- Bennington County -

Bennington and Manchester are the chief towns. This is the oldest county in Vermont, on the west side of the Green Mountains. It is bounded on the north by Rutland County, on the east by Windham County, on the south by Berkshire County, Mass., and on the west by the State of New York. The low lands are excellent, and produce good crops, but the largest portion of the county is mountainous, and fit only for grazing. Many streams rise in the mountains and descend to the ocean, some by the Hudson and some by the Connecticut, affording a great hydraulic power. Lead and iron ores of good quality are found in this county, and large quarries of beautiful white marble.

This county is memorable for many revolutionary scenes; and no county in the State, and perhaps no section of the country of its size in the United States, presents a greater variety of bold and beautiful scenery.

COURTS IN BENNINGTON COUNTY
The Supreme Court sits alternately at Bennington and Manchester, on the second Tuesday after the fourth Tuesday in January.

The County Court sits at Manchester, on the second Tuesday in June; and at Bennington, on the 1st Tuesday in December.

source: Gazetteer of Vermont - 1849

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