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Vermont (/ v ər ˈ m ɒ n t / ⓘ) [7] is a 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.
The Vermont Republic officially known at the time as the State of Vermont, was an independent state in New England that existed from January 15, 1777, to March 4, 1791. [1] The state was founded in January 1777, when delegates from 28 towns met and declared independence from the jurisdictions and land claims of the British colonies of Quebec ...
Vermont: Vermonter Woodchuck [58] Virgin Islands: Virgin Islander Virginia: Virginian Washington: Washingtonian West Virginia: West Virginian Mountaineer Wisconsin: Wisconsinite Badger, [59] Cheesehead, [60] [61] Sconnie, [62] Wisconsonian, Wisconsese Wyoming: Wyomingite Wyomese, [63] Wyomingian
The term "commonwealth" is used interchangeably with the term "state" in the Constitution of Vermont, [11] but the act of Congress admitting that state to the Union calls it "the State of Vermont." Delaware was primarily referred to as a "state" in its 1776 Constitution; however, the term commonwealth was also used in one of its articles. [12]
In 2006, the National Geographic Society named the Northeast Kingdom as the most desirable place to visit in the country and the ninth most desirable place to visit in the world. [ 8 ] The largest municipalities in the Northeast Kingdom are the towns of St. Johnsbury (population 7,603), Lyndon (5,981), and Derby (4,621), and the city of Newport ...
Vermont is known as an agricultural state, so it makes sense that the man whose name is synonymous with farm equipment was born in Rutland and lived in Middlebury.
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
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