Cumberland County, Vermont
| Cumberland County | |||||||||||||||
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| County of Vermont Republic | |||||||||||||||
| 1778–1781 | |||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Establishment | 17 March 1778 | ||||||||||||||
• Partition into smaller counties | 1781 | ||||||||||||||
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| • Country |  Vermont Republic | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of |  United States | ||||||||||||||
The Cumberland County, until 21 March 1778, known as the Unity County,[1] was a county in Vermont Republic. It was established on 17 March 1778, being formed from the counties of Cumberland and Gloucester from the state of New York, United States, that were acquired by Vermont. It existed until 1781, when it got partitioned into three other counties: Orange, Windham, and Windsor.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ State Papers of Vermont, 3:13.
- ^ "History and Facts of Vermont Counties". mycounties.com.
Further reading
[edit]- Benjamin H. Hall. The History of Eastern Vermont from its earliest settlement to the close of the 18th century (Albany, New York, 1858)
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