West Rutland (CDP), Vermont explained

Official Name:West Rutland, Vermont
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Vermont#USA
Pushpin Label:West Rutland
Coordinates:43.5931°N -73.0456°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:West Rutland
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:9.57
Area Land Km2:9.52
Area Water Km2:0.05
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population:1898
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:498
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:05777
Area Code:802
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:50-82375
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2378138

West Rutland is the central village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of West Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,898,[2] out of 2,214 in the entire town of West Rutland.

The CDP is in central Rutland County, in the southern part of the town. It sits in a valley on the east side of the Taconic Mountains, drained to the east by the Clarendon River, a tributary of Otter Creek, and to the west by the Castleton River, a tributary of the Poultney River. Both sets of rivers eventually flow to Lake Champlain.

U.S. Route 4, a four-lane expressway, passes south of the village center, with access from Exit 6. Route 4 leads east 4miles to U.S. Route 7 on the south side of Rutland and west to Fair Haven. Vermont Route 4A, former US 4, is Main Street through West Rutland; it leads east 4miles to downtown Rutland and west 7miles to Castleton. Vermont Route 133 (Clarendon Avenue) leads south from the center of West Rutland to Middletown Springs.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – Vermont . United States Census Bureau . October 20, 2021.
  2. Web site: West Rutland CDP, Vermont: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). U.S. Census Bureau. October 20, 2021.