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Vermont (/vərˈmɒnt/ ^ⓘ vər-MONT) is a landlocked state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders 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. Vermont is also well known for being the largest producer of true maple syrup in the United States for over 200 years.

Native Americans have inhabited the area for about 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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An engraving depicting Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga

Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738 [O.S. January 10, 1737] – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, lay theologian, American Revolutionary War patriot, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the Revolutionary War. He was the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Frances Allen.

Allen was born in rural Connecticut and had a frontier upbringing, but he also received an education that included some philosophical teachings. In the late 1760s, he became interested in the New Hampshire Grants, buying land there and becoming embroiled in the legal disputes surrounding the territory. Legal setbacks led to the formation of the Green Mountain Boys, whom Allen led in a campaign of intimidation and property destruction to drive New York settlers from the Grants. He and the Green Mountain Boys seized the initiative early in the Revolutionary War and captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775. In September 1775, Allen led a failed attempt on Montreal which resulted in his capture by British authorities. He was imprisoned aboard Royal Navy ships, then paroled in New York City, and finally released in a prisoner exchange in 1778. (Full article...)

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Duane Edgar "Doc" Graveline (March 2, 1931 – September 5, 2016) was an American physician and NASA astronaut. He was one of the six scientists selected in 1965, in NASA's fourth group of astronauts, for the Apollo program. He was best known for being immersed in water for seven days as part of his zero gravity deconditioning research while working as a United States Air Force (USAF) research scientist. (Full article...)

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Image 1Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby (from Vermont)
Image 2The Lyndon Institute, a high school in Lyndon, Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 3Silurian and Devonian stratigraphy of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 4Population density of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 5Fall foliage seen from Hogback Mountain, Wilmington (from Vermont)
Image 6The 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 7The Cumberland ice-breaking ferry headed toward Grand Isle in winter (from Vermont)
Image 8Vermontasaurus sculpture in Post Mills, in 2010 (from Vermont)
Image 9The Vermont Supreme Court's building in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 10The University of Vermont's Old Mill, the oldest building on campus (from Vermont)
Image 11Köppen climate types of Vermont, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Vermont)
Image 12The former Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, in Vernon (from Vermont)
Image 13Stowe Resort Village (from Vermont)
Image 14Fall foliage seen from Hogback Mountain, Wilmington (from Vermont)
Image 15Vermont 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 16A c.1775 flag used by the Green Mountain Boys (from Vermont)
Image 17The Old Constitution House at Windsor, where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted on July 8, 1777 (from Vermont)
Image 18The former Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, in Vernon (from Vermont)
Image 19Vellum 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 20Western face of Camel's Hump Mountain (elevation 4,079 feet (1,243 m)) (from Vermont)
Image 21The gold leaf dome of the neoclassical Vermont State House (Capitol) in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 22The Vermont Supreme Court's building in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 231791 Act of Congress admitting Vermont into the Union (from Vermont)
Image 24The hermit thrush, the state bird of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 25MVRTD's "The Bus" in Rutland (from Vermont)
Image 26The gold leaf dome of the neoclassical Vermont State House (Capitol) in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 27Autumn in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 28Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers (from Vermont)
Image 29A c.1775 flag used by the Green Mountain Boys (from Vermont)
Image 30Vermont in 1827. The county boundaries have since changed. (from Vermont)
Image 31Lake Champlain (from Vermont)
Image 32Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Representative Peter Welch greet supporters in 2017.
Image 33Vermont Route 17 in Addison with Snake Mountain at right (from Vermont)
Image 34Watercolor of Abenaki couple, 1700s (from Vermont)
Image 35Western face of Camel's Hump Mountain (elevation 4,079 feet (1,243 m)) (from Vermont)
Image 36Silurian and Devonian stratigraphy of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 37The hermit thrush, the state bird of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 38The West Dummerston Bridge, the longest covered bridge in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 39The University of Vermont's Old Mill, the oldest building on campus (from Vermont)
Image 401791 Act of Congress admitting Vermont into the Union (from Vermont)
Image 41The flag of the Green Mountain Boys (from History of Vermont)
Image 42Autumn in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 43Stowe Resort Village (from Vermont)
Image 44Mount Mansfield (from Vermont)
Image 45Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby (from Vermont)
Image 46The Ethan Allen Express alongside the Island Line Trail in Burlington (from Vermont)
Image 47Mount 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 48Edward F. Knapp State Airport in Berlin (from Vermont)
Image 49Watercolor of Abenaki couple, 1700s (from Vermont)
Image 50Köppen climate types of Vermont, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Vermont)
Image 51Vermontasaurus sculpture in Post Mills, in 2010 (from Vermont)
Image 52The Old Constitution House at Windsor, where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted on July 8, 1777 (from Vermont)
Image 53Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Representative Peter Welch greet supporters in 2017.
Image 54The Cumberland ice-breaking ferry headed toward Grand Isle in winter (from Vermont)
Image 55The Ethan Allen Express alongside the Island Line Trail in Burlington (from Vermont)
Image 56Population density of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 57Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers (from Vermont)
Image 58MVRTD's "The Bus" in Rutland (from Vermont)
Image 59Edward F. Knapp State Airport in Berlin (from Vermont)
Image 60Vermont 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 61The West Dummerston Bridge, the longest covered bridge in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 62Vermont Route 17 in Addison with Snake Mountain at right (from Vermont)
Image 63Lake Champlain (from Vermont)
Image 64Mount Mansfield (from Vermont)
Image 65The Lyndon Institute, a high school in Lyndon, Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 66Vermont in 1827. The county boundaries have since changed. (from Vermont)

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... that Burlington Union Station is home to winged monkeys?
... that New York City's Mansfield Hotel was developed by two neighbors from Vermont, one of whom later served as Vermont's governor?
... that before John McClaughry was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives, he traveled about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) in boxcars as a hobo?
... that Amtrak called the Vermont Rail System the worst host railroad in the country in 2010 due to delays on the Ethan Allen Express?
... 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 in 1979, Vermont ETV received more donations from viewers in Quebec than it did from Vermonters?

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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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