Bennington County, Vermont
| Bennington County, Vermont | |
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Bennington County courthouse in Manchester
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 Location in the U.S. state of Vermont |
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 Vermont's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1778 |
| Shire Town | Bennington & Manchester |
| Largest town | Bennington |
| Area | |
| • Total | 678 sq mi (1,756 km2) |
| • Land | 675 sq mi (1,748 km2) |
| • Water | 2.7 sq mi (7 km2), 0.4% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 36,317 |
| • Density | 55/sq mi (21/km²) |
| Congressional district | At-large |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
Bennington County is a county in the state of Vermont, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,125. The shire towns (county seats) are jointly Bennington ("The Southshire") and Manchester ("The Northshire"). Its largest municipality is the town of Bennington. The county was created in 1778.
Bennington is the oldest county in Vermont still in existence, created by the first general assembly on 17 March 1778. Vermont was organized into two original counties, with Bennington in the west and Unity (a few days later renamed Cumberland) in the east. On 16 February 1781 Rutland County was created from Bennington County. On 13 April 1781 Bennington gained the gore east of the town of Bromley (now Peru) from Windham and Windsor Counties.
From 26 June 1781 until 23 February 1782, Vermont attempted to annex part of New York east of the Hudson River (the so-called West Union); inhabitants in the area favored Vermont's township form of government, while Vermont hoped to gain bargaining power through expansion. New York did not lose control of the area. For almost seven months Bennington County overlapped part of Albany County, New York.
On 27 February 1787 Windham County gained the town of Stratton from Bennington County, On 25 October 1805 Rutland County gained from the county when the town of Mount Tabor gained from the town of Peru. The county gained from Rutland County when the town of Dorset gained a small area from the town of Mount Tabor on 17 November 1825.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 678 square miles (1,760 km2), of which 675 square miles (1,750 km2) is land and 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2) (0.4%) is water.
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