Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Vermont:

– state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Vermont is the leading producer of maple syrup in the United States. The state capital is Montpelier with a population of 7,855, making it the least populous state capital in the country.

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State of Vermont Vermont () 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. According to the mo ...

** Abbreviations and name codes *** Postal symbol: VT *** ISO 3166-2 code: US-VT ***

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Geography of Vermont

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of the United States of America * Location **

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New England New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the ...

* Population of Vermont: 625,741 (2010 U.S. Census) * Area of Vermont: * Atlas of Vermont

Places in Vermont

* Historic places in Vermont **

National Historic Landmarks in Vermont __NOTOC__ This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont. There are 18 National Historic Landmarks in Vermont. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts that are, National Historic Landmarks in Vermont. The ...

** National Register of Historic Places listings in Vermont *** Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont * National Natural Landmarks in Vermont *

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park The George Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home, also known as the Marsh-Billings House or Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Mansion, is the architectural centerpiece of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, a National Historical Park in Woodstock ( ...

* State parks in Vermont * List of tallest buildings in Vermont

Environment of Vermont

* Climate of Vermont ** Climate change in Vermont * Protected areas in Vermont ** State forests of Vermont * Superfund sites in Vermont * Wildlife of Vermont ** Fauna of Vermont *** Birds of Vermont * Earth Peoples Park

Natural geographic features of Vermont

Lakes of Vermont A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a depression (geology), basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land an ...

Mountains of Vermont A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

* Rivers of Vermont

Regions of Vermont

* Central Vermont *

Northeast Kingdom The Northeast Kingdom (also, locally, "The Kingdom" and abbreviated NEK) is the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Vermont, approximately comprising Essex, Orleans, and Caledonia counties and with a population of 64,764 at the 2010 census. T ...

Administrative divisions of Vermont

* The 14 counties of the state of Vermont ** Municipalities in Vermont *** Cities in Vermont ****

State capital Below is an index of pages containing lists of capital city, capital cities. National capitals *List of national capitals *List of national capitals by latitude *List of national capitals by population *List of national capitals by area *List of ...

of Vermont: **** City nicknames in Vermont ***

Towns in Vermont A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

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Village (Vermont) 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 village ...

Gore (surveying) A gore is an irregular parcel of land, as small as a triangle of median in a street intersection or as large as an unincorporated area the size of a township. In old English law, a gore was a small, narrow strip of land. In modern land law an ...

Demography of Vermont

Demographics of Vermont

Government and politics of Vermont

Politics of Vermont *

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: U.S. state government * United States congressional delegations from Vermont * Vermont State Capitol * Elections in Vermont ** Electoral reform in Vermont * Political party strength in Vermont

Branches of the government of Vermont

Government of Vermont A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a m ...

Executive branch of the government of Vermont

Governor of Vermont The governor of Vermont is the head of government of the U.S. state of Vermont. The officeholder is elected in even-numbered years by direct voting for a term of two years. Vermont and bordering New Hampshire are the only states to hold guberna ...

** Lieutenant Governor of Vermont ** Secretary of State of Vermont * State departments ** Vermont Department of Transportation

Legislative branch of the government of Vermont

Vermont General Assembly The Vermont General Assembly is the legislative body of the state of Vermont, in the United States. The Legislature is formally known as the "General Assembly", but the style of "Legislature" is commonly used, including by the body itself. The G ...

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Upper house An upper house is one of two Legislative chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted p ...

Vermont Senate The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The senate consists of 30 members elected from multi-member districts. Each senator repre ...

Lower house A lower house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where the other chamber is the upper house. Although styled as "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has come to wield more power or otherwise e ...

Vermont House of Representatives The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives a ...

Judicial branch of the government of Vermont

Courts of Vermont * Supreme Court of Vermont

Law and order in Vermont

Law of Vermont * Cannabis in Vermont * Capital punishment in Vermont *

Constitution of Vermont The Constitution of the State of Vermont is the fundamental body of law of the U.S. state of Vermont, describing and framing its government. It was adopted in 1793 following Vermont's admission to the Union in 1791 and is largely based upon the ...

* Crime in Vermont * Gun laws in Vermont * Law enforcement in Vermont ** Law enforcement agencies in Vermont *** Vermont State Police *

Same-sex marriage in Vermont Same-sex marriage has been legal in Vermont since September 1, 2009. The Senate passed same-sex marriage legislation on March 23, which the House of Representatives amended and approved by a 94–52 vote on April 3, 2009. Governor Jim Douglas ve ...

Military in Vermont

Vermont Air National Guard The Vermont Air National Guard (VT ANG) is the aerial militia of the Vermont, State of Vermont, United States, United States of America. It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the Vermont Army National Guard an element of ...

Vermont Army National Guard The Vermont National Guard is composed of the Vermont Army National Guard and the Vermont Air National Guard. Together, they are collectively known as the Green Mountain Boys. Both units use the original Revolutionary War-era Flag of the Green Mo ...

History of Vermont

History of Vermont, by period

* Prehistory of Vermont * French colony of

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, 1740–1748 ** Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748 *

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, 1754–1763 **

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Royal Proclamation of 1763 The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by British King George III on 7 October 1763. It followed the Treaty of Paris (1763), which formally ended the Seven Years' War and transferred French territory in North America to Great Britain. The ...

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Province of New-Hampshire, 1707–(1763–1776) *

Province of New-York, 1707–(1763–1776) *

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, 1763–1783 * Republic of New Connecticut, 1777 *

Vermont Republic 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. The state was founded in January 1777, when delegates from 28 towns met ...

, 1777–1791 * Slavery in Vermont * Vermont becomes the 14th state, admitted to the

on March 4, 1791 **

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, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 *** Vermont in the American Civil War **

Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885. He was a Republican from New York who previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A. ...

becomes 21st

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on September 19, 1881 **

Spanish–American War The Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was fought between Restoration (Spain), Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine (1889), USS ''Maine'' in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the ...

, April 25 – August 12, 1898 **

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, June 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 ***

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enters Great War on April 6, 1917 **

Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he previously ...

becomes 30th

on August 2, 1923

History of Vermont, by subject

* List of Vermont state legislatures

Culture of Vermont

Culture of Vermont * Cuisine of Vermont * Museums in Vermont * Religion in Vermont ** Episcopal Diocese of Vermont * Scouting in Vermont *

Witch window In American vernacular architecture, a witch window (also known as a Vermont window, among other names) is a window (usually a double-hung sash window, occasionally a single-sided casement window) placed in the gable-end wall of a houseGeorge Nas ...

* State symbols of Vermont ** Flag of the State of Vermont ** Great Seal of the State of Vermont

The arts in Vermont

* Music of Vermont

Sports in Vermont

Sports in Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

Economy and infrastructure of Vermont

Economy of Vermont * Communications in Vermont ** Newspapers in Vermont **

Radio stations in Vermont The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Vermont, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct In 2011, t ...

** Television stations in Vermont *

Energy in Vermont Vermont electric power needs are served by over twenty utilities. The largest is Green Mountain Power, a subsidiary of Énergir which recently also took over Central Vermont Public Service. Together this single company represents 70% of the retail c ...

** Power stations in Vermont ** Solar power in Vermont ** Wind power in Vermont * Health care in Vermont ** Hospitals in Vermont * Transportation in Vermont ** Airports in Vermont ** Roads in Vermont *** State highways in Vermont

Education in Vermont

Education in Vermont * Schools in Vermont ** School districts in Vermont *** High schools in Vermont ** Colleges and universities in Vermont ***

University of Vermont The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, commonly referred to as the University of Vermont (UVM), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Foun ...

References

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