Vermont

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Vermont was the 14^th state in the USA; it became a state on March 4, 1791 .

State Abbreviation - VT
State Capital - Montpelier
Largest City - Burlington
Area - 9,615 square miles [Vermont is the 45th biggest statein the USA]
Population - 608,827 (as of 2000) [Vermont is the 49th most populous state in the USA]
Name for Residents - Vermonters
Major Industries - maple syrup, farming (dairy), tourism, electronics, forest products (especially paper)

Presidential Birthplace
Chester Alan Arthur was born in Fairfield on October 5, 1830 (he was the 21th US President, serving from 1881 to 1885).
Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth on July 4, 1872 (he was the 30th US President, serving from 1923 to 1929).

Major Rivers - Connecticut River, West River, Otter River
Major Lakes - Lake Champlain, Lake Memphremagog
Highest Point - Mt. Mansfield - 4,393 feet (1,339 m) above sea level
Number of Counties - 14
Bordering States - Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York
Bordering Country - Canada

Origin of the Name Vermont - The name Vermont comes from the French words for green mountain, "mont vert."
State Nickname - Green Mountain State
State Motto - "Freedom and Unity "
State Song - These Green Mountains 

Vermont State Symbols and Emblems:

State FlagVermont's official state flag was adopted in 1923. The flag features Vermont's coat-of-arms on a field of deep blue. The coat-of-arms pictures a large pine tree, a cow, bales of hay, and sheaves of wheat . Vermont's mountains are pictured in the background. A stag's head is mounted over the scene. Boughs of pine needles wrap around the coat-of-arms. "VERMONT" and the state's motto, "FREEDOM AND UNITY," are written on a red ribbon under the scene.

Animal Symbols:

State BirdHermit thrush

State AnimalMorgan horse

State Butterfly Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

State Insect Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

State Cold Water FishBrook trout

State Warm Water FishWalleye

State AmphibianNorthern leopard frog

Plant Symbols:

State FlowerRed clover

State TreeSugar maple

Earth Symbols:

State RocksGranite, marble, and slate

State MineralsTalc and grossular garnet

State SoilTunbridge  (unofficial)

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