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Vermont (/vərˈmɒnt/ (listen)) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Admitted to the Union in 1791 as the 14th state, it is the only state in New England not bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the state has a population of 643,503, ranking it the second least-populated in the U.S. after Wyoming. It is also the nation's sixth-smallest state in area. The state's capital Montpelier is the least-populous state capital in the U.S., while its most-populous city, Burlington, is the least-populous to be a state's largest.

For some 12,000 years, indigenous peoples have inhabited this area. The competitive tribes of the Algonquian-speaking Abenaki and Iroquoian-speaking Mohawk were active in the area at the time of European encounter. During the 17th century, French colonists claimed the territory as part of the Kingdom of France's colony of New France. After the Kingdom of Great Britain began to settle colonies to the south along the Atlantic coast, the two nations competed in North America in addition to Europe. After being defeated in 1763 in the Seven Years' War, France ceded its territory east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain.

Thereafter, the nearby British Thirteen Colonies, especially the provinces of New Hampshire and New York, disputed the extent of the area called the New Hampshire Grants to the west of the Connecticut River, encompassing present-day Vermont. The provincial government of New York sold land grants to settlers in the region, which conflicted with earlier grants from the government of New Hampshire. The Green Mountain Boys militia protected the interests of the established New Hampshire land grant settlers against the newly arrived settlers with land titles granted by New York. Ultimately, a group of settlers with New Hampshire land grant titles established the Vermont Republic in 1777 as an independent state during the American Revolutionary War. The Vermont Republic abolished slavery before any of the other states. (Full article...)

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There are 16 currently operating colleges and universities based in the U.S. state of Vermont. This figure includes one research university, five master's universities, an art school, a law school, and a number of associate's and baccalaureate colleges. Three institutions chartered in other states offer degree programs at locations in Vermont.

The state's flagship public university is the University of Vermont. The other four public institutions are organized as the Vermont State Colleges system. (Full article...)

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The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. Founded in 1791, it is among the oldest universities in the United States as the fifth institution of higher learning established in New England. It is listed as one of the original eight "Public Ivy" institutions in the United States and is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".

The largest hospital complex in Vermont, the University of Vermont Medical Center has its primary facility on the UVM campus and is affiliated with the Robert Larner College of Medicine. (Full article...)

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Image 1A circa 1775 flag used by the Green Mountain Boys (from Vermont)
Image 2Vermontasaurus sculpture in Post Mills, in 2010 (from Vermont)
Image 3Vermont Route 17 in Addison with Snake Mountain at right (from Vermont)
Image 4Stowe Resort Village (from Vermont)
Image 5Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby (from Vermont)
Image 6Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby (from Vermont)
Image 7The Ethan Allen Express alongside the Island Line Trail in Burlington (from Vermont)
Image 8Edward F. Knapp State Airport in Berlin (from Vermont)
Image 9Western face of Camel's Hump Mountain (elevation 4,079 feet (1,243 m)). (from Vermont)
Image 10Vermont in 1827. The county boundaries have since changed. (from Vermont)
Image 11The hermit thrush, the state bird of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 12Lake Champlain (from Vermont)
Image 13Mount Mansfield (from Vermont)
Image 14The Ethan Allen Express alongside the Island Line Trail in Burlington (from Vermont)
Image 15Watercolor of an Abenaki couple, 1700s (from Vermont)
Image 16The Lyndon Institute, a high school in Lyndon, Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 17The flag of the Green Mountain Boys (from History of Vermont)
Image 18The West Dummerston Bridge, the longest covered bridge in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 191791 Act of Congress admitting Vermont into the Union (from Vermont)
Image 20Fall foliage seen from Hogback Mountain, Wilmington (from Vermont)
Image 21MVRTD's "The Bus" in Rutland (from Vermont)
Image 22The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, in Vernon (from Vermont)
Image 23Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers (from Vermont)
Image 24Köppen climate types of Vermont, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Vermont)
Image 25Lake Champlain (from Vermont)
Image 26The University of Vermont
Old Mill, the oldest building of the university (from Vermont)
Image 27The gold leaf dome of the neoclassical Vermont State House (Capitol) in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 28Köppen climate types of Vermont, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Vermont)
Image 29A proportional representation of Vermont exports, 2020 (from Vermont)
Image 30The Old Constitution House at Windsor, where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted on July 8, 1777 (from Vermont)
Image 31Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Representative Peter Welch greet supporters in 2017.
Image 32Vermont in 1827. The county boundaries have since changed. (from Vermont)
Image 33The Cumberland ice-breaking ferry headed toward Grand Isle in winter (from Vermont)
Image 34Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Representative Peter Welch greet supporters in 2017.
Image 35Edward F. Knapp State Airport in Berlin (from Vermont)
Image 36Vermont Route 17 in Addison with Snake Mountain at right (from Vermont)
Image 37The Vermont Supreme Court's building in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 38The Old Constitution House at Windsor, where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted on July 8, 1777 (from Vermont)
Image 39MVRTD's "The Bus" in Rutland (from Vermont)
Image 40The Vermont Supreme Court's building in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 41The Cumberland ice-breaking ferry headed toward Grand Isle in winter (from Vermont)
Image 42The University of Vermont
Old Mill, the oldest building of the university (from Vermont)
Image 43Watercolor of an Abenaki couple, 1700s (from Vermont)
Image 44Population density of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 45Mount Mansfield, at 4,393 feet (1,339 m), is the highest-elevation point in Vermont. Other high points are Killington Peak, Mount Ellen, Mount Abraham, and Camel's Hump. The lowest point in the state is Lake Champlain at 95 feet (29 m). The state's average elevation is 1,000 feet (300 m). (from History of Vermont)
Image 46Autumn in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 47Vermont towns hold a March town meeting for voters to approve the town's budget and decide other matters. Marlboro voters meet in this building. (from Vermont)
Image 48Silurian and Devonian stratigraphy of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 49Fall foliage seen from Hogback Mountain, Wilmington (from Vermont)
Image 50Vellum manuscript of the Constitution of Vermont, 1777. This constitution was amended in 1786, and again in 1793, two years after Vermont's admission to the federal union in 1791. See Constitution of Vermont (1777) and Constitution of Vermont. (from History of Vermont)
Image 51Autumn in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 52Western face of Camel's Hump Mountain (elevation 4,079 feet (1,243 m)). (from Vermont)
Image 53The gold leaf dome of the Vermont State House in Montpelier is visible for many miles around the city. This is the third State House on the site, and like the second, was built in the Greek Revival architectural style. It was completed in 1857. Montpelier became the state capital in 1805. (from History of Vermont)
Image 54The gold leaf dome of the neoclassical Vermont State House (Capitol) in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 55The West Dummerston Bridge, the longest covered bridge in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 561791 Act of Congress admitting Vermont into the Union (from Vermont)
Image 57Silurian and Devonian stratigraphy of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 58Vermont towns hold a March town meeting for voters to approve the town's budget and decide other matters. Marlboro voters meet in this building. (from Vermont)
Image 59The Lyndon Institute, a high school in Lyndon, Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 60Vermontasaurus sculpture in Post Mills, in 2010 (from Vermont)
Image 61A circa 1775 flag used by the Green Mountain Boys (from Vermont)
Image 62Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers (from Vermont)
Image 63Stowe Resort Village (from Vermont)
Image 64A proportional representation of Vermont exports, 2020 (from Vermont)
Image 65Mount Mansfield (from Vermont)
Image 66Population density of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 67The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, in Vernon (from Vermont)
Image 68The hermit thrush, the state bird of Vermont (from Vermont)

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... that Molly Gray, the new lieutenant governor of Vermont, is a former competitive skier and the daughter of an Olympic skier?
... that before John McClaughry was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives, he traveled about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) in boxcars as a hobo?
... that Bernie Sanders won the election to become Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, by ten votes in 1981?
... that Amtrak called the Vermont Rail System the worst host railroad in the country in 2010 due to delays on the Ethan Allen Express?
... that Vermont folk musician Pete Sutherland hosted concerts at his house for $10—or $9 if you brought your own chair?
... that the Bernie Sanders mittens meme has raised nearly $2 million for Vermont charities?

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Vermont has nine incorporated cities.

City populations (2010 Census)
City	Population
Burlington	42,417
South Burlington	17,904
Rutland	16,495
Barre	9,052
Montpelier	7,855
Winooski	7,267
St. Albans	6,918
Newport	5,005
Vergennes	2,741

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