Stamford is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 861 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Stamford is located near the southwestern corner of Vermont, on the Massachusetts state line. To the south of Stamford lie the towns of Clarksburg and Florida, Massachusetts. Stamford is also bordered by the Vermont towns of Pownal to the west, Readsboro to the east, and Woodford to the north. The village of Stamford is in the southern part of town, in the valley of the North Branch of the Hoosic River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.29%, is water.

Two state-maintained routes share a concurrency through Stamford: Vermont Route 8 and Vermont Route 100. They are the only state highways through town, and the concurrency has its southern terminus at the Massachusetts state line.

Demographics

As of the census

  • Stephen C. Millard (1841–1914), U.S. congressman from New York
  • Ezra Miller (1992–), actor
  • Susan Sarandon (1946–), actress

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