This Is Vermont - Monkton Multi-cache
This Is Vermont - Monkton
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This Is Vermont - Monkton takes you on a quick tour of our town,
beautiful Monkton, VT. Be sure to bring your calculator!
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!
Geography
Monkton is located at 44°15'14.5 N 73°7'26.13 W 44.254028,
-73.123925.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total
area of 36.2 square miles (93.8 km²), of which, 36.0 square miles
(93.3 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) of it
(0.58%) is water.
History
The town is believed to be named for Gen. Robert Monckton.
MONKTON, situated in the northern part of Addison county, is
bounded north by Hinesburg in Chittenden county; east by
Starksboro; south by Bristol and New Haven, and west by
Ferrisburgh. The surface is very mountainous, the principal
elevation being Hogback Mountain, which extends across nearly the
whole eastern portion of the town from north to south. The western
part of the town is drained by Little Otter Creek (and its
tributaries), as it flows northwest through Ferrisburgh into the
lake. The principal stream in the eastern part is Pond Brook, which
rises in Bristol Pond, in the north part of Bristol, and flows
north into Hinesburg. The scenery of the town is varied and
Picturesque, while the hills and mountains are filled with
innumerable natural curiosities, among which is a huge cavern in
the northwest part of the town. The orifice which forms the
entrance is at the bottom of a chasm in the rocks on a side hill.
It contains two apartments, one of which is about thirty feet
length by sixteen wide.
Monkton was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth on the 24th of
June, 1762, and contained an area Of 24,000 acres, divided into
seventy shares.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,759 people, 642 households,
and 503 families residing in the town. The population density was
48.8 people per square mile (18.9/km²). There were 687 housing
units at an average density of 19.1/sq mi (7.4/km²).
As for the cache: When you arrive at the published coordinates, you
will find yourself at our dual purpose facility, housing two
entities.
The north wall of this building has a door. At the left side of the
door is a green number plate with four digits.
To get to stage two, add 10784 to this number for north decimal
minutes and add 4778 for west.
Once at stage two, you are across the street from what will one day
be our civic center, to be located at Morse Park.
Here is a "dry hydrant" used by the Fire Dept to obtain water when
we need it. We do not have a public water system here, even
downtown, so there are several of these around town.
You should see another green address plate with a four digit
number. Add 11172 to get north, add 5612 to get west.
Now head to the final. This is a different container than you have
seen before, guaranteed. You can park in the adjacent driveway,
stop and visit us if we're home!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
SVANY ABG JVAGRE SEVRAQYL