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The White Rocks National Recreation Area was created by the Vermont Wilderness Act of 1984. [1] On January 17, 2006 President George W. Bush signed Pub. L. 110–1 (text), which renamed the park to the Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area, after Robert Stafford, former Governor of Vermont, United States Representative, and U ...
Bennington in 1887. First of the New Hampshire Grants, Bennington was chartered on January 3, 1749, by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth and named in his honor. It was granted to William Williams and 61 others, mostly from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, making the town the oldest to be chartered in Vermont and outside of what is now New Hampshire, though Brattleboro had been settled earlier as a ...
The Bennington Battle Monument is just over 306 feet high and was completed in 1891 to commemorate the Aug. 16, 1777 Battle of Bennington, considered a turning point in the Revolutionary War.
Area Speed limit ! County(ies) Notes Allure 200 Saunders north of Ashland Beaver: 300 Cass: Private lake near Plattsmouth Bennington 270 Douglas Big Indian Recreation Area 68 5 mph Gage South of Wymore Blue 311 5 mph Garden north of Oshkosh Bluestem 325 Lancaster near Crete Box Butte Reservoir 1,600 Dawes SE of Crawford Bowling Lake Lancaster
Bennington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is located entirely within the town of Bennington . The population of the CDP was 9,074 at the 2010 census , [ 3 ] or 57.6% of the population of the entire town.
The Henry Covered Bridge is located on northwestern Bennington, southwest of the village of North Bennington and the campus of Bennington College. It carries River Road across the westward-flowing Walloomsac River, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of its junction with Vermont Route 67A. The historic Henry House stands just south of the bridge.
Bennington is the oldest county in Vermont still in existence, created by the first general assembly on March 17, 1778. [4] Vermont was organized into two original counties, with Bennington in the west and Unity (a few days later renamed Cumberland) in the east. [5] On February 16, 1781 Rutland County was created from Bennington County. [6]
Map of Bennington battlefield. The main portion of the Bennington Battlefield is located about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of the New York-Vermont border, on the north side of the Walloomsac River. The river valley is flanked by a series of hills with steeply ridged sides.