Bennington

town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States
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Bennington

Summary

Bennington is a New England town[1]. Bennington has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Bennington is located in Bennington County[3].
  • Bennington is in the country of United States[4].
  • Bennington is on the body of water Walloomsac River[5].
  • Bennington's instance of is recorded as New England town[6].
  • Bennington's instance of is recorded as county seat[7].
  • Bennington's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as North Bennington[8].
  • Bennington's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Old Bennington[9].
  • Bennington's twinned administrative body is recorded as Somotillo[10].
  • Bennington's postal code is recorded as 05201[11].
  • Bennington's Commons category is recorded as Bennington, Vermont[12].
  • Bennington's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[13].
  • Bennington's local dialing code is recorded as 802[14].
  • January 3, 1749 marks the founding of Bennington[15].
  • Bennington's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.8852043, 'lon': -73.2131916}[16].
  • Bennington's official website is recorded as http://www.bennington.com/[17].
  • Bennington's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bennington, Vermont[18].
  • Bennington has a population of {'amount': '+15764'}[19].
  • Bennington has a population of {'amount': '+15333'}[20].
  • Bennington's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Bennington's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Bennington's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • Bennington's capital of is recorded as Bennington County[24].
  • Bennington's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bennington'}[25].
  • Bennington's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Bennington, Vermont[26].
  • Bennington's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Bennington, Vermont[27].

Body

Geography

Bennington is in the country of United States[4]. Bennington is located in Bennington County[3]. Bennington is on the body of water Walloomsac River[5].

Physical Characteristics

Bennington covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+110.1'}[28]. Bennington sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+249'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+15764'}[19] and {'amount': '+15333'}[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include New England town[6] and county seat[7].

History and Context

January 3, 1749 marks the founding of Bennington[15].

Why It Matters

Bennington has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Bennington is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . unitedstateszipcodes.org. Retrieved . unitedstateszipcodes.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . National Institute of Standards and Technology. Retrieved . nist.time.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . unitedstateszipcodes.org. Retrieved . unitedstateszipcodes.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . History of Vermont: natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Bennington County
    Official website http://www.bennington.com/
    Category of associated people Category:People from Bennington, Vermont
    Inception
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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