Photo: Jared and Corin · CC BY-SA 2.0Poultney has yet to put a famous person on the list
Of the towns next door, Castleton lists the most: 7, with David Swinson Maynard first. The longest list of any town in Vermont belongs to Burlington, with 55. Bennington has the second-longest list in Vermont, after Burlington, with 42. Famous people are on record for 222 of the towns in Vermont.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Poultney), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Poultney has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Poultney
Of the towns nearby, Castleton lists the most people: 7.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Poultney and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (6)
- David Swinson Maynard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John A. Mead: The Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Rood Doolittle: Studio of Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Granger: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Cowdery: James Presley Ball (1825-1904), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leonard F. Wing: Billmckern, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons