Plymouth Notch Vermont USA birthplace of Calvin Coolidge

Plymouth Notch is an

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in the

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of Plymouth, Windsor County,

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, United States. All or most of the village is included in the Calvin Coolidge Homestead District, a

National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...

History

John Calvin Coolidge, Sr., the father of Calvin Coolidge, was Justice of the Peace in this town and Coolidge was sworn in here as president, almost immediately upon the death of his predecessor,

Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. A ...

, who died suddenly in 1923. President Coolidge is buried in Notch Cemetery, along with seven generations of Coolidges. In addition to the museum buildings, the village contains a restaurant, general store, and a still operative cheese factory founded by the Coolidge family in 1890.''Plymouth Artisan Cheese''
a cheese company founded in 1890 by John Coolidge, the father of President Calvin Coolidge

Notes

Unincorporated communities in Vermont Unincorporated communities in Windsor County, Vermont {{Vermont-geo-stub