List of Vermont county name etymologies

This is a list of Vermont county name etymologies.

County name	Namesake/meaning
Addison County	For the first European settlement in Vermont, near present-day West Addison.
Bennington County	For the city of Bennington, which was named for Benning Wentworth, governor of the New Hampshire Grants.
Caledonia County	For Caledonia, the Latin name for Scotland.
Chittenden County	For Thomas Chittenden.
Franklin County	For Benjamin Franklin.
Grand Isle County	For the islands of Lake Champlain, which was named for the French explorer Samuel de Champlain.
Lamoille County	Either for a misspelling of Champlain's intended name of Lake Champlain, or for the Old French la Moelle ("the marrow").
Orange County	For William of Orange, later William III of England.
Orleans County	For the House of Orleans.
Rutland County	For Rutland, Massachusetts.
Washington County	For George Washington.
Windham County	For Windham, Connecticut.
Windsor County	For Windsor, Vermont (which was in turn named after Windsor, Connecticut.)

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