Addison County, Vermont (VT), United States, North America
Latitude
44°10'N
Longitude
73°15'W
Vergennes
(VUHR-ginz), city (1990 pop. 2,578), Addison co., W
Vt., on Otter Creek, near L. Champlain, and
21 mi/34 km S of Burlington; 44°10'N
73°15'W. Trade center for dairying; resort region; mfg. (electronic
equip.). Region disputed by claimants of N.H. and N.Y. grants before
Amer. Revolution. Macdonough's fleet built here in War of 1812. Anc.
Indian implements excavated here. Settled 1766; set off 1788;
city inc. 1794.
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