"Vermont's First College"

"Vermont's First College" is a Vermont historical marker in Castleton, Rutland County.

VT Route 4A in front of the town library, Castleton

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On this site Castleton State College, Vermonts first college and the eighteenth oldest in the nation, was first established as the County Grammar School, chartered by the General Assembly of the Republic of Vermont on October 15, 1787. The College moved to its present campus in 1833.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1794 · New York. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1795 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1804 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Vermont (Carey, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Vermont (Carey, 1823), 1823, covering the location of "Vermont's First College", with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Vermont (Carey, 1823), 1823, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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