Wells (CDP), Vermont explained

Official Name:Wells, Vermont
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Vermont#USA
Pushpin Label:Wells
Coordinates:43.4169°N -73.2033°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:Wells
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.09
Area Land Km2:2.05
Area Water Km2:0.04
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population:386
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:507
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:05774
Area Code:802
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:50-77875
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2586659

Wells is the central village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Wells, Rutland County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 386,[2] out of 1,214 in the entire town.

The CDP is in southwestern Rutland County, in the southwest part of the town of Wells. It sits at the western base of the Taconic Mountains, where Wells Brook exits and flows west toward the Mettawee River, a northwest-flowing tributary of Lake Champlain.

Vermont Route 30 passes through the village, leading north 8miles to Poultney and south 7miles to Pawlet. The village of Granville, New York, is 3miles to the southwest.

Notes and References

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