Readsboro is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The town was named after John Reade, a landholder. The population was 702 at the 2020 census. The hamlet of Heartwellville is in the northern part of Readsboro, approximately north on Route 100 from the hamlet of Readsboro.

The Readsboro census-designated place consists of the town center and had a population of 297 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Readsboro is in the southeast corner of Bennington County, bordered by the town of Monroe in Franklin County, Massachusetts, to the south, and by the towns of Whitingham and Wilmington in Windham County, Vermont, to the east. The Bennington County towns of Searsburg (north), Woodford (northwest), and Stamford (west) also border Readsboro. The main settlement in town, also named Readsboro, is located in the southeast part of the town, along the Deerfield River, a tributary of the Connecticut River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.41%, is water.

Transportation

Vermont Route 100 passes through Readsboro, including the town center, and leads east to Jacksonville. Vermont Route 8 intersects VT 100 in Heartwellville in the northwestern part of the town and leads north to Vermont Route 9 in Searsburg. VT 8 and VT 100 together lead southwest through Stamford to the Massachusetts state line near North Adams.

Public transportation is provided by Southeast Vermont Transit's fare-free MOOver bus route 9 with buses running twice daily.

Demographics

As of the census

  • Throope Chapman, one of the Readsboro founders
  • Welcome Chapman, early Mormon leader, grandson of Throope Chapman
  • Josephine C. Lawney (1881–1962), physician, medical missionary
  • Wayne Winterrowd (1941–2010), horticulturist and author
  • Nick Zammuto, musician and founding member of The Books

Books

  • Gianpaolo Zeni, En Merica! L'emigrazione della gente di Magasa e Valvestino in America, Il Chiese, Storo 2005. .

References

  • Town of Readsboro official website
  • Readsboro Central School