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State Information & Government Information
Vermont was the 14th 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 state in the USA]
Population - 608,827 (as of 2000) [Vermont is the 49th most populous state in the USA]
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
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 Flag
 Vermont'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.
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Animal Symbols:
| State Bird
Hermit thrush
State Animal
Morgan horse
State Butterfly
Monarch butterfly
(Danaus plexippus)
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State Insect
Honeybee
(Apis mallifera)
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| State Cold Water Fish
Brook trout
State Warm Water Fish
Walleye
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State Amphibian
Northern leopard frog
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Plant Symbols:
| State Flower
Red clover
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State Tree
Sugar maple
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Earth Symbols:
| State Rocks
Granite, marble, and slate
State Minerals
Talc and grossular garnet
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State Soil
Tunbridge
(unofficial)
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