Brattleboro (town), Vermont
| Brattleboro, Vermont | |
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The Gothic Revival Municipal Center (1884), built as Brattleboro's High School, served the town in that capacity until 1951
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| Motto: The One and Only Brattleboro | |
 Location in Vermont |
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 Brattleboro, Vermont
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| Coordinates: 42°51′0″N 72°34′56″W / 42.85000°N 72.58222°WCoordinates: 42°51′0″N 72°34′56″W / 42.85000°N 72.58222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Vermont |
| County | Windham |
| Chartered | 1753 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Town Manager | Peter Elwell |
| • Assistant Town Manager | Patrick Moreland |
| • Town Moderator | Lawrin Crispe |
| • Executive Secretary | Jan Anderson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32.4 sq mi (84.0 km2) |
| • Land | 32.0 sq mi (82.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.2 km2) |
| Elevation | c. 200-1,768 ft (c. 61-539 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 12,046 |
| • Density | 375.3/sq mi (144.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 05301-05304 |
| Area code(s) | 802 |
| FIPS code | 50-07900 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1462049 |
| Website | brattleboro.org |
Brattleboro (/ˈbrætəlˌbəroʊ/), originally Brattleborough, is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The most populous municipality abutting Vermont's eastern border (the Connecticut River), Brattleboro is located about 10 miles north of the Massachusetts state line, at the confluence of Vermont's West River and the Connecticut. In 2014, Brattleboro's population was estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau to be 11,765.
Marlboro College Center for Graduate and Professional Studies and SIT Graduate Institute are located in the town. There are satellite campuses of three colleges as well: Community College of Vermont,Union Institute and University, and Vermont Technical College. The town is home to the New England Center for Circus Arts and the Vermont Jazz Center.
The Brattleboro Retreat, a not-for-profit mental health and addictions psychiatric hospital, is also located in the town.
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