Brighton, Vermont

Brighton, Vermont
Town
Village of Island Pond in Brighton
Location in Essex County and the state of Vermont.
Location of Vermont with the U.S.A.
Coordinates: 44°48′32″N 71°52′10″W / 44.80889°N 71.86944°W / 44.80889; -71.86944
Country	United States
State	Vermont
County	Essex
Chartered	1781
Settled	1824
Organized	1832
Community	Island Pond
Government
• Type	New England town
Area
• Total	53.3 sq mi (138.1 km2)
• Land	51.9 sq mi (134.3 km2)
• Water	1.5 sq mi (3.8 km2)
Elevation	1,280 ft (365 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,157
• Density	22/sq mi (8.6/km2)
• Households	529
• Families	356
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	05846
Area code	802
FIPS code	50-08725[1]
GNIS feature ID	1462052[2]
Website	brightonvt.org

Brighton is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,157 at the 2020 census.^[3] The town was named "Gilead" in its original grant in 1780. The town was sold to a group consisting primarily of soldiers commanded by Colonel Joseph Nightingale and subsequently named "Random". The town's name was finally changed by the legislature to "Brighton" in 1832. The Brighton village of Island Pond gets its name from the Abenaki word Menanbawk, which literally means island pond.

Brighton is part of the Berlin, NH-VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.