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About Arlington, Vermont (courtesy of Wikipedia)

Arlington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,397 at the 2000 census.

Arlington lies in the Valley of Vermont between the Taconic Range to the west and the Green Mountains to the east. In fact, most of Arlington's land mass lies in the Taconic Range. Five prominent peaks are located within the town: Grass Mountain, Spruce Peak, The Ball (also locally referred to as West Mountain), Red Mountain, and Big Spruce Mountain. The highest peak is Grass Mountain at elevation 3,109ft.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 109.9 km² (42.4 mi²). 109.9 km² (42.4 mi²)

The town of Arlington was chartered on July 28, 1761 as part of the New Hampshire Grants. The Province of New York patented land in the area in 1765 which caused difficulties later. Arlington was the first capitol of Vermont.

Among the first settlers in Arlington were Captain Jehiel Hawley and his family, who had settled there by 1764. They were Anglicans and had fled Roxbury, Connecticut because of the oppressive requirements of the established Congregational church there. In the years following came a number of other Anglicans from Roxbury, Newtown and Milford, Connecticut. As a result, the town before the American Revolution was known as an Anglican and Tory stronghold.

Several members of the Green Mountain Boys lived in Arlington before the American Revolution, including Thomas Chittenden, Seth Warner and Remember Baker, who was the first town clerk.

Noted residents of Arlington in the twentieth century were Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Carl Ruggles and Norman Rockwell.