Dorset (CDP), Vermont

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Dorset, Vermont
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Coordinates: 43°15′18″N73°5′56″W / 43.25500°N 73.09889°W / 43.25500; -73.09889 Coordinates: 43°15′18″N73°5′56″W / 43.25500°N 73.09889°W / 43.25500; -73.09889
CountryUnited States
State Vermont
County Bennington
Town Dorset
Area
[1]
  Total2.10 sq mi (5.44 km2)
  Land2.08 sq mi (5.39 km2)
  Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation
960 ft (290 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
360
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
05251
Area code(s) 802
FIPS code 50-17650
GNIS feature ID2586627 [3]

Dorset is the primary settlement and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 360, [2] out of 2,133 in the entire town.

It is in northern Bennington County, in the western part of the town of Dorset, in a valley between Spruce Peak to the west, Mount Aeolus to the southeast, and Dorset Mountain to the northeast. Vermont Route 30 passes through the center of the village, leading southeast 6 miles (10 km) to Manchester Center and northwest 8 miles (13 km) to Pawlet. The Mettawee River runs through the northern part of the CDP, flowing northwest to the southern end of Lake Champlain at Whitehall, New York.

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References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – Vermont". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Dorset CDP, Vermont: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  3. "Dorset Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.