Official Name: | Dorset, Vermont |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Vermont#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Dorset |
Coordinates: | 43.255°N -73.0989°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Vermont |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bennington |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Dorset |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 5.44 |
Area Land Km2: | 5.39 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.05 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population: | 360 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 960 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 05251 |
Area Code: | 802 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 50-17650 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2586627 |
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 6miles to Manchester Center and northwest 8miles 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.