FRANKLIN COUNTY, situated at the northwest corner of Vermont, with Lake Champlain on the west. Area, 600 square miles. Face of the country hilly and mountainous; soil, on the streams, fertile. Seat of justice, St. Albans. Pop. in 1810, 16,427; in 1820, 17,192; in 1830, 24,525; in 1840, 24,531; in 1850, 28,586.

ESSEX COUNTY, situated at the northeast corner of Vermont, with Connecticut river on the east. Area, 225 square miles. Face of the country hilly and mountainous; soil, on the streams, fertile. Seat of justice, Guildhall. Pop. in 1810, 3,087; in 1820, 3,284; in 1830, 3,981; in 1840, 4,226; in 1850, 4,650.

CHITTENDEN COUNTY, situated on the western boundary of Vermont, on the east side of Lake Champlain, and traversed by Onion river. Area, 500 square miles. The face of the country is undulating near the lake, but becomes mountainous and hilly at the east; much of the soil is highly productive. Seat of justice, Burlington. Pop. in 1830, 21,775; in 1840, 22,977; in 1850, 29,036.

CALEDONIA COUNTY, situated toward the northeast part of Vermont, on the westerly side of Connecticut river, and traversed by Passumpsic river. Area, 700 square miles. Face of the county mountainous and hilly; soil generally productive. Seat of justice, Danville. Pop. in 1820, 16,670; in 1830, 20,967; in 1840, 21,891; in 1850, 23,086.

BENNINGTON COUNTY, situated at the southwest corner of Vermont. Length, 40 miles; mean width, 17; with an area of 680 square miles. The face of the country is mountainous and hilly; the soil generally productive, and particularly suited for grazing and fruit. Seats of justice at Bennington and Manchester. Pop. in 1820, 16,125; in 1830, 17,470; in 1840, 16,872; in 1850, 18,589.

ADDISON COUNTY, in the west part of Vermont, lying along Lake Champlain. It has a mean length of 25 miles, and an average breadth of 20, and containing 500 square miles. The surface, although not mountainous, is agreeably diversified by hill and dale, the soil fertile, generally well-cultivated, and suitable for grazing and staple crops. Otter river flows obliquely through this county, which, by its numerous tributaries, affords several excellent mill sites. Courts are held at Maddlebury. Pop. in 1820, 20,620; in 1830, 24,940; in 1840, 23,583; in 1850, 26,549.

WILMINGTON, p. v., seat of justice of New Hanover co., N. C., situated on Cape Fear river, 35 miles from the sea, 148 miles southeasterly from Raleigh, and 365 miles from Washington. A large shoal at the mouth of the harbor, in a great measure destroys the effect of its other natural advantages. Two islands divide the river into three channels opposite the town. They afford the finest rice-fields in the state. The great body of the exports and imports of North Carolina pass through this port, and it is the terminus of the Washington and Wilmington chain of railroads.

WADESBOROUGH, c. h., p. v., seat of justice of Anson co., N. C., 143 ms S. E. of Raleigh; from W. 412 ms. Watered by Neuse river.

LAUREL HILL, p. o., Richmond co., N. C. 99 ms. S. W. of Raleigh; from W. 387 ms.