2021 Map of Arlington

About this map

The Batten Kill flows westward through the center of this terrain, serving as the historical axis for the settlements of Arlington, West Arlington, and East Arlington. This river valley is flanked by significant peaks, including Big Spruce Mtn and Red Mtn, which define the northern reaches of the Green Mountain National Forest. The map documents the enduring infrastructure of Bennington County, notably featuring the Arlington Green Covered Bridge and the Chiselville Covered Bridge at Chiselville. For genealogists, the landscape is marked by numerous family and community burial sites, from the Wilder Cem and Matteson Cem near the river to the Little Rhode Island Cem situated further south toward Shaftsbury. This distribution of cemeteries and small hamlets like Kansas illustrates the traditional Vermont pattern of village clusters separated by steep, forested hollows such as Benedict Hollow and Tidd Hollow.