Readsboro 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 Readsboro,

Bennington County Bennington County is a county in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,347. The shire towns (county seats) are jointly Bennington ("The Southshire") and Manchester ("The Northshire"), and the largest municipal ...

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 297, out of 702 in the entire town of Readsboro. It is in southeastern Bennington County, in the southeast part of the town of Readsboro, mainly on the west side of the

Deerfield River Deerfield River is a river that runs for from southern Vermont through northwestern Massachusetts to the Connecticut River. The Deerfield River was historically influential in the settlement of western Franklin County, Massachusetts, and its n ...

, a south-flowing tributary of the

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. Vermont Route 100 passes through the village, leading northwest to Vermont Route 8 at Heartwellville and east to

Vermont Route 112 Vermont Route 112 (VT 112) is a short state highway in southern Vermont, United States. It is a continuation of Massachusetts Route 112, running from the state line in Halifax north to an intersection with VT 100 in the village of Jac ...

at Jacksonville.

Bennington Bennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is one of two shire towns (county seats) of the county, the other being Manchester. As of the 2020 US Census, the population was 15,333. Bennington is the most populous to ...

, the

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, is to the northwest via Routes 100, 8, and 9.

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