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Randolph is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 4,853 at the 2000 census, making Randolph the largest town in Orange County. The town is a commercial center for many of the smaller, rural farming communities that surround it. When the area was originally settled there were three villages—Randolph Center, East Randolph and West Randolph. What is now the central village of the current town had previously been the village of West Randolph. ==History== Vermont granted the town on November 2, 1780, when the New Hampshire settlers could not locate the original grantees, whose patents were issued by New York. It was chartered on June 29, 1781 to Aaron Storrs and 70 others, and was originally named "Middlesex."〔(Randolph, Vermont, New England, USA ). Virtualvermont.com (2013-05-25). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.〕 The town was first settled ''circa'' 1778, when Vermont was an unrecognized state whose government existed in defiance of the government of New York, which claimed Vermont was a part of New York. To encourage recognition of the state by the United States, the town was renamed in honor of Edmund Randolph.〔 With productive soil for cultivation, farming became an intensive industry. By 1830, when the population reached 2,743, between twelve and thirteen thousand sheep grazed its pastures. Randolph was noted for its good butter, cheese and mutton.〔(Hayward's ''New England Gazetteer of 1839'' )〕 Two branches of the White River provided water power for watermills. By 1859, the town had three gristmills, one oil mill, and one carding mill.〔(Austin J. Coolidge & John B. Mansfield, ''A History and Description of New England;'' Boston, Massachusetts 1859 )〕 In 1848, the Vermont Central Railroad opened service through the town. Randolph's prosperity during the Victorian era endowed it with some fine architecture, including the Second Empire Randolph Railroad Depot and Renaissance Revival Kimball Public Library.〔(History of Kimball Public Library )〕 In 1921, Randolph was the setting for, and provided some of the cast of, a silent movie called ''The Offenders.'' In 1922 the same was true for the film ''Insinuation.'' Today, Randolph is a thriving meeting-spot and shopping center for the surrounding area. The town is home to attractions such as the Porter Music Box Museum and the Chandler Music Hall. Also located in Randolph are the Gifford Medical Center, a hospital; the main office of the regional Randolph National Bank; Dubois & King, a civil and structural engineering firm; and Randolph Union High School, which also serves students from the neighboring towns of Braintree and Brookfield. Downtown Randolph hosts the Amtrak station, shops, restaurants, a movie theater, and several gas stations. Image:Union Block, Randolph, VT.jpg|Union Block in 1912 Image:Kimball Public Library, Randolph, VT.jpg|Kimball Library c. 1915 Image:Corner Main & Pleasant Sts., Randolph, VT.jpg|North Main Street in 1913 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Randolph, Vermont」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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