Bennington County, Vermont

Founding: 1778
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Benning Wentworth, New Hampshire governor
Seats: Bennington (1781–) and Manchester (1781–)
Land area: 675 square miles
Population (2020): 37,347
Population (historic): 12,206 (1790); 17,468 (1830); 21,325 (1870); 21,705 (1900); 21,655 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840–1880; 1890s; 1910–2020
Subdivisions: Three villages; 11 CDPs; 17 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,922 (27.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 76.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 41.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,827
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,206

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,366
Average farm size (1920): 59.8 acres
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Bennington

 
Namesake: Benning Wentworth, New Hampshire governor
Founding: 1761 (founding); 1783 (post office)
Population (2020): 15,333
Population (historic): 2,377 (1790); 3,419 (1830); 5,760 (1870); 8,033 (1900); 10,628 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800s; 1820–1990; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,591 (37.8%)
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Manchester

 
Namesake: Manchester, England
Founding: 1764 (founding); 1793 (post office)
Population (2020): 4,484
Population (historic): 1,276 (1790); 1,525 (1830); 1,897 (1870); 1,955 (1900); 2,004 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1850; 1860–1880; 1890–1920; 1930–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 716 (22.1%)

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