North Bennington is an incorporated village in the town of Bennington in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,716 at the 2020 census.
History
The North Bennington Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The district covers an area of and includes 164 contributing buildings and two contributing sites. It is home to the Park-McCullough Historic House, a well-preserved, 35-room, Victorian country house. The H.C. White site, at the southern end of the village, was added to the Register in 2009.
Geography
North Bennington is located in the northwest part of the town of Bennington and is bordered to the north by the town of Shaftsbury. The southern border of the village follows the Walloomsac River. Vermont Route 67 passes through the village, leading northeast to South Shaftsbury and west to the New York state line, where it becomes New York State Route 67, continuing on to North Hoosick. Vermont Route 67A intersects VT 67 in the center of North Bennington and leads southeast to downtown Bennington.
North Bennington's boundary with Bennington cuts across the grounds of Bennington College.
Bennington College occupies a hill on the southeast border of the village. The village is also home to two independent grade schools, The Village School of North Bennington (grades pre-K-6) and the progressive Southshire Community School (grades K-8).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.40%, is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, North Bennington had a population of 1,716. The median age was 23.1 years. 13.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 74.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 70.6 males age 18 and over.
98.5% of residents lived in urban areas, while 1.5% lived in rural areas.
There were 462 households in North Bennington, of which 22.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 41.8% were married-couple households, 17.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 32.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 34.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
VTrans and NYSDOT have shown interest in restoring passenger train service to North Bennington on a new Amtrak route between Albany and Burlington via Rutland, also linking up nearby Mechanicville, New York and Manchester, Vermont. The new train would share much of its route with the Ethan Allen Express, likely running beyond Albany to New York City. As of 2021, the idea is listed simply as a "potential initiative" in the Vermont Rail Plan.
Notable people
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- Hiland Hall, U.S. congressman from Vermont
- Shirley Jackson, author (The Lottery, The Haunting of Hill House), lived and died in North Bennington.
- Jamaica Kincaid, author (Lucy); lived in North Bennington
- John G. McCullough, 49th Governor of Vermont
References
External links
- The Fund for North Bennington, community non-profit organization