Montpelier, Vermont, USA
1895 - Montpelier

Montpelier, the capital of Vermont and of Washington co., is situated on a plain, on the Winooski or Onion River, at the mouth of its N. branch, about 200 miles N.N.W. of Boston, and 40 miles E.S.E. of Burlington. Lat. 44° 17' N.; lon. 72° 35' W. It is on a branch of the Central Vermont Railroad, and is a terminus of the Montpelier & Wells River Railroad. It is surrounded by a hilly country which is fertile and highly cultivated. The state-house is a handsome granite edifice, with a portico supported by 4 massive Doric columns, and a dome which is 124 feet high. Montpelier contains a court-house, 6 churches, national banks, 2 savings-banks, the Vermont Methodist Seminary, a graded school, the state library of about 14,000 volumes, printing-offices which issue 2 weekly newspapers, and 3 hotels. Here are several flour-mills, tanneries, manufactories of machinery, children's carriages, &c., and marble, and granite-works. This town became the capital of Vermont in 1805. Pop. in 1860, 2411; in 1870, 3023; in 1880, 3219; in 1890, 3617.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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