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Vermont (/vərˈmɒnt/ ^ⓘ) is a landlocked New England state in the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the state had a population of 643,503, ranking it the second least populated U.S. state ahead of Wyoming. It is the nation's sixth smallest state in area. The state's capital of Montpelier is the least populous U.S. state capital. No other U.S. state has a most populous city with fewer residents than Burlington.

Native Americans have inhabited the area for some 12,000 years. The competitive tribes of the Algonquian-speaking Abenaki and Iroquoian-speaking Mohawk were active in the area at the time of European encounter. During the 17th century, French colonists claimed the territory as part of the Kingdom of France's colony of New France. After the Kingdom of Great Britain began to settle colonies to the south along the Atlantic coast, the two nations competed in North America in addition to Europe. After being defeated in 1763 in the Seven Years' War, France ceded its territory east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain.

Thereafter, the nearby British Thirteen Colonies, especially the provinces of New Hampshire and New York, disputed the extent of the area called the New Hampshire Grants to the west of the Connecticut River, encompassing present-day Vermont. The provincial government of New York sold land grants to settlers in the region, which conflicted with earlier grants from the government of New Hampshire. The Green Mountain Boys militia protected the interests of the established New Hampshire land grant settlers against the newly arrived settlers with land titles granted by New York. Ultimately, a group of settlers with New Hampshire land grant titles established the Vermont Republic in 1777 as an independent state during the American Revolutionary War. The Vermont Republic abolished slavery before any other U.S. state. It was admitted to the Union in 1791 as the 14th state. (Full article...)

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The Vermont Sesquicentennial half dollar, sometimes called the Bennington–Vermont half dollar or the Battle of Bennington Sesquicentennial half dollar, is a commemorative fifty-cent piece struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1927. The coin was designed by Charles Keck, and on its obverse depicts early Vermont leader Ira Allen, brother of Ethan Allen.

On January 9, 1925, Vermont Senator Frank Greene introduced legislation for commemorative coins to mark the 150th anniversary of Vermont declaring itself fully independent in 1777 and of the American victory at the Battle of Bennington the same year. His bill passed the Senate without difficulty, but in the House of Representatives faced an array of problems. Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon sent a letter opposing the bill and dispatched three Treasury officials to testify against it, arguing that the public was being confused as special coin issues entered circulation. The committee's resolve to have no more commemorative coins—after this one—did not impress the full House, which added two more half dollars to the legislation to mark other anniversaries. The Senate agreed to the changes, and President Calvin Coolidge signed the authorizing act on February 24, 1925. (Full article...)

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The Great Flood of 1927 was a flooding event in Vermont, and some parts of the bordering states. In early November 1927, heavy rainfall across New England caused extensive and destructive flooding. Vermont experienced the majority of the damage. In total of 85 people died and damage exceeded $50 million.

Following a very wet October, record levels of rainfall fell in early November. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated 53% of the state received more than six inches of rain, (the greatest recorded amount being 9.86 inches (250 mm) in Somerset) which caused rivers throughout the state to flood. The flood is considered the worst flood in Vermont, with the only comparisons being the 2011 Hurricane Irene floods and those of July 2023. (Full article...)

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Image 1Vermontasaurus sculpture in Post Mills, in 2010 (from Vermont)
Image 2Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Representative Peter Welch greet supporters in 2017.
Image 3The flag of the Green Mountain Boys (from History of Vermont)
Image 4Vermont Route 17 in Addison with Snake Mountain at right (from Vermont)
Image 5The Ethan Allen Express alongside the Island Line Trail in Burlington (from Vermont)
Image 6Watercolor of Abenaki couple, 1700s (from Vermont)
Image 7Mount Mansfield (from Vermont)
Image 8Vermont towns hold a March town meeting for voters to approve the town's budget and decide other matters. Marlboro voters meet in this building. (from Vermont)
Image 9Stowe Resort Village (from Vermont)
Image 101791 Act of Congress admitting Vermont into the Union (from Vermont)
Image 11The hermit thrush, the state bird of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 12Western face of Camel's Hump Mountain (elevation 4,079 feet (1,243 m)) (from Vermont)
Image 13Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers (from Vermont)
Image 14Silurian and Devonian stratigraphy of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 15Population density of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 16The Lyndon Institute, a high school in Lyndon, Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 17The gold leaf dome of the neoclassical Vermont State House (Capitol) in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 18Vermont in 1827. The county boundaries have since changed. (from Vermont)
Image 19Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers (from Vermont)
Image 20Edward F. Knapp State Airport in Berlin (from Vermont)
Image 21Vellum manuscript of the Constitution of Vermont, 1777. This constitution was amended in 1786, and again in 1793, two years after Vermont's admission to the federal union in 1791. See Constitution of Vermont (1777) and Constitution of Vermont. (from History of Vermont)
Image 22MVRTD's "The Bus" in Rutland (from Vermont)
Image 23The Old Constitution House at Windsor, where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted on July 8, 1777 (from Vermont)
Image 24A c.1775 flag used by the Green Mountain Boys (from Vermont)
Image 25Silurian and Devonian stratigraphy of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 26The Cumberland ice-breaking ferry headed toward Grand Isle in winter (from Vermont)
Image 27Autumn in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 28Mount Mansfield (from Vermont)
Image 29The Lyndon Institute, a high school in Lyndon, Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 30The Vermont Supreme Court's building in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 31The University of Vermont's Old Mill, the oldest building on campus (from Vermont)
Image 32The former Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, in Vernon (from Vermont)
Image 33MVRTD's "The Bus" in Rutland (from Vermont)
Image 341791 Act of Congress admitting Vermont into the Union (from Vermont)
Image 35Autumn in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 36Watercolor of Abenaki couple, 1700s (from Vermont)
Image 37Stowe Resort Village (from Vermont)
Image 38A c.1775 flag used by the Green Mountain Boys (from Vermont)
Image 39The gold leaf dome of the neoclassical Vermont State House (Capitol) in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 40Mount Mansfield, at 4,393 feet (1,339 m), is the highest-elevation point in Vermont. Other high points are Killington Peak, Mount Ellen, Mount Abraham, and Camel's Hump. The lowest point in the state is Lake Champlain at 95 feet (29 m). The state's average elevation is 1,000 feet (300 m). (from History of Vermont)
Image 41Fall foliage seen from Hogback Mountain, Wilmington (from Vermont)
Image 42A proportional representation of Vermont exports, 2020 (from Vermont)
Image 43Population density of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 44Fall foliage seen from Hogback Mountain, Wilmington (from Vermont)
Image 45The Old Constitution House at Windsor, where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted on July 8, 1777 (from Vermont)
Image 46The West Dummerston Bridge, the longest covered bridge in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 47Lake Champlain (from Vermont)
Image 48The hermit thrush, the state bird of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 49The former Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, in Vernon (from Vermont)
Image 50Vermont in 1827. The county boundaries have since changed. (from Vermont)
Image 51The Vermont Supreme Court's building in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 52Köppen climate types of Vermont, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Vermont)
Image 53Western face of Camel's Hump Mountain (elevation 4,079 feet (1,243 m)) (from Vermont)
Image 54The University of Vermont's Old Mill, the oldest building on campus (from Vermont)
Image 55Lake Champlain (from Vermont)
Image 56Edward F. Knapp State Airport in Berlin (from Vermont)
Image 57Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby (from Vermont)
Image 58Vermontasaurus sculpture in Post Mills, in 2010 (from Vermont)
Image 59Vermont towns hold a March town meeting for voters to approve the town's budget and decide other matters. Marlboro voters meet in this building. (from Vermont)
Image 60The Ethan Allen Express alongside the Island Line Trail in Burlington (from Vermont)
Image 61Köppen climate types of Vermont, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Vermont)
Image 62Vermont Route 17 in Addison with Snake Mountain at right (from Vermont)
Image 63Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby (from Vermont)
Image 64The West Dummerston Bridge, the longest covered bridge in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 65The gold leaf dome of the Vermont State House in Montpelier is visible for many miles around the city. This is the third State House on the site, and like the second, was built in the Greek Revival architectural style. It was completed in 1857. Montpelier became the state capital in 1805. (from History of Vermont)
Image 66A proportional representation of Vermont exports, 2020 (from Vermont)
Image 67The Cumberland ice-breaking ferry headed toward Grand Isle in winter (from Vermont)
Image 68Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Representative Peter Welch greet supporters in 2017.

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... that Peter Plympton Smith's victory in 1988 was the last time a member of the Republican Party was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Vermont?
... that Vermont folk musician Pete Sutherland hosted concerts at his house for $10—or $9 if you brought your own chair?
... that New York City's Mansfield Hotel was developed by two neighbors from Vermont, one of whom later served as Vermont's governor?
... that Alison H. Clarkson, the majority leader of the Vermont Senate, worked as a theatrical producer and on New York Theatre Workshop's board?
... that Burlington Union Station is home to winged monkeys?
... that Don Mullally, a DJ at Vermont radio station WSTJ between 1952 and 2016, was still playing vinyl records when he retired just two weeks before his death?

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Cities

Vermont has nine incorporated cities.

City populations (2010 Census)
City	Population
Burlington	42,417
South Burlington	17,904
Rutland	16,495
Barre	9,052
Montpelier	7,855
Winooski	7,267
St. Albans	6,918
Newport	5,005
Vergennes	2,741

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