Vermont - US 7 Follows Historic Route
Vermont - US 7 Follows Historic Route is a Vermont historical marker in Pownal, Bennington County.
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Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryUSGS Historical Topographic Map CollectionDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Historical maps covering this location
- 1756 · A map of the eastern part of the province of New York with part of New Jersey, & c (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
- 1795 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1796 · State of Massachusetts. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1823 · Vermont (Carey, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · Bennington, Vermont (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
For example, one family's tree showed the Articles of Confederation marker in Pennsylvania standing under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s.
What that marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years there.
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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation