadow Millers Falls Montague Northampton Northfield South Hadley Springfield Sunderland Turners Falls West Springfield Whately
New Hampshire	Bath Charlestown Chesterfield Claremont Clarksville Colebrook Columbia Cornish Dalton Groveton Hanover Haverhill Hinsdale Lancaster Lebanon Littleton Lyme Monroe Northumberland Orford Piermont Pittsburg Plainfield Stewartstown Stratford Walpole West Lebanon Westmoreland Woodsville
Quebec	East Hereford
Vermont	Ascutney Barnet Beecher Falls Bellows Falls Bloomfield Bradford Brattleboro Brunswick Canaan Concord Dummerston Fairlee Gilman Guildhall Hartford Hartland Lemington Lunenburg Maidstone Newbury Norwich Putney Rockingham Ryegate Springfield Thetford Vernon Waterford Weathersfield Wells River Westminster White River Junction Wilder Windsor