Vermont

The Green Mountain State

Vermont offers safe, friendly communities with the green mountains as a backdrop. In Vermont you will find reasonable housing choices, small public school classes, universities, plenty of lakes and streams for fishing and swimming, beautiful autumn foliage, world class skiing, festivals and events, outdoor activities, history and friendly folk. Simply put, Vermont offers the best quality of life you will find anywhere.

Vermont leads the nation in the production of monument granite, marble, talc and maple syrup. Due to the rugged, rocky terrain it is difficult to have a large agricultural farming industry but the climate is well suited to raising fruit trees and to dairy farming. Electrical equipment, fabricated metal products, paper with its associated products, printing and publishing are the main industries.

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Population: 623,908 as of 2006
Land Area: 9,250 sq mi. (23,958 sq km)
Per Capita Personal Income: $36,670 as of 2007
Capital: Montpelier

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That there is no reference to any other nickname for Vermont other than the Green Mountain State? The name comes from "Green Mountain Boy", a name for an resident of Vermont going back to 1772, named after the militia of the previous year which was organized to protect the state against the New Yorkers. The name also comes from one coined in 1761 by Rev Dr. Peters who named the mountains "Verd Mont", meaning "green mountain", which itself probably came from the "Green Mountains" which were named by Samuel de Champlain in 1647.

That that population wise, Montpelier, Vermont is the smallest state capital in the U.S.?

That in ratio of cows to people, Vermont has the greatest number of dairy cows in the country?

That Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream company gives their ice cream waste to the local Vermont farmers who use it to feed their hogs? The hogs seem to like all of the flavors except Mint Oreo.

That Montpelier, Is the largest producer of maple syrup in the United Sates.

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