Official Name: | West Pawlet, Vermont |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Vermont#USA |
Pushpin Label: | West Pawlet |
Coordinates: | 43.3539°N -73.2519°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: | 1.36 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.35 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population: | 220 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 535 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 05775 |
Area Code: | 802 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 50-82150 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2807155 |
West Pawlet is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 220,[2] slightly more than the population of the village of Pawlet at the town center.
The CDP is in southwestern Rutland County, along the western border of the town, which is also the New York state line. Vermont Route 153 passes through the village, leading northeast 3miles to Vermont Route 30 near North Pawlet and south 7miles to Rupert. Granville, New York, is 4miles to the north via New York State Route 22, which runs just west of West Pawlet.
West Pawlet is in the valley of the Indian River, a north-flowing tributary of the Mettawee River, which it joins at Granville. The rivers are part of the Lake Champlain watershed.