Hinman Settler Road

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The Hinman Settler Road was constructed by former Revolutionary War veteran Timothy Hinman from 1791-1795 in Orleans County, Vermont.[1] Hinman's intent was to help develop the land he owned in Derby.

The road is 30 miles (48 km) long.[1] It starts at the Bayley Hazen Military Road in Greensboro.[1] It proceeds north from there. When it reaches Glover, it follows the Barton River Valley north through the village of Barton. North of that village it follows the Maple Hill Road north, running through what is now the Orleans Country Club to Brownington. It continues north through Derby to the Canadian border.[1] It is nearly straight, bearing about 19 degrees from north.

Most of the road was used well into the nineteenth and often, the twentieth century. Some of the road has become state road, for example in Glover, it became Vermont Route 16. In other places, it is unmaintained, for example in Barton, it leaves Maple Hill Road and becomes a "class 4" (town owned, but not maintained) road until it gets to the golf course.

In Brownington, it is a major route and known by the historic name.

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hike the Hinman with museum staff. the Chronicle. September 17, 2008. 


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