Westminster, Vermont

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Westminster, Vermont is a historic New England town in southeastern Vermont known as one of the state’s earliest chartered settlements and the site of the 1775 Westminster Massacre.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
populated place
town
borders Connecticut River NERFINISHED
New Hampshire (across Connecticut River) NERFINISHED
charterDate 1735
rechartered 1761
climateZone humid continental climate
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countrySubdivision state of Vermont NERFINISHED
countySeatOf former shire town of Cumberland County (New York/Vermont colonial era)
economy rural and agricultural character
eventDateAtLocation Westminster Massacre, March 13, 1775
eventLocation Westminster Massacre NERFINISHED
GNISFeatureClass civil
governingBody Westminster Selectboard NERFINISHED
governmentType New England town government
hasFeature 19th-century New England architecture
historic town center
hasHistoricDistrict Westminster Village Historic District NERFINISHED
hasHistoricEvent early resistance to New York authority in the New Hampshire Grants
hasNearbyCity Bellows Falls, Vermont NERFINISHED
Brattleboro, Vermont NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation contains properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places
historicalEra American Revolutionary era
American colonial period
isOneOf earliest chartered towns in Vermont
knownFor 1775 Westminster Massacre NERFINISHED
early colonial settlement history
language English
legalStatus incorporated town in Vermont
locatedIn New England
Vermont
Windham County, Vermont NERFINISHED
namedAfter Westminster, London NERFINISHED
partOf Windham Regional Commission area NERFINISHED
postalCodeType ZIP Code
region southeastern Vermont
roleInHistory site of pre-Revolutionary political conflict in Vermont
settlementType rural community
statehoodContext part of New Hampshire Grants territory before Vermont statehood
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
transportation near Interstate 91
served by U.S. Route 5

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Windham County, Vermont contains Westminster, Vermont
Walpole, New Hampshire adjacentTo Westminster, Vermont