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We would like to provide the residents of  Vintondale  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Vintondale Home page. The Vintondale Home page provides as much information as possible on Vintondale. Knowing Vintondale’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Vintondale’s Home page, you will also find Vintondale’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Vintondale has a population of 445. 47% of Vintondale’s inhabitants are Male, and 53 are female. 49.6% of Vintondale is married and 66% own their own home. The Average Home price is $59,421, and the average rent is $672. Household median income in Vintondale is $37,386, and the individual median income is $22,150. Vintondale’s Ethnic is the following: White(99.3%), Multiple(0.7%).


Vintondale was founded by Warren Delano IV, maternal uncle of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1892. He was a property owner and mayor of the town. The town was described as "wild and wooly" upon its founding. The Vinton Colliery Company operated in the town and ran 6 mines, 152 coke ovens, and one of the first long wall mining operations within the U.S.


It was the scene of many clashes between company guard and union organizers. Significantly, during a 1922 strike, New York lawyer for the then fledgling American Civil Liberties Union, Arthur Garfield Hayes was imprisoned in the towns small jail with only one cell for 30 minutes for trespassing on company property -the staircase outside the company store.


He was released on bail.To the north of town, the old Eliza Furnace sits on the Ghost Town Trail. At its peak the furnace produced about 1,080 tons of iron annually, employed over 90 men and boys, and used 45 mules. The furnace was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.


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