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Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont, named after George Washington. As of the 2010 census, the population was 59,534,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/50/50023.html )〕 making it the third-most populous county in Vermont, but the second-least populous capital county in the nation, after Hughes County, South Dakota. Its shire town is Montpelier, the state capital.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was created in 1810 as Jefferson County and organized the following year. Washington County comprises the Barre, VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. In 2010, the center of population of Vermont was located in Washington County, in the town of Warren.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/docs/cenpop2010/CenPop2010_Mean_ST.txt )〕 ==History== Washington County is one of several Vermont counties created from land ceded by the state of New York on January 15, 1777 when Vermont declared itself to be a distinct state from New York.〔Slade, William, Jr., comp. ''Vermont State Papers: Being a collection of Records and Documents Connected with the Assumption and Establishment of Government by the People of Vermont, Together with the Journal of the Council of Safety, the First Constitution, the Early Journals of the General Assembly, and the Laws from the Year 1779 to 1786, Inclusive.'' Middlebury, 1823. P. 70-73.〕〔Van Zandt, Franklin K. ''Boundaries of the United States and the Several States.'' Geological Survey Professional Paper 909. Washington, DC; Government Printing Office, 1976. The Standard Compilation for its subject. P. 64.〕〔Williamson, Chilton. ''Vermont in Quandary: 1763-1825.'' Growth of Vermont series, Number 4. Montpelier: Vermont Historical Series, 1949. PP. 82-84; map facing 95, 100-102, 112-113.〕 The land originally was contested by Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Netherland, but it remained undelineated until July 20, 1764 when King George III established the boundary between New Hampshire and New York along the west bank of the Connecticut River, north of Massachusetts and south of the parallel of 45 degrees north latitude. New York assigned the land gained to Albany County.〔Slade, William, Jr., comp. ''Vermont State Papers: Being a collection of Records and Documents Connected with the Assumption and Establishment of Government by the People of Vermont, Together with the Journal of the Council of Safety, the First Constitution, the Early Journals of the General Assembly, and the Laws from the Year 1779 to 1786, Inclusive.'' Middlebury, 1823. pp.13-19.〕〔Van Zandt, Franklin K. ''Boundaries of the United States and the Several States.'' Geological Survey Professional Paper 909. Washington, DC; Government Printing Office, 1976. The Standard Compilation for its subject. P. 63.〕 On March 12, 1772 Albany County was partitioned to create Charlotte County,〔New York Colonial Laws, Chapter 1534; Section 5; Paragraph 321)〕 and this situation remained until Vermont's independence from New York and Britain. Washington County was originally established as Jefferson County in 1810 from parts of Caledonia County, Chittenden County, and Orange County. In 1814, it was renamed Washington County. 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「Washington County, Vermont」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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