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Halifax was the second town chartered, west of the Connecticut River on May 11, 1750, by New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth, meaning Halifax is the second oldest town in the state after Bennington. The town was named for George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax. [4]
West Halifax is an unincorporated village in the town of Halifax, Windham County, Vermont, United States. The community is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) east-southeast of Jacksonville . West Halifax has a post office with ZIP code 05358.
The geologic history of Vermont begins more than 450 million years ago during the Cambrian and Devonian periods. Human history of Native American settlement can be divided into the hunter-gatherer Archaic Period , from c. 7000–1000 BC, and the sedentary Woodland Period , from c. 1000 BC to AD 1600.
Arthur Otis Howe, Vermont state representative and senator; Marshall Otis Howe, Vermont state legislator; Luke Knowlton, founder of Newfane, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, member of the Vermont House of Representatives; Paul Holland Knowlton, businessman and politician; John H. Merrifield, politician; Archer Mayor, author of mystery novels
The North Calais Village Historic District encompasses a linear 19th-century mill village in Calais, Vermont. It extends mainly along North Calais Road, paralleling Pekin Brook below Mirror Lake, where ruins of its former industrial past are still evident. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]
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Vermont Route 112 (VT 112) is a short 7.450-mile-long (11.990 km) state highway in southern Vermont, United States. It is a continuation of Massachusetts Route 112 , running from the state line in Halifax north to an intersection with VT 100 in the village of Jacksonville .
Windham County itself contributed heavily to manning the 4th Vermont Infantry and most of the village's sons joined Company C or K of that regiment. The regiment saw heavy combat throughout the war. [5] One of Windham's soldiers, Captain Charles G. Gould of Company H, 5th Vermont Infantry, won the Medal of Honor for bravery under fire.