VERMONT. 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 



Miles 



Length 157 

 Breadth 65 



i 



Degrees. 



between 



C42 and 45 north latitude. 



(_ 72 and 73 30' west longitude. 



Bound auies.. ..Bounded on the north by Lower Canada; on the 

 east by Connecticut river, which divides it from New-Hampshire ; 

 on the south by Massachusetts ; and on the west by New- York, the 

 deepest channel of Poultney river, East-Bay, and Lake Champlain. 

 It is naturally divided by the Green Mountain, which runs from south 

 to north, and divides the state nearly in the middle. 



Divisions and population. ...Vermont is divided into 13counties ? 

 which are subdivided into 246 townships. 



Chief Towns. 

 C Bennington. 

 £ Manchester. 



Rutland. 

 C Middlebury. 

 ~l Vergennes. 



Burlington. 



St. Albans. 



North Hero. 

 5 Craftsbury. 

 I Brownington. 



Guildhall. 

 C Danville, 

 £ Peacham, 



Montpelier. 



Chelsea. 

 5 Windsor. 

 I Woodstock. 

 5 Westminster. 

 (Brattleborough, 



Seven hundred and fifty people of colour are included in the popu- 

 lation of this state according to the census of 1810. The increase of 

 population from 1800 to 1810 is 63,446. 



Rivers and lakes. ...The principal rivers in this state are Michis- 

 cqui, Lamoille, Onion, and Otter-creek rivers, which run from east 



* The population of Jefferson county is included in the counties of Chittenden,. 

 Caledonia, and Orange, from, which it was taken subsequent to the census cjf 

 1810. 





Counties. 



Pop. 1800. 



Pop. 1810 



c 



Bennington, 



14,607 



15,893 



est of the Gre< 

 Mountains. 



Rutland, 



Addison, 



Chittenden, 

 Franklin, 

 Grand Isle, 



23,834 



13,417 



11,490 



7,573 

 2,489 



29,486 



19,993 



38,120 

 1 6,427 



3,445 



* 



Orleans, 



1,439 



5,838 



c 



""Essex, 



1,479 



3,087 





 



Caledonia, 



9,332 



18,740 



the G 



mtains 



A 



Jefferson,* 

 Orange, 



18,239 



25,247 





Windsor, 

 Windham., 



26,969 

 23,581 



34,877 

 26,760 





154,449 



217,913 



