Burlington, Vermont
City
Church Street Marketplace
Flag Seal
Nicknames:  BTV, The Queen City[1][2]
Location in Chittenden County, Vermont
Coordinates: 44°28′33″N 73°12′43″W / 44.47583°N 73.21194°W / 44.47583; -73.21194[3]
Country	United States
U.S. state	Vermont
County	Chittenden
Settled	1783
Organized (town)	1785
Incorporated (city)	1865
Area [4]
• City	15.47 sq mi (40.13 km2)
• Land	10.31 sq mi (26.69 km2)
• Water	5.16 sq mi (13.44 km2)
Elevation [3]	200 ft (61 m)
Population  (2020)[5]
• City	44,743
• Rank	Vermont: 1st
• Density	4,339.3/sq mi (1,675.4/km2)
• Urban	118,032 (U.S.: 289th)
• Urban density	1,903.3/sq mi (734.9/km2)
• Metro	225,562 (U.S.: 208th)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	05401–05402, 05405–05406, 05408
Area code	802
FIPS code	50-10675
GNIS feature ID	1456663
U.S. Highways
State Routes
Website	www.burlingtonvt.gov

Burlington is a city in the American state of Vermont. It is the county seat of Chittenden County. Burlington was first settled in 1783. It became a city in 1865.

Burlington is Vermont's largest city. It has a population of about 40,000 people. It is the smallest American city that is also the largest in its state. Burlington has a metropolitan population of about 225,000.

The city is located on the east bank of Lake Champlain. Burlington has an area of about 15.5 sq miles. It sits at an elevation of 200 feet. The suburb of Shelburne is 7 miles nearby Burlington.

• Grace Coolidge, wife of Calvin Coolidge and First Lady of the U.S.
• Howard Dean, Former Chairman of the Democratic Party, former presidential candidate in 2004, and former Governor of Vermont.
• Bernie Sanders, current United States senator of Vermont, former Mayor of Burlington, and 2016 United States presidential election candidate.

• University of Vermont, public university.
• Champlain College, private non-profit college.
• Burlington College, private non-profit liberal arts college. Closed in May 2016.

•  United States  Mississippi, Moss Point,
•  Nicaragua Puerto Cabezas, 1984
•  Russia Yaroslavl, 1988
•  Palestine Bethlehem and  Israel Arad 1991
•  Japan Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, 2008

Although there is no formal twinning agreement, Burlington takes part in the annual Burlington International Games with

•  Canada  Ontario Burlington
•  United States  Iowa Burlington

• Official website of the City of Burlington Archived 2011-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
• City of Burlington Sister Cities^{[permanent dead link]}
• WikiBurlington Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine

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