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About Benson, Vermont 
Rutland County
*Area, Population and Density rankings above refer to Benson's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here.
Thompson's 1842 History of Vermont says Benson was named for a Revolutionary War officer very much admired by one of the grantees. Hemenway's 1877 Gazetteer of Rutland County says it was after Egbert Benson, one of the New York commissioners who negotiated the settlement of New York's land claim to Vermont (the US Congress had made such a settlement a prerequisite for Vermont joining the Union). The stories are probably two sides of one story. Egbert Benson was one of New York's most dedicated Revolutionary patriots; it is entirely possible that many of the grantees knew him during the War. He was a well-known lawyer, later a judge, whose legal learning was considered second only to Alexander Hamilton. Benson founded the New York Historical Society.
Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's
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Activities & Points of Interest
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Contact Info Emergency Services (Statewide): 911
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Churches, Ministries, Charitables United Church of Christ : United Church of Christ |
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Schools Addison Rutland Supervisory Union 802-265-4905 |
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This is a basic geographic reference, intended to show relative location of adjacent towns. Directional accuracy is limited to 16 compass points. There isn't even the slightest suggestion that one can necessarily travel directly from one town to the next (as in "You can't get there from here").
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