Bethel is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,030 at the 2010 census. The town includes the locations of Bethel village, Bethel-Gilead, East Bethel, Lilliesville, Lympus, and West Bethel. Bethel is best known for being the source of Bethel White granite which was used to build Union Station and the National Museum of Natural History. Bethel was the first town created by the independent Republic of Vermont in 1779 and was named after the Biblical village of Bethel.