Ripton, Vermont
| Ripton, Vermont | |
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The Ripton Community House
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 Location in Addison County and the state of Vermont. |
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| Coordinates: 43°58′54″N 73°0′56″W / 43.98167°N 73.01556°WCoordinates: 43°58′54″N 73°0′56″W / 43.98167°N 73.01556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Vermont |
| County | Addison |
| Chartered | 1781 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 49.8 sq mi (129.1 km2) |
| • Land | 49.7 sq mi (128.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,778 ft (542 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 588 |
| • Density | 12/sq mi (4.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 05766 |
| Area code | 802 |
| FIPS code | 50-59650 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1462187 |
| Website | www |
Ripton is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 588 at the 2010 census. The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is held annually in Ripton. Jessica Ravitz of CNN said that the town "is the kind of place where cell service fails more often than it works and the country store is really just that....Tibetan prayer flags wave outside a weather-worn home, and the fog lifts to reveal a white horse grazing in a field".
Ripton is located in east-central Addison County, in the Green Mountains of Vermont. The highest point in the town is the 3,835-foot (1,169 m) summit of Bread Loaf Mountain. The mountain lends its name to the community of Bread Loaf and to the writers' conference that is held there every summer. Although the approach to Middlebury Gap begins in Ripton, the Gap's height-of-land is in neighboring Hancock.
Ripton is bordered by the town of Middlebury to the west, Bristol and Lincoln to the north, Granville to the east, Hancock to the southeast, Goshen to the south, and Salisbury to the southwest.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Ripton has a total area of 49.8 square miles (129.1 km2), of which 49.7 square miles (128.7 km2) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km2), or 0.34%, is water. Ripton is mountainous and largely populated by northern hardwood forest.
At the 2000 census, there were 556 people, 210 households and 152 families residing in the town. The population density was 11.2 per square mile (4.3/km2). There were 283 housing units at an average density of 5.7 per square mile (2.2/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.66% White, 0.18% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.18% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.54% of the population.
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