THE BENNINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cattaraugus Hills setting.
Bennington town has 55 square miles of land in Wyoming County. Its Census reference point is in Cattaraugus Hills, within Northern Allegheny Plateau.
Rolling hills, broad valleys and low mountains are mantled by glacial deposits. Sandstone, shale and siltstone underlie a mix of open land and woodland across the northern plateau.
Regional context: Northern Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Bennington and Wyoming County
Bennington is associated with Wyoming County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Bennington by land and water
The Census records 0.21 square miles of water within Bennington, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Wyoming County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bennington town has 1.2 times the land area of nearby Sheldon town (47.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

