State of the Month – Vermont

Here is the next instalment of my monthly feature going through the States of the United States in alphabetical order to check out how they got named, what their flag is like and other things of interest. 

Location – Vermont borders Canada – it is a New England state.

Origin of name – probably from the French for green mountains

Nicknames – The Green Mountain State

Flag

Capital – Montpelier (with less than 10k residents!)

Unusual place name – Satan's Kingdom

Flower – Red Clover

Bird – Hermit Thrush

State Tree – Sugar Maple

Signature foods – Fiddlehead ferns, Maple butter

Famous places to visit – Covered Bridges Bennington County, Rock of Ages Quarry, Hildene (Lincoln Family Home), Tallest Filing Cabinet on Earth, Lake Champlain

Famous businesses/brands – Ben and Jerry's, King Arthur Flour

Famous people from Vermont – Pres Calvin Coolidge, John Deere (tractors), Joseph Smith (LDS), Rudy Vallee

Go to this Pinboard to see the States of the Month so far.