Grand Isle County, VT
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About Grand Isle County, VT

Grand Isle County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont . As of 2010, the population was 6,970. Its shire town is North Hero . Grand Isle County is part of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metropolitan Statistical Area .

History of Grand Isle County, VT

Grand Isle County is one of several Vermont counties created from land ceded by the state of New York on January 15, 1777 when Vermont declared itself to be a distinct state from New York. The land originally was contested by Massachusetts , New Hampshire , and New Netherlands , but it remained undelineated until July 20, 1764 when King George III established the boundary between New Hampshire and New York along the west bank of the Connecticut River , north of Massachusetts and south of the parallel of 45 degrees north latitude . New York assigned the land gained to Albany County . On March 12, 1772 Albany County was partitioned to create Charlotte County , and this situation remained until Vermont's independence from New York and Britain, which, however, did not end the contest. On September 3, 1783, as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Paris , the Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain recognizing the independence of the United States. Vermont's border with Quebec was established at 45 degrees north latitude , which explains why this county has no dry-land connection to the rest of the United States. Massachusetts did not formally withdraw its claim to the region, first made in 1629, until December 16, 1786. New York, still not satisfied with the relinquishment of its land to Vermont, asked the U.S. Congress to arbitrate the matter.

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