Berkshire is a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,547 at the 2020 census. It contains the unincorporated village of East Berkshire.
Geography
Berkshire is located in northeastern Franklin County. Its northern boundary is the Canada–United States border.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.54%, is water. The Missisquoi River, a tributary of Lake Champlain, flows westward across the southeast corner of the town.
Demographics
As of the census
Notable people
- Lorenzo A. Babcock, legislator and attorney general in Minnesota Territory
- Silas Barber, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Sereno W. Graves, politician
- Henry Leavens, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Homer Elihu Royce, member of the United States House of Representatives
- Stephen Royce, governor of Vermont
- Horace Rublee, journalist, newspaper editor, politician, and diplomat
- Ray B. Thomas, college athlete and coach, officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps