Ferrisburgh, VT
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Ferrisburgh, Vermont Real Estate Information
- Addison County
- Chartered: June 24, 1762 (New Hampshire Grant)
- Area: 39,192 Acres / 61.24 Square Miles [ 8* ]
- Coordinates (Geographic Center): 73°15'W 44°12'N
- Altitude ASL: 218 feet
- Population (US Census, 2000): 2,657 [ 66* ]
- Population Density (persons per square mile): 43.4 [ 99* ]
- Tax Rate: $1.2933 ('06)
- Equalized Value: $270,029,504 ('03)
Granted the same day as neighboring Charlotte and Monkton and nearby Hinesburg to many of the same people. There were far more Ferrisses listed in this grant, though, and Benjamin Ferriss called the first town meeting. Originally Ferrissburg or Ferrisbourg, the extra letters were soon dropped, just as most of the Ferriss family dropped the extra s.
The main village of Ferrisburg got a post office called Ferrisburgh in 1850. In 1892, the h was dropped, as it was most everywhere in the US at the urging of the postal folk. Recent years have seen that spelling coming back into use for the entire town.