The term stereotype derives from the Greek words ÏÏÎµÏÎµÏÏ (stereos), firm, solid and ÏÏÏÎ¿Ï (typos), impression, hence solid impression. The term comes from the printing trade and was first adopted in 1798 by Firmin Didot to describe a printing plate that duplicated any typography.
The population was 941 at the 2010 US Census. Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont, no. 10, Orleans County, vol. I, town of Albany, village of Albany, can be viewed online. History of Albany, Vermont, 1806-1991, by Virginia Wharton (1991) - find this book in a library.
Named for Benjamin Franklin, Franklin County was created on June 24, 1811, from 725 square miles located in the northern third of Hampshire County. Its population of nearly 72,000 makes it the least-populous county on the Massachusetts mainland, and the third-least populous county in the state.