North Bennington

North Bennington
North Bennington
Location in Vermont
North Bennington
Basic data
Foundation :	January 3, 1749
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Bennington County
Coordinates :	42 ° 56 ′  N , 73 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 56 ′  N , 73 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,643 (as of 2010)
Height :	196 m
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-49075
GNIS ID :	1461213
Website :	www.northbennington.org

North Bennington is a village in the town of Bennington in Bennington County , Vermont in the United States with 1643 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

North Bennington is in the northwest of the town of Bennington. Shaftsbury borders with Lake Paran to the north , the water of which flows through the town in Paran Creek in a southerly direction and has already been dammed several times in the past for the operation of mills before it flows into the Walloomsac River , which borders the village in the south. In the west runs the border with the state of New York . Bennington College is to the south .

history

Park-McCullough Historic House

The village developed after the settlement of the town due to its good location in the valley of the Paran Creek . Its water was initially dammed up for the operation of grist and wood mills, later paper mills and the furniture industry were added. Cushman Furniture produced here and sold its products throughout the country. Today several larger companies are located in North Bennington. Some of the best known include National Hanger Company , PortaBrace, and Sterling Gun Drills .

North Bennington also developed into a center for artists and writers. The writer Shirley Jackson lived in North Bennington and wrote her book The Lottery here . The writer Jamica Kincaid , the writer Robert Frost and the painter Kenneth Noland also lived in North Bennington.

The North Bennington Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It has a size of 112 acres (45.32 hectares ). An important building is the Park-McCullough Historic House with its 36 rooms. In 2009 the HC White site in the south of the village was added to the National Register.

Population development

year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	670	663	818	933	992	1327	1437	984	1685	1520
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	1428	1643

North Bennington, Vermont census results

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

North Bennington is connected to other cities in Vermont by the North Bennington – Chatham railway. The Vermont State Route 67 and in its extension, the Vermont State Route 67A run north to south through the Village.

Public facilities

The 99 bed hospital for Bennington and the neighboring communities, the Southwestern Medical Center , is located in the Village of North Bennington. In addition to the usual facilities, it includes a rehabilitation center for heart diseases with 150 beds and the regional cancer center. It is the medical center for 70,000 people.

education

North Bennington is part of the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union with Bennington, Pownal, Shaftsbury and Woodford .

There are four elementary schools in Bennington, supplemented by a middle and high school. The offer is expanded by two vocational schools. The Bennington College in North Bennington provides advanced training in various artistic professions and z. Taught some famous artists from literature, sculpture and painting.

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• Bill Dixon (1925–2010) trumpeter and pianist
• Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) writer
• John G. McCullough (1835–1915) politician and governor of the State of Vermont

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 20th ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 1st volume. Burlington 1867.

Web links

Commons : North Bennington, Vermont  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Homepage des Villages (English)
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from March 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ North Bennington in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed August 26, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ^ Village of North Bennington, VT. In: northbennington.org. Retrieved August 26, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Asset Detail. In: nps.gov. npgallery.nps.gov, accessed on August 26, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Population 1900–2010 according to census results
6. ^ Southwestern Vermont Health Care , accessed May 5, 2019
7. ^ Southwest VT Supervisory Union. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed July 27, 2017 .