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Vermont Counties
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Vermont Counties
There are fourteen counties in Vermont. Each county has a county seat, known in
Vermont as shire town. In 1777, Vermont had two counties. The western side of the state was called Bennington
County and the eastern was called Cumberland County. In 1781 Cumberland County was broken up into three counties
in Vermont, plus Washington County, which eventually became part of New Hampshire. Today's Washington County was
known as Jefferson County until 1814. Essex County, Orleans County, and Caledonia County are commonly referred
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Chittenden County, Vermont
Chittenden County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Burlington
Year Organized: 1787
Square Miles: 539 |
Court House: 175 Main Street
County Courthouse
Burlington, VT 05401-8310
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
For Thomas Chittenden. Chittenden was born in East Guilford, Connecticut and moved to Vermont in 1774, where he founded the town of Williston. During the American Revolution, Chittenden was a member of a committee empowered to negotiate with the Continental Congress to allow Vermont
to join the Union. Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
The county of Chittenden was incorporated by act of the legislature of Vermont, Oct. 22, 1787. It is bounded on the
north by the counties of Grand Isle, Franklin, and Lamoille; south by the county of Addison; east by Lamoille and
Wasington; and west by the west line of the state, and the southerly part of the county of Grand Isle. The county is
eroneously said to be bounded "on the west by Lake Champlain." By statute [see Revised Statutes of Vermont, 1839], the
western boundary includes "so much of Lake Champlain as lies in this state west of the towns in said county adjoining
the lake, and not included within the limits of Grand Isle." The border towns, by their charters, were bounded "on the
west by the lake;" and it seems that the legislature did not consider that they extended, by legal construction, to the
west line of the state--which passes along its main or deepest channel.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 620 square miles (1,605 kmē), of which, 539
square miles (1,396 kmē) of it is land and 81 square miles (209 kmē) of it (13.01%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Grand Isle County, Vermont - north
- Franklin County, Vermont - northeast
- Lamoille County, Vermont - east
- Washington County, Vermont - southeast
- Addison County, Vermont - south
- Essex County, New York - southwest
- Clinton County, New York - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Burlington
(County
Seat) |
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- Cambridge |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Charlotte |
town |
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- Colchester |
town |
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- Essex |
town |
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- Essex Junction |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fairfax |
town |
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- Georgia |
town |
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- Hinesburg |
town |
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- Huntington |
town |
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- Jericho |
town |
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- Milton |
town |
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- Richmond |
town |
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- Shelburne |
town |
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- South Burlington |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- St. George |
town |
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- Underhill |
town |
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- Westford |
town |
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- Williston |
town |
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- Winooski |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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