Castleton Four Corners, Vermont Explained

Official Name:Castleton Four Corners, Vermont
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Other Name:Castleton Corners
Pushpin Map:Vermont#USA
Pushpin Label:Castleton Four Corners
Coordinates:43.6083°N -73.2083°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Vermont
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Rutland
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name3:Castleton
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:5.57
Area Land Km2:5.51
Area Water Km2:0.06
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population:699
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:445
Postal Code Type:ZIP Codes
Postal Code:05735 (Castleton)
05732 (Bomoseen)
05750 (Hydeville)
Area Code:802
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:50-12062
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2807145

Castleton Four Corners is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont, United States. It consists of the unincorporated villages of Castleton Corners and Hydeville. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 699,[2] out of 4,458 in the entire town.

The CDP is in northwestern Rutland County, in the southwest part of the town of Castleton. It is bordered to the east by Castleton village and to the west by the town of Fair Haven. Vermont Route 4A is the main road through the CDP; it leads east through Castleton village 9miles to West Rutland and west 3miles to Fair Haven village. Vermont Route 30 crosses Route 4A at Castleton Corners and leads north to Middlebury and south 6miles to Poultney. U.S. Route 4, a four-lane freeway, forms the northern edge of the CDP, with access from Exit 4 (Route 30). US 4 leads east to Rutland and west to Whitehall, New York.

The CDP is bordered to the south by the Castleton River, a west-flowing tributary of the Poultney River, which it joins at the New York state line on the west side of Fair Haven. The outlet of Lake Bomoseen, which flows south to the Castleton River, is in Hydeville. Castleton Four Corners is part of the Lake Champlain watershed.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – Vermont . United States Census Bureau . October 18, 2021.
  2. Web site: Castleton Four Corners CDP, Vermont: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). U.S. Census Bureau. October 18, 2021.