Burlington
Burlington names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Burlington city, port of entry and county-seat of Chittenden co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
city, port of entry and county-seat of Chittenden co., Vt.; on Lake Champlain, the head of the New York Barge Canal, and the Central Vermont and Rutland railroads; 40 miles N. W. of Montpelier. It has a very large lake commerce and manufactories of lumber, cotton and woolen goods, and iron. The environment is agricultural. The city is the seat of the State University of Vermont and of the State Agricultural and Medical Colleges; Bishop Hopkins Hall; the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic); the Fletcher, University, Billings and Burlington Law Libraries; a County Court House; United States Government Men's Christian Building, and a Young Association Hall. ing Burlington is noted for its benevolent and educational institutions, which include the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Home for Aged Women, Home for Friendless Women, Home for Destitute Children, Adams Mission House, Louisa Howard Mission, Providence Orphan Asylum, Cancer Relief Association, Lake View Retreat, several sanitariums, the Vermont Episcopal Institute, St. Joseph's and St. Mary's Academies (Roman Catholic), and high and graded schools. The city was settled in 1773; was a garrisoned post during the War of 1812; and was incorporated in 1865. Its material development has been largely due to its great lumbering industries. The famous Col. Ethan Allen is buried beneath a handsome monument in Greenmount Cemetery. Pop. (1910) 20,468; (1920) 22,779.
Burlington a city and port of entry in Burlington co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and port of entry in Burlington co., N. J., on the Delaware river and the Pennsylvania railroad; 18 miles N. E. of Philadelphia. It contains St. Mary's Church, endowed by Queen Anne; St. Mary's Hall, the oldest (Protestant) church school for girls in the country; the State Masonic Home; Van Rensselaer Seminary; Burlington Academy, and many fine old residences; and has manufactories of shoes, stoves, iron pipe, terra cotta, and canned goods. The city was settled in 1677, by Friends, under the name of New Beverly; was for many years the seat of government of West Jersey; and was the residence of the last Colonial Governor, William Franklin. It was bombarded by the British, in 1776, and was incorporated in 1784. Pop. (1910) 8,336; (1920) 9,049.
Burlington a city of Iowa
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Iowa, the It is on county-seat of Des Moines co. the Mississippi river, and on the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy, the Chi- Island, and Pacific, and the cago, Rock ock Toledo, Peoria, and Western railroads. It is an important industrial city and has manufactures of crackers, pearl buttons, agricultural implements, boilers, engines, etc. The machine and repair Burlington, and shops of the Chicago, go, Quincy railroad are here. The city has an opera house, a court house, hospitals, a pu public library, and a handsome park. 57 Pop. (1910) 24,324; (1920) 24,057.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
When Collier's wrote in 1921, Burlington, Vermont had 22,779 people and owed its "material development" largely to lumber and lake commerce; both trades are long gone, and the city, now about 45,000 people, is Vermont's largest, dominated by the University of Vermont and best known nationally as the town Bernie Sanders governed as mayor from 1981 to 1989. Burlington, Iowa is the odd case: its 24,057 residents in 1920 had become roughly 24,000 a century later, and the pearl-button industry that worked Mississippi mussel shells has vanished, while the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad whose shops were the city's mainstay was absorbed into Burlington Northern in 1970 and BNSF in 1995. Burlington, New Jersey has likewise stayed small, near 10,000, its shoe and stove works replaced by a Philadelphia commuter economy, though St. Mary's Church still stands. All three keep the landmarks Collier's listed — Ethan Allen's monument in Vermont, Queen Anne's church in New Jersey — but not the industries.
Written for this edition, 2026.