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Dorset (CDP), Vermont

Coordinates: 43°15′18″N 73°5′56″W / 43.25500°N 73.09889°W / 43.25500; -73.09889
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Dorset, Vermont
Dorset is located in Vermont
Dorset
Dorset
Dorset is located in the United States
Dorset
Dorset
Coordinates: 43°15′18″N 73°5′56″W / 43.25500°N 73.09889°W / 43.25500; -73.09889
CountryUnited States
StateVermont
CountyBennington
TownDorset
Area
 • 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)
Population360
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
05251
Area code802
FIPS code50-17650
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.

References

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  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – Vermont". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "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, United States Department of the Interior.