BURLINGTON, Vt., city, port of entry and county-seat of Chittenden County, on Lake Champlain and the Central Vermont and Rut land railroads, 40 miles northwest of Mont pelier. It has a very large lake commerce and manufactories of lumber, cotton and woolen goods, furniture, boxes, refrigerators, brushes, paper, toys, medicines and iron. In the neigh borhood are large quarries of marble and lime stone. The environment is agricultural. The city is the seat of the State University of Ver mont and of the State Agricultural and Medi cal colleges; Bishop Hopkins Hall; the Roman Catholic Cathedral; the Fletcher, Billings and Burlington Law Libraries, a county courthouse, United States government building and a Young Men's Christian Association hall. Burlington is noted for its benevolent and educational in stitutions, which include the Mary Fletcher Hos pital, Home for Aged Women, Home for Friend less Women, Home for Destitute Children, Adams Mission House, Louisa Howard Mis sion, Providence Orphan Asylum, Cancer Relief Association, Lake View Retreat, several sani tariums, the Vermont Episcopal Institute, Saint Joseph's and Saint Mary's academies (Roman Catholic) and high and graded schools. The
city was settled in 1763, was a garrisoned post during the War of 1812 and was incorporated in 1865. It is governed by a mayor, elected for two years, a council and a board of aldermen. The waterworks and electric-lighting plants are the property of the city. Its matenal develop ment has been largely due to its great lumber ing industries. The famous Col. Ethan Allen is buried beneath a handsome monument in Greenmount Cemetery. Pop. (1910) 20,468. Consult Allen, 'About Burlington, Vermont' (Burlington, Vt., 1905) ; Possons, 'Burlington, Vt., as a Manufacturing, Business and Com mercial Centre' (Glens Falls, N. Y., 1890) ; 'Vermont Historical Gazetteer' (Vol. 1, 4 vols., Burlington 1867-82), and New England Maga zine (Vol. XI. 2d series).