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Vermont Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/25/2023
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Cache is not at posted coordinates

 

This is one state that is part of the U.S.A. geoart.  Each state features an unusual but real name of a town in the state. Please consider giving a favorite point(s) to the one(s) you like the best!

 


 

Vermont: Podunk

N 41° 50.277' W 89° 12.432'

While Vermont’s tiny town of Podunk certainly fits the modern definition, that wasn’t the inspiration for its name. (Before newer home developments started going up, it was home to only about 50 people, some farm animals, and some boarded-up old buildings.) The etymology traces back to an Algonquian word describing “a marshy meadow." It’s likely that that’s where the name for the Vermont town — as well as the towns named Podunk in New York and Connecticut — came from. The current residents take no offense to the perception of their town’s name, and prefer to laugh it off.

 

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