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Brattleboro, Vermont
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History
Indigenous people
The location was called Wantastegok or "Wantastiquet" by the indigenous Sokoki band of Abenaki that resided in the area before settlement by Europeans.DeLorme (1996). Vermont Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN|0-89933-016-9}}.Frontier fort
File:Brattleboro Retreat 3.jpg|thumb|right|Brattleboro RetreatBrattleboro RetreatFile:Brattleboro, Vt. (2675062385).jpg|thumb|Lithograph of Brattleboro from 1886 by L.R. BurleighL.R. BurleighTo defend the Massachusetts Bay Colony against Chief Gray Lock and others during Dummer's War, the Massachusetts General Court voted on December 27, 1723, to build a blockhouse and stockade on the Connecticut River near the site of what would later become known as Brattleboro. Lieutenant-governor William Dummer signed the measure, and construction of Fort Dummer began on February 3, 1724. It was completed before summer. On October 11 of that year, the French attacked the fort and killed some soldiers.A. J. Coolidge & J. B. Mansfield, A History and Description of New England; Boston, Massachusetts 1859. Books.google.com. In 1725, Dummer's War ended.By 1728, and in subsequent peaceful periods, the fort served as a trading post for commerce among the colonial settlers and the Indians. But violence flared up from time to time throughout the first half of the 18th century. In 1744, what became known as King George's War broke out, lasting until 1748. During this period a small body of British colonial troops were posted at the fort, but after 1750 this was considered unnecessary.Although the area was originally part of the Equivalent Lands, the township became one of the New Hampshire grants, and was chartered (founded) as such on December 26, 1753, by Governor Benning Wentworth. It was named Brattleborough, after Brigadier-General William Brattle, Jr. of Boston, a military officer, cleric, slaveholder as well as a principal proprietor. Ironically, there is no record that Brattle ever visited the locality, and settlement activities remained tentative until after the 1763 Treaty of Paris, when France abandoned their claims to Vermont, part of the region which they had called New France.Hostilities having ceased, Brattleboro developed quickly in peacetime, and soon was second to no other settlement in the state for business and wealth. In 1771, Stephen Greenleaf opened Vermont's first store in the east village, and in 1784, a post office was established. A bridge was built across the Connecticut River to Hinsdale, New Hampshire, in 1804.weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091027152715weblink">Brattleboro in 1824. Web.archive.org (October 27, 2009).In 1834, the Brattleboro Retreat, then called the Vermont Asylum for the Insane,WEB,weblink Data, usgennet.org, was established through a generous bequest by Anna Marsh of Hinsdale, New Hampshire. In 1844, the Brattleboro Hydropathic Establishment was opened by Robert Wesselhoeft; this was the third "water cure" establishment in the country, utilizing waters from a spring near the current downtown fire station. Until the water cure closed in 1871, the town was widely known as a curative health resort.BOOK, Experience in the Water Cure: A familiar exposition of the Principles and Results of Water Treatment, in the Cure of Acute and Chronic Diseases, in Fowlers and Wells' Water-Cure Library: Embracing all the most popular works on the subject, 2 of 7,weblink Nichols, Mary S. Gove, 1855, Fowlers and Wells, New York, 30 (n85 in electronic page field), October 29, 2009, Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org).{{sfn|Cabot|1922}}Other industries began to appear in the town under the initiation of the businessman John Holbrook, who initiated firms like the Brattleboro Typographic Company. These businesses initiated a decade of very successful printing industry in the town.BOOK,weblink The Vermont Encyclopedia, Duffy, John J., Hand, Samuel B., Orth, Ralph H., 2003, UPNE, 9781584650867, 160, en, Holbrook, John,Mill town
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Whetstone Falls near the intersection of Whetstone Brook and Connecticut River, 1907
Whetstone Falls, very close to where Brattleboro's Whetstone Brook flows into the Connecticut River, was a handy source of water power for watermills, initially a sawmill and a gristmill. By 1859, when the population had reached 3,816, Brattleboro had a woolen textile mill, a paper mill, a manufacturer of papermaking machinery, a factory making melodeons, two machine shops, a flour mill, a carriage factory, and four printing establishments. Connected by the Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad and the Vermont Valley Railroad, the town prospered as a regional center for trade in commodities including grain, lumber, turpentine, tallow and pork.Hayward's New England Gazetteer of 1839. Newenglandtowns.org. In 1888, the spelling of the town's name was shortened to Brattleboro.Brattleboro. Virtual Vermont.U.S. postal authorities decided that all towns ending in borough should be shortened to boro, and Vermont complied.The Estey Organ company, the largest organ manufacturer in the United States, operated in Brattleboro for about a century beginning in 1852. The company's main factory was located southwest of downtown Brattleboro, on the south side of Whetstone Brook between Birge and Organ Streets. At its height, the complex had more than 20 buildings, many of which were interconnected by raised walkways and covered bridges. One of the buildings now houses the Estey Organ Museum. The entire surviving complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, both for its architecture, and for having been a major economic force in Brattleboro for many years.In 1871, Thomas P. James, "The Spirit Pen of Dickens", a printer by trade, moved to Brattleboro, where he took a job at The Vermont Farmer and Record. James claimed that the departed spirit of Charles Dickens had given him a communication during at a seance on Oak Street. According to James, Dickens' spirit conveyed that he had chosen James to write down the end of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", which Dickens had not completed before he died. Dickens' spirit also supposedly told James that it was fine if James made a profit from the book. The book was printed by the same company that owned the Springfield Union, which was the paper that published the first news about James' claims, as well as excerpts from the new chapters of the novel. Newspaper editors from papers around New England who had employed James denounced the entire affair as a well-planned advertising hoax. The book became a sensation, being reviewed in the New York Times and widely promoted in spiritualist magazines of the day. James published the novel on October 31, 1873, and reported that he sold 30,000 copies of it. James left Brattleboro in 1879, abandoning his third wife, and moving to Watertown, Massachusetts, with his fourth wife Lizzie Plummer,Thomas P. James and Lizzie Plummer 27 April 1879 Marriage. Accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription 6 March 2023. a member of the wealthy Salisbury family with ties to Brattleboro's printing and paper making industries.NEWS,weblink A Haunting Mystery: Brattleboro's T.P. James - Spiritualist, writer ... and conman?, Parker, Rolf, 2017-10-27, The Brattleboro Reformer, 2017-11-30, en, Thomas P. James in the Watertown, Massachusetts, 1880 United States Federal Census. Accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription 6 March 2023.British author Rudyard Kipling settled in Brattleboro after marrying a young Brattleboro woman, Carrie Balestier, in 1892. The couple built a home called Naulakha, just over the town line to the north in neighboring Dummerston. Kipling wrote The Jungle Book and other works there. He also wrote about local life in the early 1890s: heavy snowfalls, ox-teams drawing sledges, and people in the small towns beset with what he called a "terrifying intimacy" about each other's lives. He recorded the death of men who had left, going to seek their fortunes in the cities or out west, and the consequent loneliness and depression in the lives of local women; the long length of the workday for farmers, even in winter, often for lack of help; and the abandonment of farms.BOOK,weblink Letters of Travel (1892-1913), Rudyard, Kipling, April 1, 2004, Project Gutenberg, The first person ever to receive a U.S. Social Security benefit check, issued on January 31, 1940, was Ida May Fuller from Brattleboro.Her check number was 00-000-001 and it was for $22.54; WEB, Social Security Online,weblink The First Social Security Beneficiary, Social Security Administration, June 28, 2007, On May 12, 1950, auctioneer Emma Bailey held her first auction in Brattleboro, selling a rocking chair for $2.50. She was the first American woman auctioneer, and later became the first woman admitted to the National Auctioneers Association.NEWS,weblink Emma Bailey: reflections on life as America's first woman auctioneer, 1983-05-19, Christian Science Monitor, 2018-05-24, 0882-7729, - Whetstone Falls, Brattleboro, VT.jpg -
Whetstone Falls near the intersection of Whetstone Brook and Connecticut River, 1907
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 32.5 square miles (84.0 km2), of which 32.0 square miles (82.9 km2) is land and 0.5 square mile (1.2 km2, 1.42%) is water. Brattleboro is drained by the West River, Ames Hill Brook and Whetstone Brook. The town is in the Connecticut River Valley, and its eastern boundary (and the Vermont state line) is the western bank of the Connecticut River. Hills and mountains surround the town.Climate
{{See also|Climate of New England|Climate of Vermont}}Brattleboro experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) with cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers. The town can experience snowfall as early as November and as late as April, and in the adjacent mountains and high country as late as May. Nor'easters often come with the potential of dumping a foot or more of snow on Brattleboro when they move through; such storms are not uncommon during the winter months. Summers are warm to hot and generally humid, with abundant sunshine and heavy showers and thunderstorms associated with passing cold fronts. Tornadoes are rare.The record high is {{convert|100|F|C|0}}, set in 1955, and the record low is {{convert|-33|F|C|0}}, set in 1958. In terms of average annual precipitation, May is typically the wettest month, and February is the driest. Brattleboro averages {{convert|92.58|in|cm|0}} of snow annually.Brattleboro, VT Weather, USA.com. Retrieved January 5, 2014.Brattleboro lies in USDA plant hardiness zone 5a.USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227032333weblink |date=February 27, 2014 }}, US Department of Agriculture. Retrieved January 5, 2014.{{Weather box |location = Brattleboro, Vermont|single line = y|Jan record high F = 62|Feb record high F = 65|Mar record high F = 83|Apr record high F = 97|May record high F = 95|Jun record high F = 100|Jul record high F = 99|Aug record high F = 100|Sep record high F = 100|Oct record high F = 91|Nov record high F = 78|Dec record high F = 68|year record high F= 100|Jan high F = 32|Feb high F = 36|Mar high F = 45|Apr high F = 57|May high F = 70|Jun high F = 79|Jul high F = 84|Aug high F = 82|Sep high F = 73|Oct high F = 62|Nov high F = 49|Dec high F = 36|year high F=|Jan low F = 11|Feb low F = 13|Mar low F = 24|Apr low F = 34|May low F = 45|Jun low F = 54|Jul low F = 59|Aug low F = 57|Sep low F = 49|Oct low F = 37|Nov low F = 29|Dec low F = 18|year low F=|Jan record low F = â30|Feb record low F = â33|Mar record low F = â19|Apr record low F = 5|May record low F = 22|Jun record low F = 31|Jul record low F = 39|Aug record low F = 36|Sep record low F = 24|Oct record low F = 10|Nov record low F = â16|Dec record low F = â24|year record low F= â33|precipitation colour = green|Jan precipitation inch = 3.92|Feb precipitation inch = 3.15|Mar precipitation inch = 3.94|Apr precipitation inch = 3.97|May precipitation inch = 4.32|Jun precipitation inch = 4.07|Jul precipitation inch = 3.87|Aug precipitation inch = 4.20|Sep precipitation inch = 3.78|Oct precipitation inch = 4.03|Nov precipitation inch = 4.13|Dec precipitation inch = 3.69|year precipitation inch= 47.07|source = The Weather ChannelWEB,weblink Climate Statistics for Brattleboro, Vermont, June 22, 2012, }}Demographics
{{US Census population|1790= 1589|1800= 1867|1810= 1891|1820= 2017|1830= 2141|1840= 2623|1850= 3816|1860= 3855|1870= 4933|1880= 5880|1890= 6862|1900= 6640|1910= 7541|1920= 8332|1930= 9816|1940= 10983|1950= 11522|1960= 11734|1970= 12239|1980= 11886|1990= 12241|2000= 12005|2010= 12046|2020= 12184|align-fn=centerEconomy
File:Brooks House from up Main Street.jpg|thumb|right|Brooks House, built in 1871 and originally a resort hotel, is the largest commercial building in Brattleboro.]]Both a commercial and touristic gateway for the state of Vermont, Brattleboro is the first major town one encounters crossing northward by automobile from Massachusetts on Interstate 91, and is accessed via Vermont exits 1, 2, and 3 from that thoroughfare. It offers a mix of a rural atmosphere and urban amenities including a number of lodging establishments. Brattleboro also hosts art galleries, stores, and performance spaces, mostly located in the downtown area.In 2007, after meeting qualifying criteria, the local Selectboard passed a resolution designating Brattleboro a Fair Trade Town, becoming the second Fair Trade certified town in the nation after Media, Pennsylvania.About, Fair Trade Campaigns USA. Retrieved June 28, 2015.C&S Wholesale Grocers, the northeast's largest regional food distributor, made its headquarters here until 2005, when they moved their administrative offices to Keene, New Hampshire; however, because of close proximity to Interstate 91, C&S still operates a large shipping and warehouse facility in Brattleboro near I-91's Exit 3.Brattleboro, VT, C&S Wholesale Grocers.Ehrmann Commonwealth Dairy is headquartered in Brattleboro and operates a dairy processing facility in the town that opened in 2011.WEB,weblink State commits over $2 million in incentives to Commonwealth Dairy expansion, Vermont Business Magazine, December 14, 2016, December 16, 2016, New Chapter, an organic vitamin and supplement maker is headquartered in Brattleboro.WEB,weblink New Chapter founders part ways with Procter & Gamble, July 22, 2018, {| class="wikitable sortable"Development
{{Unreferenced section|date=October 2016}}The town's densely populated center is located near Vermont's lowest elevation point in the Connecticut river valley. Because of the surrounding steep hills there is very little flat land, and many of its buildings and houses are situated on steep hillsides, necessarily closely bunched together. This concentrated topography and population density have helped to create a semi-urban, cosmopolitan atmosphere in the downtown.Since the 1950s, additional construction and development have expanded outside the concentrated downtown area; in the west, south, and north of the township. The southeast quarter of the town, near to and abutting the riverbank, is where its population has historically been the densest, and is composed largely of one- or two-family houses, with apartment buildings such as "triple deckers" interspersed among them. Commercial and industrial operations are concentrated along the north-south Canal Street (Route 5) artery. The town's high school and the Regional Career Center are also located in this section, as is Fort Dummer State Park, which is named after the first European settlers' 1724 stockade. The original Fort's site, however, was flooded in the early 20th century by a flood-control and hydro-electric dam built just downstream in Vernon, Vermont. An historical marker is located near the Fort's now-underwater site, on the west bank of the Connecticut River on Vernon Road (VT Route 142), at the corner of Cotton Mill Hill.The western section of town, built up around Vermont's east-west Route 9, was formally designated a village in 2005. It is mostly lower-density residential in character, and features the state's largest mobile home park and several planned housing developments and subdivisions. Away from the Route 9 conduit, other parts of western Brattleboro and some areas north of the West River have a decidedly rural character, with dirt roads, sparse housing, wooded Green Mountains foothills, and the last few farms left in the town following the 1970s' decline of the dairy industry. At its peak, the immediate Brattleboro area had over 170 farms; there are now less than a dozen remaining.The section of Brattleboro north of the West River, formerly farmland, was mostly subdivided and developed during the 1960s and 1970s following the construction of Interstate 91, which runs north-south through the town. The area has little residential development and is dominated by larger commercial and industrial establishments and suburban-style shopping areas along Putney Road, including seven chain hotels and motels located within a short distance of each other.Brattleboro is also the headquarters of the Holstein/Friesian Cattle Association, which houses and maintains the worldwide registries for those two breeds.Arts and culture
(File:New England Youth Theatre Brattleboro.jpg|thumb|right|New England Youth Theatre)File:Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.jpg|thumb|right|Brattleboro Museum and Art CenterBrattleboro Museum and Art Center(File:Brattleboro Historical Society Jeremiah Beal House.jpg|thumb|right|The Jeremiah Beal Museum of the Brattleboro Historical Society)Brooks Memorial Library houses a town historical archive, fine art paintings, and sculptures.Brattleboro has a thriving arts community. It was listed in John Villani's book The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America,The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America, by John Villani, John Muir Publications, Santa Fe, NM 1998 in which it was ranked #9 among 'arts towns' with a population of 30,000 or less.On the first Friday of every month, an event known as "Gallery Walk"Gallery Walk, Brattleboro, Vermont â a Monthly First-Friday Celebration!. Gallerywalk.org (October 4, 2012). is held, during which galleries, artists, arts organizations, and stores display new art works or hold performances. Included in the organizations that participate are the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center,Brattleboro Museum & Art Center » home. Brattleboromuseum.org. the Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery,Hooker-Dunham Theater â Great Stuff's Happening!. Hookerdunham.org. the In-Sight Photography Project,WEB,weblink In-Sight Photography Project, In-Sight Photography Project, River Gallery School,River Gallery School. River Gallery School. Through the Music,Welcome to Through the Music. Throughthemusic.com. and the Windham Art Gallery.May, 2008. Windham Art Gallery. Gallery Walk is a mid-1990s creation of, and continues to be sponsored by, the Arts Council of Windham County.WEB,weblink acwc, acwc, Other arts organizations in Brattleboro include the Brattleboro Music Center,bmcvt.org the Vermont Theatre Company,Home {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719231358weblink |date=July 19, 2013 }}. Vermont Theatre Company. the New England Youth Theater,New England Youth Theater. Neyt.org. the Brattleboro Women's Chorus,Brattleboro Women's Chorus. Brattleborowomenschorus.org (September 12, 2012). the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA),New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA). Necenterforcircusarts.org. the Vermont Performance Lab,Vermont Performance Lab. Vermont Performance Lab. and the Vermont Jazz Center.the Vermont Jazz Center. Vtjazz.org.WEB,weblink Contact Us - Contact Us, Vermont Jazz, Center, February 9, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160210084119weblink">weblink February 10, 2016, dead,Annual events
- January's annual Northern Roots Festival at the Brattleboro Music Center WEB, Northern Roots Festival,weblink 2024-01-07, Brattleboro Music Center, en-US,
- February's annual Winter CarnivalBrattleboro - Non-profitorganisatie | Facebook. Brattleboro Winter Carnival. Retrieved on April 12, 2014.
- Alpine Ski Jumping's Fred Harris Memorial Tournament, each February at the Harris Hill Ski JumpHarris Hill Ski Jump. Harris Hill Ski Jump
- Brattleboro Women's Film Festival, each MarchWomen's Film Festival 2008 â Home. Womensfilmfestival.org.
- Maple Open House Weekend, each MarchWEB,weblink Maple Open House Weekend, Vermont Maple Sugar Makers,
- Annual Benefit Auction for River Gallery School each MarchWEB,weblink Benefit Auction at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20051227164804weblink">weblink 2005-12-27, December 27, 2005,
- Winston Prouty Center's Taste of the Town fund raiser each MayThe Winston Prouty Center for Child Development. Winstonprouty.org.
- Annual Slow Living Summit in May or JuneSlow Living Summit, June 5â7, 2013. Slowlivingsummit.org (June 1, 2012).
- Vermont Theatre Company's Shakespeare-in-the-Park in June and JulyHome {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073304weblink |date=September 28, 2007 }}. Vermont Theatre Company.
- Brattleboro Free Folk Festival, founded in 2003Folk Music's New Genre Benders Utne Reader. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- Brattleboro Literary Festival in OctoberWelcome to the 2007 Brattleboro Literary Festival. Brattleboroliteraryfestival.org.
- Brattleboro Film Festival first two weeks of NovemberHome, Brattleboro Film Festival. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
Parks and recreation
File:Harris Hill Brattleboro 2.jpg|thumb|right|Harris Hill Ski JumpHarris Hill Ski JumpThe town operates and maintains the Gibson-Aiken Center, a large recreation and community activities facility, located downtown on Main Street,Recreation and Parks, brattleboro.org. Retrieved December 18, 2014. along with a number of parks and outdoor recreation centers, including Living Memorial Park, whose features include an outdoor swimming pool and a municipal skiing facility. There are bicycle lanes on Putney Road in the northern portion of town, on Guilford Street near Living Memorial Park, and on a short segment of Western Avenue in West Brattleboro. Open during the summer months, Fort Dummer State Park is named for, and located near, the original site of a Dummer's War-era stockade. The state park consists of 218 acres of protected forest, featuring hiking trails and a State campground, just south of the population center on wooded hills overlooking the Connecticut River.Fort Dummer State Park {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017235812weblink |date=October 17, 2010 }}, Vermont State Parks. Retrieved December 18, 2014.Brattleboro sees a substantial seasonal influx of recreational skiers and snowboarders, many of them bound for the resorts at nearby Mount Snow and Stratton, but it is also a winter sports destination in and of itself. The town played an important role in the development and popularization of the skiing industry as a winter sport, with pioneering Brattleboro native and Dartmouth College alumnus Fred Harris,WEB,weblink About BOC Founder Fred Harris, debholm, December 16, 2010, founder of the Dartmouth Outing Club (1909â1910),WEB,weblink History of the DOC, also establishing the Brattleboro Outing Club (in 1922),WEB,weblink Brattleboro Outing Club, amacfarl, contributing to the first North American use of motor-driven ski lifts, and building the Harris Hill olympic-scale ski jumping facility,WEB,weblink Welcome!, the site of international competitions every February that still attract daring ski-jumping athletes from all over the world.Government
Brattleboro employs a representative town meeting local government, wherein its citizens are represented at-large by a Selectboard of five members, and by several dozen town representatives elected from three municipal districts. The Selectboard, meeting on average every week or two, is considered part of the 'executive branch' of town government; its five members being elected to fill three one-year positions and two three-year positions. In turn, the Selectboard hires and supervises a full-time town manager.WEB, Brattleboro Town Charter,weblink Town Charter, June 29, 2007, The town's three districts also each elect a representative to the Vermont State Legislature.State and federal representation
Brattleboro is represented at the national level by U.S. senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch, and by Congresswoman Becca Balint, who also represents Vermont's entire at-large federal congressional district.At the state level in Montpelier:- Sen. Wendy Harrison (D)All Senators, Vermont General Assembly. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- Sen. Nader Hashim (D)
- Rep. Mollie Burke (P/D)
- Rep. Emilie Kornheiser (D)
- Rep. Tristan Toleno (D)
Ballot initiatives
- Brattleboro voted in support of a measure calling on the town's police force to arrest and indict President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in March 2008. The vote was 2012â1795.Associated Press. "Vt. towns put Bush, Cheney on arrest list" USA Today (March 5, 2008)
- In March 2017, Brattleboro voted in support of a ban on grocery store plastic bags by a 3 to 1 margin.Brattleboro votes down plastic bags{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, WCAX. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
Education
Brattleboro has a diverse mix of public and private primary, secondary and post-secondary schools and career centers. Sub-campuses of the Community College of Vermont and Vermont Technical College are located in Brattleboro;CCV Brattleboro, Community College of Vermont. Retrieved January 5, 2014. in the downtown's newly renovated Brooks House. Brattleboro is also home to the New England Academic Center of Union Institute and University, housed in the Marlboro College Graduate Center building.SIT Graduate Institute, formerly known as the School for International Training, is a private higher education institution in northern Brattleboro. An outgrowth of The Experiment in International Living, which was founded in 1932 in nearby Putney, Vermont, the Graduate Institute offers master's degrees in several internationally oriented concentrations.SIT Graduate Institute. Retrieved March 3, 2017. Its students and faculty hail from all regions of the globe, giving Brattleboro a decidedly eclectic and international flair, and its notable alumni include native Vermonter and 1997 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams.Brattleboro currently has three public Kâ6 elementary schools. They are:Schools {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702053827weblink |date=July 2, 2014 }}, Windham Southeastern Supervisory Union. Retrieved January 5, 2014.- Green Street School
- Oak Grove School
- Academy School
Media
Radio
There are several radio stations which broadcast from Brattleboro.FM
- WVBA 88.9 FM, Vermont Public Radio outlet
- WKVT-FM 92.7 (classic hits)weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/19961229172323weblink">WKVT radio station. Wkvt.com.
- WTSA-FM 96.7 (hot adult contemporary)WTSA radio station. Wtsa.net (April 21, 2009).
- WVEW-LP 107.7 (community-supported low power station)WVEW radio station. Wvew.org (October 21, 2012).
AM
Television
Brattleboro is not reached by terrestrial broadcast television due to the surrounding mountains, in addition to being just far enough away from major cities like Boston, Springfield, and Albany. However, as of October 2022, like the rest of Vermont except Bennington County, it is considered part of the television market.BCTV channel numbers changed to 1078 & 1079, Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved 2023/02/20. Comcast and Consolidated Communications are the major suppliers of cable television programming for Brattleboro. Local stations offered on Comcast include most major Burlington-area stations, as well as WMUR-TV (ABC) and WEKW-TV (NHPTV) from New Hampshire; and WGBY-TV from Springfield, Massachusetts.Infrastructure
Transportation
Roads and highways
File:229 33 United States Navy Seabees Bridges.jpg|thumb|right|United States Navy Seabees BridgeUnited States Navy Seabees BridgeBrattleboro is crossed by six highways, including one Interstate highway. They are:- 20px Interstate 91
- 20px U.S. Route 5 ("Connecticut River Byway")
- 20px Vermont Route 9 ("Molly Stark Trail")
- 20px Vermont Route 30
- 20px Vermont Route 119
- 20px Vermont Route 142
Rail
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Amtrak train in Brattleboro
{{See also|Union Station (Brattleboro, Vermont)}}Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, operates its Vermonter service daily through Brattleboro, connecting the town by rail with Washington, D.C., and St. Albans, Vermont, and many stations in between. Brattleboro was recently part of a $70 million re-alignment of the Vermonter's route to the old Montrealer route, restoring passenger rail service between Brattleboro and the western Massachusetts cities of Northampton and Greenfield.Amtrak's Vermonter returns to Connecticut River route to Springfield, Mass., starting Dec. 29, The Commons. Retrieved December 18, 2014. Recent upgrades to railroad tracks in Massachusetts and Connecticut, to the south, have significantly reduced rail travel time to New York and points south.- Amtrak Vermonter at Brattleboro in 2004.jpg -
Amtrak train in Brattleboro
Bus
Southeast Vermont Transit, doing business as the MOOver and consisting of the former Current and Brattleboro BeeLine bus operations, operates 3 local bus routes around Brattleboro that also serve Guilford and Hinsdale, New Hampshire on weekdays and Saturday non-holidays. They also operated commuter bus routes between Brattleboro, Bellows Falls (weekdays) and Wilmington (everyday).Wilmington-Brattleboro, MOOver Route 10, Deerfield Valley Transit Association. Retrieved January 4, 2014.Brattleboro to Bellows Falls 53 bus route, The MOOver. Retrieved August 16, 2022.Greyhound also stops in Brattleboro.Air
The closest small-craft airports to Brattleboro are the Deerfield Valley Regional Airport in West Dover to the west, and Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Keene, New Hampshire, to the east. The closest airports (both within {{convert|70|mi|km}} north of the town) offering regularly-scheduled domestic commercial flights include Lebanon Municipal Airport in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, and the Rutland â Southern Vermont Regional Airport, close to Rutland. Both airports feature daily Cape Air flights to and from Boston and White Plains, New York. The closest airports with regularly-scheduled domestic and international flights are Bradley International Airport to the south, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport to the east, and Albany International Airport to the west, all of them less than two hours' driving distance from the town.(File:BrattleboroFall crop.jpg|thumb|center|800px|Downtown Brattleboro, as seen from a walking trail just across the Connecticut River, in New Hampshire. There are many miles of scenic trails in and around the town.)Fire department
The town of Brattleboro is protected by the Brattleboro Fire Department,Brattleboro Fire Department. Retrieved March 25, 2016. founded in 1831 and located on Elliot Street in the downtown business district. There is also a sub-station in West Brattleboro. The Department's current Chief is Michael Bucossi.Staff {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403184840weblink |date=April 3, 2016 }}, Brattleboro Fire Department. Retrieved March 25, 2016.Police
Brattleboro and West Brattleboro are serviced by the Brattleboro Police Department.Chief {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040608weblink |date=January 6, 2014 }}, Brattleboro Police Department. Retrieved January 5, 2014.The Windham County Sheriff's Department provides prisoner transport and serves civil documents across Brattleboro and the rest of Windham County.The Sheriff: Biography and Programs, Windham County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved December 18, 2014.The Vermont State Police have a substation in Westminster and also serve the town./brattleboro Westminster Barracks, Vermont State Police. Retrieved October 25, 2016.Health care
- Brattleboro is home to the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, a 61-bed community hospital serving southeastern Vermont since 1904. As of 2014, the hospital has 137 primary care and specialist physicians on its staff.About Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
- Golden Cross Ambulance provides EMT and ambulance service for Brattleboro, as well as Cheshire County, New Hampshire."As EMS takeover plan launches, public's questions linger", VTDigger. Retrieved August 16, 2022
- Brattleboro is also home to the Brattleboro Retreat, a large private, non-profit psychiatric hospital founded in 1834. The Retreat, as it is known locally, was one of the first acute mental health care facilities founded in the United States.Mission and History, Brattleboro Retreat. Retrieved January 5, 2014. It is the third largest employer in the town, and 45th largest in Vermont, with a workforce of about 400 as of 2013.State Profile: Largest Employers, America's Career InfoNet. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
- Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Vermont (HCRS)Home, Health Care and Rehabilitation Services. Retrieved 2017-07-08. provides Brattleboro, and the rest of Windham and Windsor counties in Vermont, with outpatient services for mental health, substance abuse and developmental disabilities. The agency is headquartered in Springfield and also has other satellite offices elsewhere in Vermont in Bellows Falls, Windsor and White River Junction.
Utilities
Brattleboro's electricity is supplied by Green Mountain Power.Service Area, Green Mountain Power. Retrieved June 28, 2015. Brattleboro's surface water supply is the Pleasant Valley Reservoir, which the Pleasant Valley Water Plant siphons through Brattleboro at a daily average of 1.0 to 1.5 million gallons per day. Also, backup water pumps are adjacent to West River Road just north of the Brattleboro Retreat.Water Supply, Public Works Department, Town of Brattleboro, VT. Retrieved June 28, 2015.Cable television in Brattleboro is provided by Comcast. Comcast and Consolidated Communications also provide the town with landline phone and high speed Internet service.Network Map & Fiber Route Miles, Consolidated Communications. Retrieved 2019-01-02.Notable people
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Vermont
- Vermont Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
References
{{Reflist}}Further reading
- BOOK, The Annals of Brattleboro 1681â1895, 2 of 2,weblink Cabot, Mary R., 1922, E.L. Hildreth & Co., Brattleboro, Vermont, December 14, 2009,
- BOOK, Sanford, D. Gregory, Vermont Municipalities: An Index to their Charters and Special Acts, State Papers of Vermont, 19, Vermont Secretary of State, 1986, Montpelier,weblink November 15, 2014,weblink November 29, 2014, dead, mdy-all,
- NEWS, Newspapers.com, Brattleboro in 1748-1790, Vermont Phoenix, Brattleboro, Vermont, October 31, 1890,weblink {{Open access}}
- NSRW, Brattleboro, Vt.,
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| Centre = Brattleboro
| North = Dummerston
| Northeast = Chesterfield, New Hampshire
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| Southeast = Hinsdale, New Hampshire
| South = Guilford and Vernon
| Southwest = Halifax
| West = Marlboro
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| Southeast = Hinsdale, New Hampshire
| South = Guilford and Vernon
| Southwest = Halifax
| West = Marlboro
| Northwest = Marlboro
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