Vermont QUICK FACTS Name Vermont is French verts monts for green mountains State Capital Montpelier population 7,592 Date of Statehood March 4 1791 14th state Population 626,042 49th-most populous state Area Total Land and Water 9,616 square miles 24,905 sq km 45th-largest state Largest City Burlington population 42,452 Nickname The Green Mountain State Motto Freedom and Unity State Bird Hermit Thrush Red Clover State Flower Red Clover 6 VERMONT
The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA State Rock Granite Marble and Slate Granite State Tree Sugar Maple State Song These Green Mountains Highest Point Mount Mansfield 4,393 feet 1,339 m Sugar Maple Lowest Point Lake Champlain 95 feet 29 m Average July High Temperature 78 F 26 C Mount Mansfield Record High Temperature 105 F 41 C in Vernon on July 4 1911 Lake Champlain Chester Arthur Calvin Coolidge Average January Low Temperature 7 F 14 C Record Low Temperature 50 F 46 C in Bloomfield on December 30 1933 Average Annual Precipitation 46 inches 117 cm Number of U S Senators 2 Number of U S Representatives 1 U S Presidents Born in Vermont Chester A Arthur 1829-1886 Calvin Coolidge 1872-1933 U S Postal Service Abbreviation VT QUICK FACTS 7
Vermont GEOGRAPHY Vermont is part of a six-state region called New England It is in the northeastern part of the United States It is a small state covering 9,616 square miles 24,905 sq km It ranks just 45th in size among the states Vermont is shaped like a long triangle pointed southward The state is about 157 miles 253 km long from north-to-south and 90 miles 145 km east-to-west at its widest point near the Canadian border It is just 42 miles 68 km wide at the Massachusetts border in the south The south-flowing Connecticut River forms a long border with the state of New Hampshire to the east To the south is Massachusetts To the west is the state of New York Vermont shares an international border with the country of Canada to the north Vermont is the only New England state that does not border the Atlantic Ocean The Connecticut River flows between farmland in Newbury Vermont and Haverhill New Hampshire 8 VERMONT
The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QUÉBEC CANADA Mount Mansfield New York Burlington Montpelier VERMONT Barre Rutland NEW HAMPSHIRE Vermont’s total land and water area is 9,616 square miles 24,905 sq km It is the 45th-largest state The state capital is Montpelier MASSACHUSETTS GEOGRAPHY 9
