Monday, 29 October 2007

the town of lyndon.



hello.
today is the start of another new week. i finished last week's national curry week off with a curry. i bought a murgh massala which was new for me but instantly made me feel great. i will have that one again.

i thought that i would enlighten you with some history about the town of lyndon.
Lyndon is a town in Caledonia County.

The community was named for Josiah (or Josias) Lyndon Arnold, son of landholder Jonathan Arnold.

The latitude of Lyndon is 44.514N. The longitude is -72.011W.
It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 699 feet.

The population, at the time of the 2000 census, was 5,448.

Major ancestry groups reported by Lyndon residents include:

· English - 21%
· French (except Basque) - 12%
· Irish - 12%
· French Canadian - 8%
· Scottish - 6%
· German - 6%
· Italian - 3%
· Scotch-Irish - 3%
· Polish - 2%
· Welsh - 1%
· Swedish - 1%
· Norwegian - 1%
· Canadian - 1%
· Dutch - 1%

good to see the english holding the fort.

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