Official Name: | Townshend, Vermont |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Vermont#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Townshend |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 43.0467°N -72.6681°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Vermont |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Windham |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Townshend |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.91 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.90 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.0 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population: | 199 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 176 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 05353 |
Area Code: | 802 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 50-73225 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2807165 |
Townshend is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 199,[2] compared to 1,291 in the entire town.
The CDP is in north-central Windham County, in the south-central part of the town of Townshend. It sits in an elevated valley to the east of the West River, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Connecticut River. Mill Brook, a tributary of the West River, forms the eastern edge of the community. The community of Harmonyville borders the Townshend CDP to the south.
Vermont Route 30 passes through the village, leading south 5miles to Newfane and northwest 9miles to Jamaica. Vermont Route 35 has its southern terminus at Route 30 in Townshend; it leads north to Grafton.