Chartered as Caldersburgh, after
brothers John and Inneas Calder.
There is a bit of a mystery regarding the change to Morgan in
1801: some histories say that settlers changed the name to that of
the grantee from whom they had purchased their land, however, there
was no such grantee. There is, however, proof that the land had
been purchased from a John Morgan; presumably he had acquired it
from the original grantees. He may be the same John Morgan named in
the grant documents of neighboring Derby. To top it off, there were
no settlers until after the name change.
Politics: Ninety percent of those registered turned out to vote in
the 2008 general election, highest in the county
Lake Seymour is contained entirely within the town. It covers 1,732
acres. It is the second largest lake to be contained solely within
the state. Lake Seymour was named for Israel Seymour, one of the
original grantees. Natives called it Namagonic ("salmon trout
spearing place"); it remains a sporting paradise
today.
Orleans County
Chartered:
November 6, 1780 (Vermont Charter)
Area:21,839 Acres
= 34.12 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 182* ]
Altitude: 1384
feet ASL
Population (US
Census, 2000): 669 [ Population Rank: 198 ]
About the cache There
is a small parking space near a kettle with a plaque. Also nearby
is a pipe with water running from it, (free water) that is used by
the locals as a source for spring water. This is the last town we
cached in as we completed the Vermont 251 Plus 4 Geocaching
Club.
Cache
is in a small lock n lock. There is no need to move any rocks. It
should be findable until the snow gets real
deep...