Benson is the primary village and a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in the town of Benson, Rutland County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 269, out of 974 in the entire town. The CDP is in northwestern Rutland County, at the geographic center of the town. Vermont Route 22A runs along the eastern edge of the village, leading north to

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and south to Fair Haven.

Vermont Route 144 Vermont Route 144 (VT 144) is a east–west state highway in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. It extends from VT 22A in Benson to VT 30 in Sudbury. VT 144 also passes through the extreme northwestern corner of H ...

has its western terminus at Benson and leads northeast to Hortonia.

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Populated places in Rutland County, Vermont Census-designated places in Rutland County, Vermont Census-designated places in Vermont {{Vermont-geo-stub