With regards to Carolyn's info on Vermont towns: West Randolph Vermont IS Randolph Vermont (zip 05060) in Orange County. I was born there in '45. The story I heard was that when the railroad (what I knew as the Central Vermont Railroad) was built through West Randolph (when?) the village of West Randolph grew and decided it deserved to be called Randolph. (Randolph Center had once been considered as a possible location for the state capital. That idea died when the railroad took the obvious low road.) Randolph is actually on Route 12. Route 12A starts in Randolph and gives a parallel route to Northfield (home of Norwich University). North, South, and East Randolph are on Route 14. I-89 was built (more or less along the ridge line) to pass between Randolph and Randolph Center, closer to "the Center" than to Randolph. During the mid 20th century and earlier, industry in Randolph included Ethan Allen furniture manufacturing and a company owned by the Brigham family (I forget the actual name) that made colored cellophane-gelatin filters for the movie industry. A Google search picks up Sherburne VT in Rutland County on Route 100. Apparently part of Sherburne is now called Killington (major skiing area) George Parker At 04:46 AM 8/14/2007, you wrote: >Tim and WRG: > >Here's some info on locations from the Green Mountain state: > >Barnstead, Vermont-Though there is a section of the Vermont town of >Manchester called Barnstead, the town of Barnstead is located on the >Suncook River in southeastern New Hampshire. > >Berkshire Center, Vermont-Vermonters call this community simply 'Berkshire'. >The hamlets of Berkshire, West Berkshire and East Berkshire are located >along route108 in northwestern Vermont. They are all the same political unit >sharing a selectboard, road crew and K-8 school system. Excellent dairy >farming country > >Cheshire, Vermont-There is no Cheshire Vermont that I know of, but Cheshire >County, New Hampshire is located in the extreme southwestern section of the >state. Last summer bad flooding drove many Cheshire County residents from >their homes and destroyed property. > >East Enosburg, Enosburg Falls, North Enosburg, West Enosburg and Enosburg >Center are all small sections of the community of Enosburg, located in >Franklin County in northwestern Vermont. Every June the Lions Club sponsors >the Annual Dairy Festival in Enosburg Falls drawing 4-5 thousand people to >celebrate Vermont's dairy farmers. Enosburg Falls is one of several Vermont >communities that generates its own power by damming the river. Local dairy >farmers are also trying a new technology to generate electricity by using >the methane from cow manure. They sell the power back to the grid. > >Forrestdale, Vermont-This tiny community is located in west central Vermont >on route 73 near Brandon. Here in 1834, Orange Alfonso Smalley, a young >blacksmith and mechanic living with his parents, and another blacksmith, >Thomas Davenport, experimented with electromagnetism and invented the first >electric motor. > >Franklin Center, East Franklin and Franklin, Vermont are all sections of the >same community near the Canadian border in northwestern Vermont. In East >Franklin, in sight of the border crossing station there is a large cemetery >where many Whitneys are buried. My sister preaches during the summer at the >East Franklin Methodist Church. > >Gullup's Mills, Vermont-This must be Gallup Mills, Vermont located in >Caledonia County in Vermont's northeast kingdom. None of the roads are >paved in Gallup Mills. > >Jericho Centre, Vermont- Located on route 117, not far from Burlington. >Jericho and Jericho Center are two sections of the same town. Vermont's >current Speaker of the House, Rep. Gaye Symington, D., lives in Jericho >Center. > >Mallett Bay, Vermont- This is Malletts Bay, part of the town of Colchester >and is located on route 127.The bay is a well known area of Lake Champlain >and there are many summer camps and homes there along with a large >commercial marina. In winter one can see dozens of ice shanties on the ice >in Malletts Bay where fishermen try to keep out of the wind as they catch >several kinds of native fish, mainly perch. In 1789 Ethan Allen crossed >Malletts Bay on the ice with a team of oxen on his way to property he owned >in South Hero, one of the islands in Lake Champlain. He died on the trip of >an apparent heart attack. > >Otter Creek, Vermont- Known as the Indian Road, the Otter Creek empties into >Lake Champlain near Vergennes. During the 1700's the waterway was a well >traveled route for natives escaping with colonial captives from southern >Vermont/New Hampshire/Massachusetts. Once they got to Lake Champlain it was >relatively easy to get to Montreal, travel by water being much easier than >travel over land. The Otter Creek was dammed in Middlebury during the >nineteenth century providing power for the mills there. > >Philadelphia, Vermont-I have never heard of Philadelphia, Vermont and >cannot find it on any of my state maps. > >Pittsford Mills, Vermont-On route 7 in central Vermont, Pittsford and >Pittsford Mills are the same political unit. Population in the 2000 census >was 3140. > >Sherburne, Vermont-There is a Sherburne New York, but it is located in the >central part of the state, too far from the Vermont border to be considered >part of the Green Mountain state. I think this reference must be Shelburne >in Chittenden County, south of Burlington. Shelburne is a lovely community >on Lake Champlain, home to the Shelburne Museum, a collection of early New >England curiosities. > >Silver Lake, Vermont-This lake is located in Bethel on route 12. There's a >nice state park at Silver Lake where camping is allowed from Memorial Day >until Labor Day. > >Townsend, Vermont-West Townsend and Townsend are both located on route 30 >in south eastern Vermont. > >Tyson, Vermont-Not far from Echo Lake, Tyson is near Plymouth, the boyhood >home of Calvin Coolidge. > >Weathersfield, Vermont-In southeastern Vermont, Weathersfield Center lies >near the New Hampshire border. There is also Weathersfield Bow on route 5, >from which one could throw a softball into New Hampshire. > >West Derby, Vermont-Derby Line and Derby Center are located on Interstate 91 >in northern Vermont. Derby line straddles the Canadian border. > >West Randolph, Vermont-This must be the community Vermonters refer to as >'Randolf' located on route 12A. Randolph Center, East Randolph, South >Randolph and North Randolph are all part of the same town and are near or on >the White River. > >I hope this is helpful. > >Carolyn Whitney Branagan