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About Georgia, Vermont 
Franklin County
*Area, Population and Density rankings above refer to Georgia's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here.
Benning Wentworth granted and named St. George the day after Georgia, unquestionably naming both for King George III, whom Wentworth feared was in the process of deciding that New York, not New Hampshire, would have the rights to what is now Vermont. George did not let having two towns in The Grants named for him weigh too heavily in his deliberations, deciding a year later in favor of New York, thus bringing Wentworth's land-granting to a screeching halt. As anti-British as any of the colonies during the Revolution, no effort was ever made to change the name. It would seem the early residents were not all that interested in its origin. The War of 1812 was fairly unpopular throughout Vermont, but particularly so in the northern towns which relied heavily on trade with Canada. Smuggling was fairly common, except in Georgia, where the townspeople seemed determined to support the embargo on Canadian trade, regardless of their neighbors' sentiments. Their blockade was so effective that smugglers took to calling Georgia "Hell's Gate". The nickname stuck long after the war was over and people had forgotten its origin.
Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's
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Activities & Points of Interest
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Contact Info Emergency Services (Statewide): 911
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Churches, Ministries, Charitables Baptist : Georgia Plain Baptist Church 802-524-5348 |
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Schools Franklin West Supervisory Union 802-849-2283 |
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This is a basic geographic reference, intended to show relative location of adjacent towns. Directional accuracy is limited to 16 compass points. There isn't even the slightest suggestion that one can necessarily travel directly from one town to the next (as in "You can't get there from here").
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