Pawlet (CDP), Vermont explained

Official Name:Pawlet, Vermont
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Vermont#USA
Pushpin Label:Pawlet
Coordinates:43.3464°N -73.1769°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:Pawlet
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:6.57
Area Land Km2:6.57
Area Water Km2:0.0
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population:194
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:681
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:05761
Area Code:802
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:50-54175
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2807153

Pawlet is the central village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 194,[2] out of 1,424 in the entire town.

The CDP is in southwestern Rutland County, at the geographic center of the town of Pawlet. It sits on the west side of the Taconic Mountains, in the valley of the Mettawee River, a northwest-flowing tributary of Lake Champlain.

Vermont Route 30 passes through the village, leading north 7miles to Wells and southeast 8miles to Dorset. Vermont Route 133 has its southern terminus at Route 30 in Pawlet; it leads north to Middletown Springs.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – Vermont . United States Census Bureau . October 19, 2021.
  2. Web site: Pawlet CDP, Vermont: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). U.S. Census Bureau. October 19, 2021.