Stamford Vermont Map

About Stamford, Vermont

Stamford is a locality in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 467. The population density is 33.7 people per km². Stamford is located at 42.7562°N, 73.0679°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05352.

Stamford defines the rugged character of the high terrain where the Roaring Brook cuts a persistent, icy path through the dense, shadowed woodland. It lies 4.3 miles north-northeast of North Adams, MA (from North Adams, MA: bearing 28°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-northeast of Adams. The air here holds a crisp, biting clarity, carrying the scent of damp moss and pine needles from the nearby Stamford Town Forest. While the distant Taconic Range silhouettes the western horizon in jagged, blue-gray waves, the immediate landscape is one of steep inclines and rock-strewn earth. Just a mile away, the quiet surface of Mauserts Pond reflects the shifting clouds, offering a brief, still counterpoint to the restless movement of the local streams. Travelers seeking the deep woods might venture toward the Dunbar Brook Trail or find the cooling spray of Twin Cascade, yet the true gravity of the land remains in the way the shadows lengthen early in the afternoon, pulling the color from the leaves and leaving the valley in a hushed, monochromatic stillness.

Stamford emerged from a history of hard-won settlement, where the economy was long dictated by the stubborn limitations of the soil and the seasonal demands of the timber trade. The legacy of those early years persists in the quiet, industrious rhythm of the residents, who maintain a life largely detached from the frantic pace of the lowlands. Visitors passing through on their way to the nearby Clarksburg State Park find a place that values its isolation, preferring the slow turn of the seasons to the noise of modern development. The nearby geography of The Notch serves as a reminder of the geological forces that shaped this region, creating a natural threshold that seems to guard the interior highlands. Life in Stamford remains tied to the earth, marked by the steady labor of maintaining homesteads against the long, heavy winters and the brief, brilliant intensity of a mountain summer.

About This Stamford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stamford, Vermont. Coordinates: 42.756192, -73.067881. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Stamford includes the ZIP code (05352), telephone area code (802), county seat of Bennington County (Bennington), and school district assignment (Stamford School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.