Chittenden County

Chittenden County /ˈtʃɪtəndən/ is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2010, the population was 156,545. Its shire town is Burlington. Chittenden is the most populous county in the state, with more than twice as many residents as Vermont's second-most populous county, Rutland. Chittenden County is part of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 620 square miles (1,605.8 km), of which 539 square miles (1,396.0 km) is land and 81 square miles (209.8 km) (13.01%) is water. Originally, Chittenden County contained parts of other counties. It included all of today's Franklin, Grand Isle, and Lamoille counties, and parts of today's...