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Bennington County is a county in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,125.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/50/50003.html )〕 The shire towns (county seats) are Bennington (the Southshire) and Manchester (the Northshire).〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Its largest town is Bennington. The county was created in 1778. Bennington County comprises the Bennington, VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== Bennington is the oldest county in Vermont still in existence, created by the first general assembly on 17 March 1778.〔(Vermont History Timeline )〕 Vermont was organized into two original counties, with Bennington in the west and Unity (a few days later renamed Cumberland) in the east.〔Vt. State Papers, 12:43–44.〕 On 16 February 1781 Rutland County was created from Bennington County.〔Vermont State Papers, 13:5–6.〕 On 13 April 1781 Bennington gained the gore east of the town of Bromley (now Peru) from Windham and Windsor Counties.〔Vt. State Papers, 13:19.〕 From 26 June 1781 until 23 February 1782, Vermont attempted to annex part of New York east of the Hudson River (the so-called West Union); inhabitants in the area favored Vermont's township form of government, while Vermont hoped to gain bargaining power through expansion.〔Vt. State Papers, 13:45–46; Newton, 83–87; Williamson, C., 101–102.〕 New York did not lose control of the area. For almost seven months Bennington County overlapped part of Albany County, New York.〔Vt. State Papers, 3, pt. 2: 67–68.〕 On 27 February 1787 Windham County gained the town of Stratton from Bennington County,〔Vt. State Papers, 14:173–175.〕 On 25 October 1805 Rutland County gained from the county when the town of Mount Tabor gained from the town of Peru.〔McCarty, "Evolution," 134; Vt. Laws 1805, ch. 15/pp. 19–20.〕 The county gained from Rutland County when the town of Dorset gained a small area from the town of Mount Tabor on 17 November 1825.〔McCarty, "Evolution," 140; Vt. Laws 1825, no 18/p. 25; Vt. Laws 1832, no. 25/p. 25.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bennington County, Vermont」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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