The town was granted to 48 men,
five of whom were named Whiting (both the names and the town
spelled Whiteing in the grant).
At least two of the Whitings had served with Rogers' Rangerss
during the last of the French and Indian wars, as had several of
the other grantees. King George III was in favor of land grants to
veterans, so Benning Wentworth was on rather more firm ground in
granting this town than he was with many others.
The first proprietors' meeting was not held until nine years after
the town was granted, and none of the Whitings ever took up land
under their grant. The first settlers had only been in the town a
few years when the Revolution began, and during the war the town
was abandoned, as were many other towns in what became
Vermont.
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Addison County
Chartered: August
6, 1763 (New Hampshire Grant)
Area: 8,771 Acres
= 13.7 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 238* ]
Altitude: 390 feet
ASL
Population
(USCensus, 2000): 380 [ Population Rank:
223]
About the cache As we
were driving thru Whiting we noticed that it was farm country…
Maybe it was the route we took, but we saw lots of farm land and
not much else??? CAL and I both grew up on farms in mountainous
central VT, where 30 acres is considered a big field… Out here some
of the fields are 300 acres. So we place this cache near one of the
big fields.
Cache is in a PB Jar and should be findable year round. We
accessed it from a little farm road, and parked near a gate. As I
scouted the hiding place I crossed over the rotted remains of an
old split rail fence. Definately farm country.
I had a little trouble getting a good reading from the GPS, so if
anyone gets a better reading please let me know.