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Our regional area in Chittenden County, Vermont includes Burlington, South Burlington,
Charlotte, Colchester, Essex - Essex Junction,
Hinesburg, Jericho, Milton, Rutland, Shelburne, St. Albans, St. George, Williston, Winooski and more from the Champlain Valley Region of
northwestern Vermont and more.
Click on a city/town or scroll down for local web links of interest for our region.
Hinesburg, Vermont, located in the northwest of the state is nestled against
the edge of the Green Mountains, south of Burlington and east of Charlotte in
Chittenden County. The town was chartered in 1762, and has a history is rooted
in farming and early water-powered milling and manufacturing.
Quaint Hinesburg, home to about 4,500 residents, is surrounded by lush green
farmland along the serene LaPlatte River. Only about six miles square, the
western half is located in the Champlain Valley, and the eastern half in the
foothills of the Green Mountains.
Pictured here is Lake Iroquois - bordered by four towns: Hinesburg, St. George,
Williston, and Richmond.
Jericho, Vermont is in the foothills of the Mount Mansfield area, with close
proximity to Essex Junction, Essex and Underhill Vermont. A quaint community
with many small local businesses and great schools.
Jericho residents are minutes from Mount Mansfield’s approach trails, Underhill
State Park, Indian Brook Park, and Camel’s Hump State Park. The Burlington
cultural center and Lake Champlain are just 15 miles west of Jericho. Pictured here is the Vermont
Old Red Mill in Jericho.
Situated between Lake Champlain and the Green Mountains, Milton is located about
15 miles north of Burlington, VT. With an estimated population of 9,500 people,
Milton encompasses approximately 38,336 acres of land. The town was formed in
1763 and it operates under a Selectboard-Manager form of government.
Milton enjoys a wide variety of year round, seasonal activities due to its easy
access to Lake Champlain, the Lamoille River, Lake Arrowhead, and Arrowhead
Mountain. The mountains of Jay Peak and Smuggler's Notch are nearby as well.
Burlington International Airport and Amtrak Railroad are both within 30 minutes
of the Milton community, otherwise known as "the best kept secret" in Chittenden
County.
Pictured here is Lake Arrowhead in Milton.
The City of Montpelier in Washington County is located on the shores of
the Winooski River, in the Green Mountains, in north central Vermont. Montpelier
became the Vermont State Capital in 1805 and was incorporated as a city in 1895.
Montpelier is a commercial, government and insurance center surrounded by
farmland and granite-quarrying areas. Major manufacturers include granite, wood
and plastic products and processed food. Montpelier is also home to the
quarterly newspaper, The ARTS Letter.
Montpelier Vermont, points of interest are the Greek Revival style State Capitol
- see photo above. The building was completed in 1859 of local granite. Also
located here are Hubbard Park, Vermont College, Woodbury College, The New
England Culinary Institution, and the Edward F. Knapp State Airport.
Montpelier is the smallest state capital in the United States and is the only
one without a McDonalds.
Montpelier is named for Montpelier, France and was settled in the 1780's.
 The Original Town
of Rutland was chartered in 1761 and was later divided into; the Town of
Proctor, the Town of West Rutland and the City of Rutland. The present 12,000
acre Town of Rutland is home to considerable commercial activity as well as a
significant number of manufacturing jobs.
With a population of slightly over 4000 residents the Town of Rutland is the
third largest municipality in Rutland County, Vermont. With world class skiing
just up the road, at the Killington and Pico ski areas, there are over 400 hotel
and motel rooms in the Town of Rutland as well as numerous restaurants well
staffed and ready to serve their guests.
Shelburne, Vermont borders Lake Champlain, South Burlington, Williston, St.
George, Hinesburg and Charlotte. One of the finest collections of Americana is
kept in Shelburne, at the Shelburne Museum. Shelburne is a scenic town with lush
valleys and views of distant mountains.
The jewel in the town's crown is
Shelburne Farms, a working farm that is still owned by the original family! The
Vermont Teddy Company is located here and offers factory tours. Other Points of
interest include, Shelburn Pond, Shelburne Falls, and LaPlatte River Ledges.
Info courtesy of VTliving.com. Pictured - the Shelburne Farm Inn.
St. Albans is a wonderful community that sits in the valley between our Green
Mountains and Lake Champlain here in Franklin County. We have a rich history
that we are very proud of, from the St. Albans Raid to the Maple Festival, and
everything in between.
I would urge you all to stop by for a visit and check out our beautiful park,
unique shops, historical churches and wonderful restaurants as well as a
beautiful Museum. St. Albans is full of friendly people that are always willing
to steer you in the right direction.
When you do get to St. Albans, feel free to stop in or call City Hall and I
would be happy to chat and give you a tour of our little gem.
Description courtesy of
City of St. Albans Home Page.
The Town of St. George was chartered in 1763 in honor of King George III, the
then reigning monarch of England. Comprised of only 2,200 acres, St. George is
geographically the smallest town in the State of Vermont. Located in Chittenden
County, St. George is on the fringe of the greater Burlington metropolitan area.
Today, diverse neighborhoods, agricultural enterprises, a golf course and a
small industrial park are located within its small borders.
In order to preserve what makes our community unique, St.
George welcomes the active participation of all of its residents.
Pictured - Town Hall
Schools: Grades K-8 - Williston, Grades 9-12 - school choice.
Many students attend Champlain Valley Union High School, but town will pay for students to
attend other approved schools such as the prestigious Waldorf School and Vermont
Commons School at the CVU rate which is currently approximately $11,500 a year.
Other schools may be available upon approval through the state.
Williston was one of ten towns granted on the same day to
many of the same people, named for Samuel Willis, a wealthy Quaker from Long
Island and the first grantee named. While Willis was named on several of the
other town grants, this one was clearly the best of the group: it offered acres
upon acres of already clear, tillable farmland along the Winooski River.
Thomas Chittenden, Vermont's first governor and for whom the county is named, is
credited with being the first to settle in Williston, though he submerged the
family's heavier belongings in the duck pond and headed for Arlington during the
Revolution.
With the coming of the Central Vermont Railroad, the smaller village of North
Williston became a focal point, in 1876 the site of the first cold storage plant
in New England. Tons of meat, poultry, butter and eggs could be stored here
before being shipped to the New York and Boston markets.
Williston, Vermont's Catamount Outdoor Family Center is located on 500
beautiful acres are over 20 miles of professionally designed and maintained
trails for both winter and summer use. Pictured - a fall day in Williston.
The name Winooski comes from the Abenaki for "wild onions", plentiful along the
river. The earliest European documentation offering a written approximation of
the native word are French-made maps, which identify the river as "Ouinousqui."
In the southeast corner of Colchester was a fine natural falls in the Winooski
(then Onion or French) River (more River info here) where Ira Allen, one of the
grantees of Colchester, built grain and lumber mills in about 1772. To protect
their interests from marauding French and Indians, he and his cousin Remember
Baker built a two-story palisaded enclosure which they called Fort Frederick.
Good land nearby attracted settlers, and the community which grew up around the
mills and the fort became known as Allen's Settlement, later as Winooski Falls,
then simply Winooski when it was incorporated as a civil entity separate from
Colchester.
The large number of French Canadians who came to work in the textile mills in
later years resulted in a portion of the city being referred to as French
Village.
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