Profile for Burlington, Vermont, VT

Burlington is on Lake Champlain.

Ira Allen built a shipyard here in 1772. The city was attacked by the British fleet in 1813.

The local economy expanded with steamboat traffic on Lake Champlain.

Ben & Jerry's ice cream began here.

Public transportation: Chittenden County Transportation Authority (See the transit and travel sections below.)

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 140. The number of murders and homicides was 3. The violent crime rate was 3.5 per 1,000 people.

Ranked No. 7 among small cities in the ePodunk College Town Index, 2002

Ranked No. 20 on the Best Places to Live and Work in America list, compiled by BestJobsUsa.com, 2002

No. 6 on the "Best Cities for Women" list (small cities), Ladies' Home Journal, 2002

Filming location for:
· 2000 movie, "Me, Myself & Irene"
· 2000 movie, "What Lies Beneath"

Well-known residents have included:
· Ethan Allen, Revolutionary soldier, leader of the Green Mountain Boys
· Orson Bean, actor

Local bands (past and present) have included Phish

Coffee: National and regional coffee companies with outlets here include Starbucks

Local festivals include:

• Winter Festival and Penguin Plunge - Feb. 10, 2007
• Vermont Brewers Festival - July 20-21, 2007
• Discover Jazz Festival - June 1-10, 2007
• Green Mountain Chew Chew Food & Music Festival - June 22-24, 2007
• Latino Festival - Aug. 4, 2007
• Burlington Book Festival - Sept. 14-16, 2007

Performing arts: Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Sports teams: Vermont Lake Monsters (minor league baseball)

Historic sites and museums: Ethan Allen Homestead Museum & Historic Site, Robert Hull Fleming Museum

Colleges and universities: University of Vermont, Champlain College, Burlington College

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was above the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 184

Quotes:
?We were soon in the United States again, and called that evening at Burlington; a pretty town, where we lay an hour or so.
-- American Notes
Charles Dickens

Listed places near Burlington

Airports (1)

Cemeteries (28)

Colleges (4)

Communities (4)

Hotels (23)

Libraries (5)

Museums (1)

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• School enrollment & education levels in Burlington
• Transportation & commute times in Burlington
• Chittenden County data
• Fastest-growing counties in Vermont
• State data - Vermont
• Data by street address
• Historical census records (Ancestry.com)

Sections below provide additional information and links about Burlington demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Chittenden County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, Burlington area jobs, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 05401 ZIP code.

(Also see local map below.)

• Burlington city government
• Burlington Chamber of Commerce

9% of Burlington residents report German ancestry, and 16% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Burlington ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Burlington
• Cemeteries in Chittenden County
• Libraries in or near Burlington

Post a query on a message board:

• Chittenden County Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - VT data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
• Census records (historic)
• Court, land & probate records
• Death index
• Family & local history
• Immigration records
• Military records (historic)
• Newspaper articles

Music

• Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Recommendations: Take the car ferry across the lake

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• Burlington museums
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• Burlington area parks
• Wineries near Burlington

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• Burlington area cemeteries
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• Cemetery record compendium
• Vermont cemetery message boards
• National database of cemetery records
• Veteran grave locator

• Communities near Burlington
• Nearby cities of 10,000 or more
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• Communities in Chittenden County

• Burlington business guide
• Burlington Chamber of Commerce
• Better Business Bureau
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• Courts in Vermont
• Local ordinances in Vermont (Partial selection)

• Crime in Chittenden County
• Arrests in Chittenden County

• Obituaries - search nearby newspapers
• Obituary database - Ancestry.com
• Charitable donations

• Local information on disability access
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in Vermont
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Burlington was $19,011, compared with $21,587 nationally.

• Banks
• Building permits
• Current labor force
• Wage estimates
• Chittenden County economic census
• Chittenden County economic summary
• Chittenden County employment growth
• Chittenden County unemployment rate
• Vermont economic data

42% of Burlington residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

• Colleges in or near Burlington
• Colleges in Vermont
• Learning Disabilities Association in Vermont
• Schools in or near Burlington
• School districts in or near Burlington
• Yearbooks (old) of Vermont high schools

• Movies & TV shows filmed in Burlington
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• Air pollution in Chittenden County
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• Land contamination in Chittenden County
• Nature Conservancy projects in Vermont
• Ozone status & air pollution - American Lung Association
• Toxic chemical releases in Chittenden County
• Water levels & streamflow conditions in Vermont

Burlington festival dates:

• Winter Festival and Penguin Plunge - Feb. 10, 2007
• Vermont Brewers Festival - July 20-21, 2007
• Discover Jazz Festival - June 1-10, 2007
• Green Mountain Chew Chew Food & Music Festival - June 22-24, 2007
• Latino Festival - Aug. 4, 2007
• Burlington Book Festival - Sept. 14-16, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

Burlington festival web sites:

• Discover Jazz Festival
• Green Mountain Chew Chew Food & Music Fe
• Vermont International Film Festival
• Winter Festival and Penguin Plunge

• ePodunk festival listings
• Vermont county fairs
• Vermont festivals (Vermont tourism department)
• Send us festival info for Burlington

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• Geocaches in Vermont

• Burlington items now on sale

• Burlington local government Web site
• Chittenden County government
• Vermont state government
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• Local historical societies in Vermont
• State historical society

Historic districts in Burlington include Battery Street Historic District, City Hall Park Historic District, Main Street-College Street Historic District, Pearl Street Historic District, Redstone Historic District, South Union Street Historic District, South Willard Street Historic District, University Green Historic District, Wells-Richardson District ... View historic districts

• Historic sites in or near Burlington
• Historic sites in Vermont
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• Museums in Vermont
• Vermont state archives
• National Historic Landmark search
• Search the Library of Congress
• Search the National Register for historic properties
• Post history questions in Chittenden County genealogy forum

Median rent in Burlington, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $562.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $1,131.

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Libraries in Burlington include Fletcher Free ... View libraries

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Newspapers in Burlington include Burlington Free Press

TV stations in Burlington include WCAX, WVNY.

National Public Radio programming is carried locally by WVPS.

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• Churches, other places of worship in or near Burlington
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• Nearby restaurants taking online reservations
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The average commute time for Burlington workers is 17 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

A total of 2 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Burlington between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This is a rate of .5 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was lower than the national norm.

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