GC1J345 This is Vermont: Westford (Traditional Cache) in Vermont, United States created by catoz

GC1J345 ▼

A cache by catoz Message this owner

Hidden : 11/22/2008

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is Vermont: Westford

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!

The Westford covered bridge (no longer in use).

Westford Facts

County: Chittenden
Chartered: June 8, 1763 (New Hampshire Grant)
Area: 25,033 Acres = 39.11 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 139* ]
Coordinates (Geographic Center): 73°01''W 44°37'N
Altitude: 464 feet ASL
Population (US Census, 2000): 2,086 [ Population Rank: 80* ]
Population Density (persons per square mile): 53.3 [ Density Rank: 81* ]

*Area, Population and Density rankings above refer to Westford's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants).

Absent any evidence otherwise, the name appears to derive from being the most westerly of four granted the same day. For whatever reason, in 1781 the young Republic of Vermont granted another Westford, in Orleans County. That town was subsequently renamed Westmore.

Westford and adjacent Underhill listed many of the same grantees, which accounts for the fact that the names of families residing in one contributed to places names in the other. Mount Macomber in Underhill, for instance, derives from the Macomber family of Westford.

Where family names and descriptive terms were usually the basis for place names, Westford has a distinction in Number Eleven Hill. Nowhere else in the state is anything named by a number. When the town was being laid out, land was distributed in rounds, somewhat like modern sports drafts. The best land (suitable for dwellings and tillage) went in Round One to the most prominent grantee. Pasture land was Round Two; Round Three was frequently woodlot. Round Eleven would have been pretty far down the list in terms of usefulness.

About the cache

The cache is a medium size lock 'n lock container about 300 feet off the trail.

Located in this cache are two code numbers. These numbers are needed to locate the cache This is Vermont: Chittenden County

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ubyybj gerr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)