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 Click Image to Enlarge Vermont CountiesThere 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 to as the Northeast Kingdom. |
Franklin County, VermontFranklin County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameFor Benjamin Franklin. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryFranklin County is one of several Vermont counties created from land ceded by the state of New York on January 15, 1777 when Vermont declared itself to be a distinct state from New York. The land originally was contested by Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Netherlands, but it remained undelineated until July 20, 1764 when King George III established the boundary between New Hampshire and New York along the west bank of the Connecticut River, north of Massachusetts and south of the parallel of 45 degrees north latitude. New York assigned the land gained to Albany County. On March 12, 1772 Albany County was partitioned to create Charlotte County, named for Benjamin Franklin, and this situation remained until Vermont's independence from New York and Britain. However, this did not end the contest. On September 3, 1783, as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Paris the Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain recognizing the independence of the United States. Vermont's border with Quebec was established at 45 degrees north latitude President Chester A. Arthur was born near Fairfield in 1829. St. Albans, the county seat, was a regional railroad
centre from 1850; the city was the site of the St. Albans Raid (October 19, 1864) during the American Civil War,
carried out by Confederate soldiers from Canada. Other communities are Enosburg Falls, Richford, and Montgomery
Center. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 692 square miles (1,792 kmē), of which, 637
square miles (1,650 kmē) of it is land and 55 square miles (142 kmē) of it (7.94%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this 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." |
