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The 14 Vermont counties
List of Vermont counties:
The state of Vermont is broken into 14 counties. Each county has a county seat which is the capital of the county.
- Addison County: County seat: Middlebury
- Bennington County: County seat: Bennington
- Caledonia County: County seat: St. Johnsbury
- Chittenden County: County seat: Burlington
- Essex County: County seat: Guildhall
- Franklin County: County seat: St. Albans
- Grand Isle County: County seat: North Hero
- Lamoille County: County seat: Hyde Park
- Orange County:County seat: Chelsea
- Orleans County:County seat: Newport
- Rutland County: County seat: Rutland
- Washington County: County seat: Montpelier
- Windham County: County seat: Newfane
- Windsor County: County seat: Woodstock
History edit
- In 1778, Vermont comprised of two counties. The western side of the state was called Bennington County and the East was called Unity County. Unity County was later renamed Orange County.
- By 1778, the two original counties were split into five. These new counties included Rutland County, Windham County, and Windsor County. In 1785 Addison County was split off of Rutland County.
- In 1787 Chittenden County was formed from Addison County.
- In 1791 Franklin County was split off of Chittenden County. In addition, Essex and Orleans Counties were formed from part of Orange County.
- In 1796 Caledonia County formed from part of Orange County.
- In 1805 Grand Isle County was split off of Franklin County.
- In 1805 Washington County was formed from part of Franklin County.
- In 1835 Lamoille County was created from parts of Chittenden, Franklin, and Orleans counties.
Essex, Orleans, and Caledonia counties are commonly referred to as the Northeast Kingdom.