Manchester and Bennington are both the county seat for Bennington County
Pownal is in Bennington County
Bennington County(63) ► ADJACENT TO BENNINGTON COUNTY Rutland County(124) ► Windham County(75) ► Windsor County(109) ► Berkshire County, Massachusetts(159) ► Franklin County, Massachusetts(95) ► Rensselaer County, New York(162) ► Washington County, New York(169) ►
Touch name on this list to highlight map location. Touch blue arrow, or on map, to go there.
Pownal was the site of one of the state’s oldest white settlement’s when Dutch settlers lived here for a short time after 1724. Up this valley came the pioneers from Connecticut including Ethan Allen, who led the dauntless Green Mountain Boys & . . . — — Map (db m150438) HM
This site commemorates the gateway of Vermont’s earliest Dutch settlement, the Rensselaerwyck Manor settlement. The Diel Homestead, built by Bastion Diel in the early 1700s, is considered the second earliest dwelling in Pownal. The property’s large . . . — — Map (db m157547) HM
Here two Presidents taught school at the beginning of their careers. Chester A. Arthur, a graduate of Union College, educated Pownal youth in 1851. Later while an undergraduate at Williams College, James A. Garfield did likewise. When Garfield was . . . — — Map (db m78255) HM