When Hunt was instructed by the Vermont General Assembly to change the name of the town he represented from Hinsdale to Huntstown in his honor, he demurred. He asked his wife, who suggested Vernon instead, making it the only Vermont town said to be named by a woman.
Hunt, when instructed by the Vermont General Assembly to change the name of the town he represented from Hinsdale to Huntstown in his honor, declined. His wife then proposed the name Vernon, which is the only Vermont town known to have been named by a woman.