Vermont Map

If you are looking for a map of Vermont, you do not have to look very far. Do a Google map search or a Yahoo search and you can get a map of the whole state or any city or county you might be looking for. The maps will show the rivers, lakes, streets, highways, county roads, paved and unpaved. The state maps have the counties mapped out for quick reference and easy to find.

There are old maps of Vermont available which date back to 1796. These maps available are, Wall Maps (1850's), Vermont map (1860), Beers Atlas (1870's), Whitelaw Map of Vermont (1796), New Vermont Plotting Maps, Old Railroad maps, Bird’s eye views, Town Overlay Sets, and Brattleboro Maps. The old maps are often very interesting because they show us how the state looked like before all of the counties, roads and highways were built.

Vermont was the 14th territory to become a state and this took place on March 4, 1791. The abreviation for the state is VT. The state capital is Montpelier, and the largest city is Burlington. The area of Vermont covers 9,615 square miles. Vermont is the 45th biggest state in the U. S. The population for the state is 608,827 (as of 2000). The state is the 49th most populated state in the nation. The nickname for Vermont residents is Vermonters. The state’s major industries are maple syrup, dairy farming, tourism, electronics, and forest products, especially paper.

There were two of the U. S. Presidents who were born in Vermont. They were Chester Alan Arthur, who was born in Fairfield on October 5, 1830. President Arthur was the 21st President of the United States and served his term from 1881 to 1885. Calvin Coolidge was also born in Vermont and he was born in Plymouth, Vermont on July 4th, 1872. President Coolidge was the 30th president of the U. S. and he served from 1923 until 1929.

The major rivers in Vermont are the Connecticut River, West River, and the Otter River. The major lakes are Lake Champlain, and Lake Memphremagog. The highest point in Vermont is on Mt. Mansfield., and it is 4,393 feet above sea level. The states bordering Vermont are Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York. Canada borders Vermont on the north. The Name Vermont comes from the French words for green mountain, “mont vert”. The nickname for Vermont is Green Mountain State. The state motto is “Freedom and Unity”, and the state song is, These Green Mount.

Vermont adopted their official flag in 1923. The flag has Vermont’s coat-of-arms on a field of blue background. The coat-of-arms has a large pine tree, a cow, bales of hay and sheaves of wheat. The mountains are in the background and a stag’s head is pictured over the scene. Boughs of pine needles are wrapped around the coat-of-arms. “Vermont” and the state’s motto, “Freedom and Unity”, are written on a red ribbon under the scene on the flag.