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Place Name
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Bennington County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Bennington and Manchester
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Population
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35,845 (1990)
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Location
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Vermont, United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°01'N
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Longitude
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73°06'W
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Bennington
, county (
677 sq mi/1,753 sq km; 1990 pop.
35,845), SW Vt., on Mass. and N.Y. state lines, in Green Mts.; 
Bennington and Manchester; 43°01'N 73°06'W. Mfg. (paper and wood
prods.); dairying; major winter and summer resorts. Includes Mt.
Equinox, part of Green Mt. Natl. Forest. Drained by Batten Kill and
Deerfield, Hoosic, Walloomsac, and Mettawee rivers. Organized
1779.
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