GC1J34G This is Vermont: Huntington (Traditional Cache) in Vermont, United States created by catoz

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Hidden : 11/22/2008

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Geocache Description:

This is Vermont: Huntington

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!

View of Camel's Hump from Huntington.

Huntington Facts

County: Chittenden
Chartered: June 7, 1763 (New Hampshire Grant)
Area: 24,539 Acres = 38.34 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 160* ]
Coordinates (Geographic Center): 72°59''W 44°19'N
Altitude: 623 feet ASL
Population (US Census, 2000): 1,861 [ Population Rank: 91* ]
Population Density (persons per square mile): 48.5 [ Density Rank: 89* ]

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

Named New Huntington in the grant, which listed Edward Burling and 65 others, including a number of Ferrises, for whom Ferrisburgh is named. The town is named for three members of the Hunt family among the grantees: Josiah, Charles and Marmaduke. The "New" was dropped by Legislative action in 1795.

The first town's Post Office was established in 1827 as Huntingdon, and it took fifteen years of protests from townspeople to get the spelling corrected.

It's actually unusual that it got corrected at all: a number of locations in Vermont are named as they are because of arbitrary decisions on the part of the Post Office and its practice of ignoring the advice and desires of the local populace. Folks in Charlotte and Milton, among others, had similar experiences.

So much of Huntington's land is mountainous that most of the peaks have not been officially named. Camel's Hump State Forest takes up much of the eastern portion of the town.

Though many would argue in favor of Mount Mansfield, "The Hump" (pictured above) is easily the most recognizable peak in the state (such that it was used on the Vermont Quarter issued in 2001). Samuel de Champlain called it Le Lion Couchant (The Couching Lion). Natives were somewhat more descriptive, using a term meaning "prudently, we make a campfire in a circle near water and rest at this mountain." Whatever its name, generations of hikers will attest to the fact that a rest is indeed needed while climbing it.

About the cache

The cache is located along the Huntington Center River Path. There is parking close to the trail head at N44 17.658 W72 58.063.

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

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