Place:Monkton, Addison, Vermont, United States

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NameMonkton
Alt namesMonkton Borosource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Monkton Boroughsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS50003218
TypeTown
Coordinates44.233°N 73.133°W
Located inAddison, Vermont, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Barnumtown Cemetery
Inhabited place
Barnumtown
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Monkton, also known as Monkton Boro, is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,079 at the 2020 census.

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Monkton was chartered in 1762.

There are iron ore deposits around Monkton and cannonballs for Macdonough's fleet, which was built in Vergennes during the War of 1812, were made from Monkton iron.

Quaker minister Joseph Hoag and his wife Huldah Hoag are buried in the Quaker cemetery in Monkton Boro.

Monkton's observance of the U.S. Bicentennial began with a number of small community projects which culminated with a two-day extravaganza on August 21 and August 22, 1976. The first of the preliminary projects was to place American flags on all the veterans' graves in the town cemeteries, with the second the making of over forty quilts. Finally, two banners were made to announce the upcoming weekend of events.

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