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Bennington is a town located in, and one of two shire towns of, Bennington County, Vermont. The population was 15,737 at the 2000 census.

The history of the town of Bennington goes back to 1749, when New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth chartered the first town in the territory now known as Vermont, and named it after himself.

The town is known primarily for the Battle of Bennington, fought during the Revolutionary War (the battle was actually fought a few miles further west, in the state of New York). On August 16th 1777, Gen. John Starks 1,500 New Hampshire Militia defeated 800 troops of German mercenaries, local Loyalists, Canadians and Indians under German Lt. Col. Friedrich Baum. German reinforcements under the command of Lt. Col. Heinrich von Breymann looked set to reverse the outcome, but were prevented by the arrival of Seth Warners Green Mountain Boys; the Vermont militia founded by Ethan Allen.