Calais, Vermont

Calais is a town located in Washington County, Vermont. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,529. Calais is pronounced similar to palace, not chalet.

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Washington County, Vermont - 2000

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Calais once had a village called Sodom. This name was allegedly given because the village had no church, though it did have a few active quarries. In 1905 the residents petitioned the state legislature to change the name to Adamant, chosen to suggest the hardness of granite. "Adamant is supposedly a name just as hard but not as wicked." says Frank Suchomel, the president of the Adamant Music School and local historian. Calais also contains East Calais, North Calais, Kent's Corner, Maple Corner and Pekin.

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Sodom - Quarries - Adamant

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