Bennington, NY 📍

Bennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, in the United States. It is one of two shire towns of the county, the other being Manchester. The population is 15,764, as of the 2010 US Census.

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Bennington Welcome Center

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The Bennington Welcome Center is located within the interchange between US 7 and VT 9 - VT 279. At one point this was going to be Interstate 88, which would extend to Maine but that road was canceled decades ago.
Terrain Map: Hawks Nest LiDAR
Map: Moss Island
Map: Greenwood Creek State Forest
Map: Orebed Creek State Forest

Bennington – 1898 Topographic Map

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Back when it was a one horse town, actually it's not that much bigger today, though there is more sprawl to the north and the Bennginton Bypass. The electric rail to the then Camp Comfort up in Bickford Hollow is long gone.
Thematic Map: Percent of Land Forested – New York State Counties in 2021