Bennington County

Also known as Bennington County, Vermont, Bennington County, VT

county in Vermont, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Vermont
Named after: Benning Wentworth
Shire town: Bennington & Manchester
Largest town: Bennington
Total: 678 sq mi (1,760 km )
Land: 675 sq mi (1,750 km )
Water: 2.7 sq mi (7.0 km ) 0.4%
Estimate 2025: 36,630
Density: 55.3/sq mi (21.4/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional district: At-large
Website: https://benningtonvt.org/

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Wikidata facts

Population: 37347
Area: 1755
Official website: www.rpc.bennington.vt.us
Image: Bennington county court house manchester vermont 20040731.jpg
Households: 14585

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Commons category: Bennington County, Vermont
inception: 1777-00-00
water as percent of area: 0.4
native label: Bennington County
per capita income: 34435

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Bennington County is a county in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,347. The shire towns (county seats) are jointly Bennington ("The Southshire") and Manchester ("The Northshire"), and the largest municipality is Bennington. Bennington is the only county in Vermont with two shire towns, and thus the only county in the United States to have two "shire towns" within its boundaries (as every US state except for Vermont refers to their seats of government as county/parish/borough seats) The county was created in 1778.

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