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Vermont (/vərˈmɒnt/ ^ⓘ) is a landlocked 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 most recent U.S. census estimates, the state has an estimated population of 644,663, making it the second-least populated of all U.S. states. It is the nation's sixth-smallest state by total area. The state's capital, Montpelier, is the least populous U.S. state capital. No other U.S. state has a most populous city with fewer residents than Vermont's most populous city, Burlington.

Native Americans have inhabited the area for about 12,000 years. 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 New France. Conflict arose when the Kingdom of Great Britain began to settle colonies to the south along the Atlantic coast; France was defeated in 1763 in the Seven Years' War, ceding its territory east of the Mississippi River to Britain. Thereafter, the nearby British Thirteen Colonies 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. 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 other U.S. state. It was admitted to the Union in 1791 as the 14th state.

The geography of the state is marked by the Green Mountains, which run north–south up the middle of the state, separating Lake Champlain and other valley terrain on the west from the Connecticut River Valley that defines much of its eastern border. A majority of its terrain is forested with hardwoods and conifers. The state has warm, humid summers and cold, snowy winters. (Full article...)

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The 2014 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of Vermont, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic governor Peter Shumlin ran for reelection to a third term in office against Republican businessman Scott Milne, Libertarian businessman Dan Feliciano and several other minor party and independent candidates.

Based on election polling, Shumlin's large financial advantage and the state's strong Democratic lean in presidential elections, Shumlin was expected to win easily, but he received only a plurality, not a majority, of the vote and polled only 2,434 votes more than Milne out of 193,087 cast. The Constitution of Vermont requires that the 180-member Vermont General Assembly choose the winner when no candidate receives over 50% of the popular vote. As a result, on January 8, 2015, the Assembly chose Shumlin over Milne by a vote of 110 to 69, with one abstention. (Full article...)

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The U.S. state of Vermont is home to over 100 breweries, microbreweries, nanobreweries, and brewpubs that produce a wide variety of beer.

In 2011, 2012, and 2014, the Brewers Association ranked Vermont as the state with the greatest number of breweries per capita. Using the 2010 US Census population estimate of 625,741 and 26 breweries, there is one brewery for every 24,067 people. (Full article...)

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Image 11791 Act of Congress admitting Vermont into the Union (from Vermont)
Image 2Autumn in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 3Vermontasaurus sculpture in Post Mills, in 2010 (from Vermont)
Image 4Vermont's license plate (from Vermont)
Image 5Lake Champlain (from Vermont)
Image 6Lyndon Institute, a non-profit high school in Lyndon with both day and boarding students. (from Vermont)
Image 7Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers (from Vermont)
Image 8The University of Vermont's Old Mill, the oldest campus building (from Vermont)
Image 9The Cumberland ice-breaking ferry headed toward Grand Isle in winter (from Vermont)
Image 10Edward F. Knapp State Airport in Berlin (from Vermont)
Image 11Köppen climate types of Vermont, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Vermont)
Image 12Mount Mansfield (from Vermont)
Image 13The former Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, in Vernon (from Vermont)
Image 14Lake Champlain (from Vermont)
Image 15The hermit thrush, the state bird of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 16The Ethan Allen Express alongside the Island Line Trail in Burlington (from Vermont)
Image 17Silurian and Devonian stratigraphy of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 18Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby (from Vermont)
Image 19Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby (from Vermont)
Image 20The Ethan Allen Express alongside the Island Line Trail in Burlington (from Vermont)
Image 21Vermontasaurus sculpture in Post Mills, in 2010 (from Vermont)
Image 22Vermont 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 23The West Dummerston Bridge, the longest covered bridge in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 24MVRTD's "The Bus" in Rutland (from Vermont)
Image 25The Cumberland ice-breaking ferry headed toward Grand Isle in winter (from Vermont)
Image 26The gold leaf dome of the neoclassical Vermont State House (Capitol) in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 27Population density of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 28Stowe Resort Village (from Vermont)
Image 29Vermont's license plate (from Vermont)
Image 30Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Representative Peter Welch greet supporters in 2017.
Image 31Fall foliage seen from Hogback Mountain, Wilmington (from Vermont)
Image 32A c.1775 flag used by the Green Mountain Boys (from Vermont)
Image 331791 Act of Congress admitting Vermont into the Union (from Vermont)
Image 34The Old Constitution House at Windsor, where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted on July 8, 1777 (from Vermont)
Image 35A c.1775 flag used by the Green Mountain Boys (from Vermont)
Image 36MVRTD's "The Bus" in Rutland (from Vermont)
Image 37Edward F. Knapp State Airport in Berlin (from Vermont)
Image 38The Old Constitution House at Windsor, where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted on July 8, 1777 (from Vermont)
Image 39Köppen climate types of Vermont, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Vermont)
Image 40Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers (from Vermont)
Image 41Mount 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 42The 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 43Watercolor of Abenaki couple, 1700s (from Vermont)
Image 44The West Dummerston Bridge, the longest covered bridge in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 45Population density of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 46The Vermont Supreme Court's building in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 47Stowe Resort Village (from Vermont)
Image 48Vermont in 1827. The county boundaries have since changed. (from Vermont)
Image 49Lyndon Institute, a non-profit high school in Lyndon with both day and boarding students. (from Vermont)
Image 50The Vermont Supreme Court's building in Montpelier (from Vermont)

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... that photographer Peter Miller stated in 2014 that the "Vermont Way" of grumbling and every so often remembering that "we live in beauty" was "coming to an end"?
... that Bradley Smalley, the political boss of the Vermont Democratic Party, once received the Republican nomination for alderman?
... that to mark the end of Burlington, Vermont's trolley system under Mayor John Holmes Jackson, a trolley was burned?
... that Vermont politician William Baxter personally funded the construction of an Orleans County school, provided that the second floor was used for religious purposes?
... that Peter Brownell won the 1993 mayoral election in Burlington, Vermont, despite having less money and fewer volunteers than his opponent?
... that the departure of Carl Borgmann from the University of Vermont ended 17 years of scientists serving consecutive terms as president?

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Cities

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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