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| • | Benson is a town located in Rutland County, Vermont. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,039. Its primary makeup is rural houses, farms, and farmland, though an infamous section of subdivided trailer lots has arisen in recent years along the North Stage road, much to the chagrin of the town's planners. It also has a village store (currently owned by Daniel Jason Britton of Benson, who is also Postmaster, Grand Juror and Selectman), a museum and historical society, one public school offering preschool through eighth grade classes, a community hall and part-time town library, a nursing home, a boat launch ramp on Lake Champlain, and several acres of wooded land, most of it privately owned. Like most small New England towns, it is predominatly self governed, and employs only a town clerk, a part-time road crew for the winter, and a handful of other part-time employees. Most daily administration is handled by small committees and during the annual town meeting. Due to an idiosyncracy in the redistricting process, it is also the only town in the state of Vermont to share an elected representative in the state legislature (Republican Mark Young of Orwell) with another town.
Though the town also employs a town constable, this post is largely a formality left over from frontier days, and most law enforcement is handled by the Rutland county sheriff's department and/or the Vermont State Police. A small, entirely volunteer local EMT team called Benson First Response provides ambulance and paramedical services, though the nearest hospital is Rutland Regional Medical Center, some thirty miles away. Benson also operates a small, entirely volunteer fire department consisting of a handful of particularly dedicated community members and a single pumper truck. Assistance in fighting particularly large fires is occasionally provided by other neighboring volunteer fire departments, including Fair Haven, Castleton, Hubbardton, and Orwell. Similarly, Benson's volunteer firefighters occasionally respond to large blazes in other local towns, when needed.
Politically, most residents of Benson identify as Republican, albeit Republican by Vermont rather than national standards, or as registered independents. The town's Democratic party is extremely small, and only a handful of the town's residents are registered Democrats. In spite of this seemingly conservative trend, a majority of Benson's residents voted against George W. Bu
Source: [wikipedia: benson, vermont]
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