Charleston is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,021 at the 2020 census. The town contains two unincorporated villages: East Charleston and West Charleston.
The Plymouth Congregational Church on VT Rte 105 in East Charleston
Commander Abraham Whipple was an American naval officer best known for his service in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War and being one of the founders of Marietta, Ohio. Born near Providence, Colony of Rhode Island, Whipple chose to be a seafarer early in his life and embarked on a career in the lucrative trade with the West Indies, working for Moses and John Brown. In the French and Indian War period, he became a privateersman and commanded privateer Game Cock from 1759 to 1760. In one six-month cruise, he captured 23 French ships.
Abraham Whipple, by Edward Savage
Continental ship Columbus commanded by Abraham Whipple, bringing in a captured British brig, 1776
An 1895 lithograph print of Whipple
Abraham Whipple marker at Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio