Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-09-15
THE CENSUS

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ferent counties OF the state have
been coming II and showing losses,
this paper has repeatedly stated that
I believed Orleans county would show
o gain IN population. and according 70
the returns row given out and print
e elsewhere N this paper. the con-
teution was right Orleans county
may take some pride II its gain be-
cause only six Of the L counties are
able 70 report al increase, the other
eight showing losses, some Is high
Is Z per cent, and making : loss for
the state 6 whole, the first state
II the union thus far reported TO
show decrease II population and the
first census return IN more than 100
years 70 show an actual decrease IN
population II Vermont
! bit OF study Of the figures g
they concern Orleans county may be
interesting and beneficial The most
outstanding feature OF the returns i
the fact that the strictly rural towns
made the greatest losses. In per-
eentage OF loss Jay outranks all the
other towns with decrease OF 3 per
cent All percentages are figured ap-
proxmately. Morgan and Westfeld
rank second and third with z % per
cent loss in each town and Westmore
stands fourth with Is per cent loss
On the other hand the gains are made
IN the railroad towns. The town of
Troy shows the greatest gain, while
Coventry and Barton stand second
and third The only other towns IN
the county 10 make = gain were New
port town and Irasburg. (The IN
crease IN Newport city and the loss IN
Derby town are difficult TO figure be-
cause Of the changes made when
Newport city was organized Pro-
baby both places have gained, but in
this mention Of the census both places
are omitted from calculations be-
cause of the uncertainties encounter
ed
In the incorporated villages Derby
Line shows the greatest percentage
II increase, or 81 per cent, while
North Troy ranks second with q 20
per cent increase and Orleans shows
IN increase Of 20 per cent. Derby
Center and Barton village each show
falling of, Derby Of per cent and
Barton OF 10 per cent Other incor-
Porzted villages have no census pre-
vlous to 1920 II Is noted that IN
population Barton and Orleans have
virtually changed places in the past
III years Barton experienced a con-
siderable loss IN population following
fhe Burning OF its tub shop several
gears ago but has new industries now
enu1ng 70 4 which viii shortly more
than Offset the temporary loss il has
sustained
On the whole. except for the towns
mentioned above, losses were very
small. while most OF the gaines were
very substantial, which happily gives
the county an increase on the whole
~ SIG, 2k per cent increase.
Hestmore remains the smallest
DFn IN the county as to population,
while Jay and Morgan are tied for 2
second place and Westfeld is third.
Outside OF Newport city, Barton is
the largest political unit with DERBY
second, Troy third and Newport town
fourth Other towns with more than
1000 population are Craftsbury and
Lowell, while Irasburg lacks only one
person of having an even thousand
souls
Vi the incorporated places. outside
nj the city of Newport, Orleans ranks
Ersts Barton second and North Troy
fAIrd and Derby Line fourth. while
West Glover village is the smallest
Deorporated village, the population
@eIrg gnly g.
Enc population Of the new city of
newport : surprisingly close to the
estimate Of 5000 made when the city
charter was granted, the actual fig
ures being 1876. This il the first
official census of the new city and
there 4 every reason to believe that
Newport IN another decade viii show
nj Increase Of substantial proper
lions.
The returns emphasize the need of
change in conditions which will
ArIng about reverse Of population
Eend, or there will soon be no rural
towns capable Of sustaining them
selves say nothing Of being feeders for
9he centers OF population This paper
~ OF the opinion that q larger +a~
Mnars based upon county lines perhaps,