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About Shaftsbury, Vermont [Top] Bennington County Chartered: August 20, 1761 (New Hampshire Grant) Area: 27,553 Acres = 43.05 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 86* ] Coordinates (Geographic Center): N 43° 01' W 73°11' Altitude: 833 feet ASL Population (US Census, 2010): 3,590 [ Population Rank: 40* ] Population Density (persons per square mile): 83.4 [ Density Rank: 48* ] Full Census Info: Town  County  State *Area, Population and Density rankings refer to Shaftsbury's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here. It is likely that Benning Wentworth had Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Fourth Earl of Shaftesbury, in mind as he named this town (Wentworth's casual spelling aside). Less well-known than his father today, he was a person of consequence in Wentworth's time. At Oxford by age thirteen, member of the royal council for the colony of Georgia, lord lieutenant of Dorset, Fellow of the Royal Society and the Society of Arts, recorder of Shaftesbury and high steward of Dorchester, not to mention privy councilor. He was considered to be a man of "benevolence, moral worth and true piety." Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History with the author's permission
Activities & Points of Interest [Top] Goings-on in and near Shaftsbury Calendar of Events provided by the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing. Lake Shaftsbury State Park Shaftsbury Historical Society
Contact Info [Top] Emergency Services (Statewide): 911 Hospital: Southwestern Medical Center (Bennington) 802-442-6361 Town Clerk:  Judith Stratton PO Box 409 Shaftsbury, VT 05262  802-442-4038  M 9-5; T-F 9-3
Churches, Ministries, Charitables [Top] United Methodist : Shaftsbury UMC 802-442-5893
Schools [Top] Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union 802-447-7501 Shaftsbury Elementary School 802-442-4373
Neighboring Towns [Top]
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").
Arlington Sunderland Shaftsbury New York Glastenbury Bennington Woodford
Utilities [Top] Notes about utilities: One electric or phone company indicates that company serves the entire town. More than one of either indicates each serves different areas of town. A listed cable company MIGHT mean the entire town is covered, but not necessarily. More than one listed indicates each serves different areas of town. Unless your area is one served by Vermont's only gas utility, your only option is bottled gas (any dealer). Cable Comcast 800-266-2278 Electric Green Mountain Power 888-835-4672 Telephone Fairpoint 866-984-2001 Do you have a question or comment about Shaftsbury?   Web Virtual Vermont Recreation - Bridges - Lodging - Shopping - Dining Top Home Virtual Vermont Internet Services What can we do for you? ©1999-2013 January 21, 2013