Southern Vermont College was a private college on the 371-acre (1.50 km2) former Edward Everett Estate near Bennington, Vermont. The college closed in 2019.

Bennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is one of two shire towns of the county, the other being Manchester. As of the 2020 US Census, the population was 15,333. Bennington is the most populous town in southern Vermont, the second-largest town in Vermont and the sixth-largest municipality in the state.