Benson is the primary village and a

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(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.

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runs along the eastern edge of the village, leading north to

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and south to Fair Haven. Vermont Route 144 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