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| Burlington
/ Vermont
State Statistics |
| Vermont State Flag |
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| VERMONT
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| BURLINGTON |
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| AREA |
9,615 sq miles (43rd) (Land) 9,249 sq. miles (Water) 366 sq. miles |
| CAPITAL |
Montpelier |
| FAMOUS DATES
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Entered Union (rank): March 4, 1791 (14) , Present constitution adopted: 1793
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| LOCATION
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44.266N, 072.571W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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1,000 ft. |
| HIGHEST
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Mt. Mansfield; 4,393 feet, 26th |
| LOWEST
POINT |
Lake Champlain; 95 feet, 28th |
| COUNTIES |
14 |
| COASTLINE |
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| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
3 miles east of Roxbury in Washington |
| STATE FOSSIL
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| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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| STATE ROCK
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Granite, Marble, Slate |
| STATE GEMSTONE
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| STATE FLAG
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The picture on a deep blue field is a scene painting. You see a tall pine tree, a cow and sheaves of wheat. The Green Mountains are in the distance. Pine boughs extend around a shield. The name "Vermont" and the state motto "Freedom and Unity" are displayed on a crimson banner. At the the top of the shield is a stag's head |
| STATE COLORS
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| STATE SEAL
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| STATE SLOGAN
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Yep |
| STATE
MOTTO
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Freedom and unity |
| STATE SONG
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These Green Mountains |
| STATE TREE
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Sugar Maple Acer saccharum |
| STATE BIRD
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Hermit Thrush |
| STATE ANIMAL
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Morgan horse (1961) |
| STATE FISH
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| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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Green Mountain State |
| STATE FLOWER
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Red Clover Trifolium pratense |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Massachusetts New Hampshire New York |
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