Origin of saltern. Old English sealtÃ¦rn from sealt, salt + Ã¦rn, house: see ransack
Whiting, Vermont. Whiting is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for John Whiting, a landholder. The population was 419 at the 2010 census. Contents.
Wylie School, Voluntown Historical Society â Jerry Dougherty. A town located in the northeast corner of New London County, Voluntown shares its eastern border with the state of Rhode Island. Incorporated in 1721, the community received its name from the fact that, in 1700, the Volunteers of the Narragansett War were given lots in the area to build homesteadsâthus creating a Volunteer Town.