This cache is part of the
Vermont 251 Plus 4 Geocaching Club, an
attempt to bring caches to each and every town, city and gore in
the state of Vermont!
South Hero
Facts
Grand Isle County
Chartered: October 27, 1779 (Vermont Charter)
Area: 29,710 Acres = 46.42 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 49* ]
Coordinates (Geographic Center): 73°18''W 44°39'N
Altitude: 240 feet ASL
Population (US Census, 2000): 1,696 [ Population Rank: 96* ]
Population Density(persons per square mile): 36.5 [ Density Rank:
116* ]
Tax Rates (2006): Homestead $2.3842; NonResidential
$2.5184
*Area, Population
and Density rankings above refer to South Hero's relative position
among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores
and grants). Complete rankings are
here.
South Hero is one of the four towns
comprising Vermont's "Lake Champlain Islands."
Originally, South Hero, North Hero and Grand
Isle were granted to Ethan Allen, Samuel Herrick and 363 other
Revolutionary War veterans as a single town known as Two Heroes.
Hamilton Child's 1883 Gazetteer of Franklin and Grand Isle
Counties says the name referred to Ethan and his brother
Ira.
In 1798, Two Heroes was divided into North
Hero (the entire north island), Middle Hero and South Hero, the
last two sharing the southern island and a representative to the
legislature, hence they were not actually separate towns. This
arrangement was not entirely satisfactory: in 1810, Middle Hero was
given complete autonomy and renamed Grand Isle, which is what the
French had originally called the whole island.
The first settlement was made in 1783 by
Colonel Ebenezer Allen, a cousin of Ethan and Ira. He had served
under Colonel Herrick with Rogers' Rangers during the last of the
French and Indian Wars and later had a notable career with the
Green Mountain Boys. At various times, Ebenezer held every
town office there was; his home was at the southernmost tip of the
island, thus the promontory's name, Allens Point.
About the Cache
The cache is a small Lock&Lock
container hidden along the South Hero Recreational Path. It
is winter friendly and should be available unless ice freezes it
in. Parking and the Trail Head are at N44 38.635 W73
18.933. Located in this cache are two code numbers. These
numbers are needed to find the cache
This is Vermont: Grand Isle County.