Chittenden County, Vermont

Chittenden County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

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:

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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 km²), of which, 539 square miles (1,396 km²) of it is land and 81 square miles (209 km²) 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

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