Burlington
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- Names
Burlington
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on a hillside descending toward Lake Champlain and Airondacks; state's largest city; settled in 1773 with lumberyard & shipbuilding economy; military outpost in War of 1812; Battery Park saw many conflicts with British warships.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
- Died
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