Podcast for Happy Vermont: In Vermont, Why Are Things Where They Are?

Some Franklin County towns, including Enosburg, in 1857 (by F.H. Walling, from the Library of Congress digital library)

I was recently interviewed by Erica Houskeeper, founder of Happy Vermont, about the patterns of Vermont towns and village names. She has produced a 30-minute podcast of our conversation called In Vermont, Why Are Things Where They Are? that can be found at: https://happyvermont.com/, on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Two of Enosburg’s villages in 1857: Enosburg Centre village, established in the geographic center of town so it was accessible to all townspeople, and Jacksonville, a mill village in the town of Enosburg, that grew up around a water-power site on Tyler’s Branch. Operating mills included a saw mill, two grist mills (for grinding grain into flour), and a carding mill for preparing wool fleece for spinning. (F.H. Walling Map from the Library of Congress digital library)