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.