Salisbury is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,221 at the 2020 census.

History

Salisbury was chartered on November 3, 1761, as one of the New Hampshire Grants issued by Benning Wentworth. The town may have been named after Salisbury, Connecticut (which was named after Salisbury, Wiltshire), or for James Cecil, 6th Earl of Salisbury.

Demographics

As of the census

Notable people

  • Ebenezer N. Briggs, speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
  • Thomas Davenport, inventor
  • Henry Olin, congressman from Vermont and sixth Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
  • John Prout, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
  • Ann Story, local Revolutionary War heroine and early town settler
  • Wilbur F. Storey, 19th Century editor and publisher, owned Detroit Free Press and Chicago Times
  • John E. Weeks, governor of Vermont, born in Salisbury

Climate

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Salisbury has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.

Notes

References

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  • Town of Salisbury official website
  • City-Data.com
  • Virtual Vermont: Salisbury Vermont
  • ePodunk: Profile for Salisbury Vermont
  • Vermont State Parks: Branbury State Park