Brattleboro, Vermont
Brattleboro (/ˈbrætəlbʌroʊ/), originally Brattleborough, is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States, located about 10 miles (16 km) north of the Massachusetts state line at the confluence of Vermont's West River and Connecticut. With a 2022 Census population of 12,106, it is the most populous municipality abutting Vermont's eastern border with New Hampshire, which is the Connecticut River.
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| Motto(s): The One and Only Brattleboro | |
Brattleboro Location in the United States Brattleboro Brattleboro (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 42°51′0″N 72°34′56″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Vermont |
| County | Windham |
| Chartered | 1753 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Representative town meeting |
| • Town manager | John R. Potter |
| • Assistant town manager | Patrick Moreland |
| • Town moderator | Lawrin Crispe |
| • Executive secretary | Jan Anderson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32.4 sq mi (84.0 km2) |
| • Land | 32.0 sq mi (82.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.2 km2) |
| Elevation | c. 200−1,768 ft (c. 61−539 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 12,184 |
| • Density | 380/sq mi (150/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 05301–05304 |
| Area code | 802 |
| FIPS code | 50-07900 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1462049 |
| Website | www.brattleboro.org |
There are satellite campuses of two colleges in Brattleboro: Community College of Vermont, and Vermont Technical College. Located in Brattleboro are the New England Center for Circus Arts, Vermont Jazz Center, and the Brattleboro Retreat, a mental health and addictions hospital.
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