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Bennington
and Manchester are the chief towns. This is the oldest county in
Vermont, on the west side of the Green Mountains. It is bounded on
the north by Rutland County, on the east by Windham County, on the south
by Berkshire County, Mass., and on the west by the State of New York.
The low lands are excellent, and produce good crops, but the largest portion
of the county is mountainous, and fit only for grazing. Many streams
rise in the mountains and descend, to the ocean, some by the Hudson and
some by the Connecticut, affording a great hydraulic power. Lead
and iron ores of good quality are found in the county, and large quarries
of beautiful white marble.
This
county is memorable for many revolutionary scenes; and no county in the
State, and perhaps no section of country of its size in the United States,
presents a greater variety of bold and beautiful scenery.
(Gazetteer
of Vermont, by John Hayward, 1849, p. 26)
Arlington
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Searsburg
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Bennington
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Peru
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Shaftsbury
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Dorset
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Pownal
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Stamford
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Glastenbury
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Readsboro
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Sunderland
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Landgrove
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Rupert
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Winhall
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Manchester
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Sandgate
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Woodford
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Bennington
County Biographies |
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Bennington
County VTGenWeb Page |
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Biographical
sketches from the Vermont Legislative Directory, Biennial Session, 1902 |
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1790
Bennington County Census |
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The Bennington Museum |
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Maps of Bennington
County |
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Bennington County
Vital Records Information |
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Historic Route 7A |
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Bennington Area History |
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This is Vermont: Southern
Vermont Towns and Villages |
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The
Political Graveyard: Bennington County, Vt. |
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Covered
Bridges of Bennington County Vermont |
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Cemeteries
of Bennington County, Vermont |
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Bennington
County, Vermont History and Genealogy |
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