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Bristol is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.The town was chartered on June 26, 1762, by the colonial governor of New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth. The charter was granted to Samuel Averill and sixty-three associates in the name of Pocock—in honor of a distinguished English admiral of that name.
The town of Bristol, Vermont, is located on the west side of Vermont's Green Mountains. It was settled in the 1780s, and was a basically agricultural community until the American Civil War. Its town center provided services to farmers in outlying areas, including a market for their goods and sawmills and gristmills for processing their lumber ...
The Bristol CDP is located in the northwest part of the town of Bristol, on the north side of the New Haven River as it exits the Green Mountains to the east. Vermont Route 17 passes through the community, leading west 5 miles (8 km) to U.S. Route 7 at New Haven Junction and east across the Green Mountains through Appalachian Gap 20 miles (32 km) to Waitsfield.
The U.S. state of Vermont is divided into 247 municipalities, including 237 towns and 10 cities. Vermont also has nine unincorporated areas, split between five unincorporated towns and four gores. As of 2024, Vermont has 30 incorporated villages, which are municipal governments operating within a town and providing additional services.
The Bristol Railroad was a short-line railroad in Addison County, Vermont. Businessmen in the town of Bristol chartered the railroad in 1890, and the grand opening was on January 5, 1892, although service had actually begun on November 25, 1891, when a car of potatoes was shipped out of Bristol.
Freemountain Toys, Inc. was a company based in Bristol, Vermont that produced anthropomorphic vegetables and fruits called Vegimals and other plush toys and hats with stuffed appendages. History [ edit ]
The Bristol Cliffs Wilderness is one of eight wilderness areas in the Green Mountain National Forest in the U.S. state of Vermont. The area, near Lincoln, Vermont, is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. [2] With a total of 3,750 acres (1,520 ha), the wilderness is the smallest in Vermont. [3]
People from Bristol, Vermont (2 P) Pages in category "Bristol, Vermont" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.