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Contents and Links: About Stratton Activities Points of Interest Contact Info Churches, Ministries, Charitables Schools Official Web Site Neighboring Towns Wikipedia Entry Map / Driving Directions Road Conditions Utilities The Old Stratton Meeting House (Photo by Matt Wills) If you have any comments about this page, please let us know. Residents: Participate in this page. Tell us about your town!
About Stratton, Vermont [Top] Windham County Chartered: July 30, 1761 (New Hampshire Grant) Area: 29,989 Acres = 46.86 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 48* ] Coordinates (Geographic Center): N 43° 02' W 72°55' Altitude: 1,880 feet ASL Population (US Census, 2000): 136 [ Population Rank: 240* ] Population Density (persons per square mile): 2.9 [ Density Rank: 244* ] Full Census Info: Town  County  State *Area, Population and Density rankings refer to Stratton's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here. In many respects, Stratton resembles Somerset, high in the mountains and never having many residents. It is perhaps the presence of a major ski area that has kept it from becoming the ghost town Somerset now is. Nothing whatever is known about the origin of the name. There are Strattons named in other New Hampshire Grants and Vermont Charters, but without discernible connection to this town, and it was named before it was settled. Why Benning Wentworth chose the name is unknown. Stratton is one of four municipalities in the state with a local option sales tax of 1%(the others being Burlington, Williston and Manchester). 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 Stratton Calendar of Events provided by the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing. Historical Society of Windham County
Contact Info [Top] Emergency Services (Statewide): 911 Hospital: Southwestern Medical Center (Bennington) 802-442-6361 Town Clerk:  Kent Young 9 West Jamaica Rd. Stratton, VT 05360  802-896-6184  M-Th 9-3
Churches, Ministries, Charitables [Top] Roman Catholic : Chapel of the Snows
Schools [Top] Stratton Mountain School 802-2971886
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").
Manchester Winhall Stratton Jamaica Sunderland Wardsboro Glastenbury Somerset Dover
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 Central Vermont Public Service 800-451-2877 Electric Green Mountain Power 888-835-4672 Telephone Fairpoint 866-984-2001 Do you have a question or comment about Stratton?   Web Virtual Vermont Recreation - Bridges - Lodging - Shopping - Dining Top Home Virtual Vermont Internet Services What can we do for you? ©1999-2011 August 5, 2011