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Contents: About Poultney Activities Points of Interest Contact Info Churches, Ministries, Charitables Schools Official Web Site Neighboring Towns Map / Driving Directions Road Conditions Places to Stay Utilities Looking Toward East Poultney (Photo by Rosalie D. Cooksey) If you have any comments about this page, please let us know. Residents: Participate in this page. Tell us about your town!
About Poultney, Vermont [Top] Rutland County Chartered: September 21, 1761 (New Hampshire Grant) Area: 28,570 Acres = 44.64 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 70* ] Coordinates (Geographic Center): N 43° 31' W 73°14' Altitude: 430 feet ASL Population (US Census, 2000): 3,633 [ Population Rank: 43* ] Population Density (persons per square mile): 81.4 [ Density Rank: 51* ] Full Census Info: Town  County  State *Area, Population and Density rankings refer to Poultney's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here. It seems certain that Benning Wentworth chose the name to honor one of England's richest and most powerful families. William Pulteney, or Poultney, was the first Earl of Bath. He had been educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and was considered a brilliant scholar and eloquent orator. A member of Parliament by the age of twenty, he served there for more than 50 years. For a time he was secretary of war and one of Sir Robert Walpole's most determined opponents. Walpole once said he feared Pulteney's tongue more than another man's sword. The area comprising present-day Wells and Poultney had been patented by New York as St. Catherine's (throughout the world, many a homesick Englishman has named a point of land St. Catherine's: for most colonials coming to the New World from England, the last sight they had of home was St. Catherine's Point on the Isle of Wight). All that remains of the New York patent is the name: Lake St. Catherine, a popular summer camp and state park area in the southwest corner of the town and its companion St. Catherine Mountain. Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History with the author's permission
Activities & Points of Interest [Top] Goings-on in and near Poultney Calendar of Events provided by the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing. Lake St. Catherine State Park Poultney Historical Society
Contact Info [Top] Emergency Services (Statewide): 911 Hospital: Rutland Regional Medical Center (Rutland) 802-775-7111 Town Clerk:  Patricia A. McCoy 9 Main Street, Suite 2 Poultney, VT 05764  802-287-5761  Mon-Fri 830-1230 & 130-4
Churches, Ministries, Charitables [Top] American Baptist : United Baptist Church of Poultney 802-287-5811 Episcopal : St. John 802-287-9631 Roman Catholic : St. Raphael United Methodist : Poultney UMC 802-287-5710
Schools [Top] Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union 802-287-5286 Poultney Elementary School 802-287-5212 Poultney High School 802-287-5861
Neighboring Towns [Top]
This is a basic geographic reference, intended to show relative location of adjacent towns. Directional accuracy is limited to 16 compass points. There isn't even the slightest suggestion that one can necessarily travel directly from one town to the next (as in "You can't get there from here").
Fair Haven Castleton Poultney Ira New York Wells Middletown Springs
Places To Stay [Top] Best Western Rutland Discover rustic elegance in the heart of Vermont's picturesque Green Mountains at the affordable Best Western Inn & Suites Rutland near Killington, the areaÕs only hotel with condominium-style accommodations in a village setting. Enjoy best-in-class service and easy access to the majestic, snow-covered slopes of Killington and Pico Mountains-two of the East's finest ski areas-and Vermont's scenic state parks. The Bentley House A Victorian Bed & Breakfast Inn in historic Poultney Village.
Utilities [Top] Notes about utilities: One electric or phone company indicates that company serves the entire town. More than one of either indicates each serves different areas of town. A listed cable company MIGHT mean the entire town is covered, but not necessarily. More than one listed indicates each serves different areas of town. Unless your area is one served by Vermont's only gas utility, your only option is bottled gas (any dealer). Cable Comcast 800-266-2278 Electric Central Vermont Public Service 800-451-2877 Telephone Fairpoint 866-984-2001 Do you have a question or comment about Poultney?   Web Virtual Vermont Recreation - Bridges - Lodging - Shopping - Dining Top Home Virtual Vermont Internet Services What can we do for you? ©1999-2010 January 2, 2010