Plymouth, Vermont

{{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Plymouth, Vermont |settlement_type = Town |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = PLYMOUTH HISTORIC DISTRICT.jpg |imagesize = 200px |image_caption = Union Christian Church (1840) in the Plymouth Historic District |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_blank_emblem = PlymouthVTlogo.png |blank_emblem_type = Logo |blank_emblem_size = 120px |image_map = Windsor County Vermont incorporated and unincorporated areas Plymouth highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location in Windsor County and the state of Vermont.  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Vermont |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Windsor |parts_type = Communities |parts = {{ubl|Plymouth|Plymouth Kingdom|Plymouth Union|Tyson}}  |established_title = |established_date = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name =  |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 126.1 |area_land_km2 = 124.6 |area_water_km2 = 1.4 |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi =  |population_as_of = 2020 |population_total = 641 |population_footnotes = |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi =  |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 1532 |coordinates = {{coord|43|30|24|N|72|43|08|W|region:US-VT|display=it}}  |postal_code_type = ZIP Codes |postal_code = 05056 (Plymouth) 05035 (Bridgewater Corners) 05149 (Ludlow) |area_code = 802 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 50-56050<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 1462176<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1462176}}</ref> |website = {{URL|https://www.plymouthvt.org/}} |footnotes = }} '''Plymouth''' is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 641 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5002756050| title=Census - Geography Profile: Plymouth town, Windsor County, Vermont| publisher=United States Census Bureau| access-date=January 4, 2022}}</ref> Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, was born and raised in Plymouth and is buried there in the Plymouth Notch cemetery. The State of Vermont Division for Historic Preservation owns and maintains the Coolidge Homestead and the village of Plymouth Notch.

==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of {{convert|126.1|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|124.6|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.4|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 1.15%, is water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Plymouth town, Windsor County, Vermont| publisher=United States Census Bureau| access-date=July 31, 2012}}</ref>

==History==

The old Coolidge store, run by John Calvin Coolidge, Sr., the president's father, housed the post office in the 1920s. John Coolidge's wife, Carrie, served as postmaster 1903–1917.<ref>Bruns, James H. (1998). ''Great American Post Offices'', pp 122-123. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc. {{ISBN|0-471-14388-X}}. The book's front cover has a photograph showing the President and other residents on the front porch of the post office.</ref> Coolidge's father also founded [https://plymouthcheese.com/ Plymouth Cheese], which continues to produce artisan cheese today.

Plymouth was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/us/31floods.html Floodwaters From Storm Isolate 13 Vermont Towns], ''The New York Times''</ref>

==Demographics== {{US Census population |align = left |1790= 106 |1800= 497 |1810= 834 |1820= 1112 |1830= 1237 |1840= 1417 |1850= 1226 |1860= 1252 |1870= 1285 |1880= 1075 |1890= 755 |1900= 646 |1910= 482 |1920= 449 |1930= 331 |1940= 432 |1950= 348 |1960= 308 |1970= 283 |1980= 405 |1990= 440 |2000= 555 |2010= 619 |2020= 641 |align-fn=center |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|access-date=May 16, 2015}}</ref> }} As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 555 people, 251 households, and 168 families residing in the town. The population density was 11.5 people per square mile (4.4/km2). There were 773 housing units at an average density of 16.0 per square mile (6.2/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 99.28% White, 0.36% African American, and 0.36% from two or more races.

There were 251 households, out of which 23.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were married couples living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.59.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 18.0% under the age of 18, 2.9% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 33.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $43,438, and the median income for a family was $46,667. Males had a median income of $29,583 versus $27,917 for females. The per capita income for the town was $25,272. About 3.5% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.7% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable residents== * Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States<ref name="Fuess">{{cite book |last=Fuess |first=Claude Moore |authorlink= Claude Fuess |date=1939 |title=Calvin Coolidge - The Man from Vermont |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fGV8CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT14 |location=Andover, Massachusetts |publisher=Fuess Press |pages=6, 16 |isbn=9781446549049}}</ref> * Calvin Galusha Coolidge, Vermont state legislator, grandfather of Calvin Coolidge<ref name="Fuess"/> * John Calvin Coolidge Sr., Vermont state legislator, father of Calvin Coolidge<ref>{{cite book |last=Ullery |first=Jacob G. |date=1894 |title=Men of Vermont Illustrated |url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028837072#page/n287/mode/2up |location=Brattleboro, Vermont |publisher=Transcript Publishing Company |page=80 |via=Archive.org}}</ref> * Esther Sumner Damon, last widow of an American Revolutionary War veteran to receive a pension<ref>{{cite news |last=Bayles |first=J. C. |title=The Last of the Revolutionary Widows |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1905/06/18/101758938.pdf |access-date=1 January 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=18 June 1905}}</ref> * Ernest E. Moore, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives<ref>{{cite book |last=Schwarz |first=J. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iI8jAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA659 |title=Who's Who In Law |date=1937 |publisher=J. C. Schwarz |editor-last=Schwarz |volume=I |location=New York |page=659 |via=Google Books}}</ref> * Henry M. Pollard, US Congressman from Missouri<ref>{{cite book |author=The New England Society of St. Louis |date=1903 |title=Proceedings at the Seventeenth Annual Reunion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MxoCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA62 |location=St. Louis |publisher=W. J. Kesl |page=62 |via=Google Books}}</ref> * Achsa W. Sprague, spiritualist and medium<ref>{{cite news |last=Bushnell |first=Mark |date=19 August 2018 |title=Then Again: Achsa Sprague's transformation from invalid to spiritual medium |url=https://vtdigger.org/2018/08/19/achsa-spragues-transformation-invalid-spiritual-medium/ |work=VT Digger |location=Montpelier, Vermont}}</ref> * Hiland Orlando Stickney, college football player and coach<ref name="Spirit">{{cite news |date=October 28, 1911 |title=Plymouth: Death of Hiland O. Stickney |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spirit-of-the-age-stickney/162398488/ |work=Spirit of the Age |location=Woodstock, Vermont |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * William W. Stickney, governor of Vermont<ref name="Spirit"/> * George Washington Putnam, Wisconsin state legislator<ref>{{cite news |title=Mr. George H. Putnam |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71743523/george-washington-putnam-1826-1899/ |work=Wisconsin State Journal |date=March 7, 1899 |location=Madison, WI |page=1 |accessdate=February 22, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin |edition=11th |location=Madison, Wisconsin |year=1872 |page=455}}</ref> * Julius A. Willcox, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court<ref>{{cite book |last=Bryant |first=Blanche |date=1962 |title=A Record of the Descendants of James Smith Brown and Polly Maria (Taylor) Brown |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3182AAAAMAAJ&q=%22julius+abner+willcox%22+1932 |location=Tangerine, FL |publisher=Blanche Brown Bryant |page=8 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.plymouthvt.org/ Town of Plymouth community website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20180921191240/http://historicsites.vermont.gov/directory/coolidge President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site]

Category:Plymouth, Vermont Category:Towns in Vermont Category:Calvin Coolidge Category:Towns in Windsor County, Vermont