Septic records and services in South Shaftsbury, Vermont

In Bennington County, Vermont, which covers South Shaftsbury, we have measured 12,181 parcels on septic and 3,916 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for South Shaftsbury on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What South Shaftsbury is, in the records

South Shaftsbury is a census-designated place in Bennington County, Vermont. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 42.9406, -73.194627 and its land area at 2.24 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the census-designated place level, which is why every figure below is attributed to the county and linked back to the county page it came from.

What we hold for the county that covers South Shaftsbury

We hold 25,784 septic records for Bennington County, Vermont. That is a substantial partial collection rather than a complete one, so a South Shaftsbury property may or may not appear in it, and the county archive remains the authority. Of the parcels we have classified in the county, most are on septic rather than sewer (12,181 of 16,097). A property near South Shaftsbury is more likely than not to have its own system. The county publishes a records portal that we were able to search without creating an account, which makes checking a specific parcel something you can do yourself in a few minutes.

Start from who you are

Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.

Questions people ask

Does Parcel Perfect have a septic count for South Shaftsbury?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Bennington County, Vermont, which covers South Shaftsbury, we have measured 12,181 parcels on septic and 3,916 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for South Shaftsbury on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is South Shaftsbury in?

South Shaftsbury is in Bennington County, Vermont.

Records and services around South Shaftsbury

• Bennington County septic records — what we hold, and where the county keeps the originals
• Vermont septic regulations — the rules that actually bind here, which no page on this site restates from memory
• Vermont septic records index

ZIP codes that overlap South Shaftsbury

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of South Shaftsbury’s land area that falls in each. A ZIP is not a place boundary and the two only ever partly agree, which is exactly why both pages exist.

• ZIP 05262 (98% of the census-designated place)
• ZIP 05201 (2% of the census-designated place)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of South Shaftsbury.

• North Bennington — 2.7 mi
• Old Bennington — 4.0 mi
• Bennington — 4.8 mi
• Arlington — 9.5 mi
• Pownal Center — 10.0 mi
• North Pownal — 10.3 mi
• Pownal — 12.3 mi
• Stamford — 14.5 mi
• Chimney Hill — 14.9 mi
• Manchester — 16.5 mi
• Readsboro — 17.2 mi
• Wilmington — 17.6 mi
• Manchester Center — 18.9 mi
• Whitingham — 18.9 mi
• Stratton Mountain — 19.0 mi
• Jacksonville — 21.7 mi
• Wardsboro — 21.7 mi
• Dorset — 22.5 mi
• East Dorset — 23.0 mi
• Jamaica — 23.8 mi
• South Londonderry — 26.1 mi
• Newfane — 27.4 mi
• Harmonyville — 27.5 mi
• Townshend — 27.5 mi
• Pawlet — 27.6 mi
• Londonderry — 27.9 mi
• West Pawlet — 28.7 mi
• West Dummerston — 29.4 mi

Get the septic design for a property here

Parcel Perfect generates a code-shaped septic design and as-built style drawing for a parcel from the records and site data we hold, and shows every parcel we have classified as septic or sewer on one map. Both are open to use for any parcel in Bennington County, Vermont.

Open the parcel map and design tool