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Dorset, Vermont
Dorset (CDP), Vermont is located in Vermont
Dorset (CDP), Vermont
Dorset (CDP), Vermont
Location in Vermont
Dorset (CDP), Vermont is located in the United States
Dorset (CDP), Vermont
Dorset (CDP), Vermont
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Vermont
County Bennington
Town Dorset
Area
 • Total 2.10 sq mi (5.44 km2)
 • Land 2.08 sq mi (5.39 km2)
 • Water 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation
960 ft (290 m)
Population
 (2020)
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 ID 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, 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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