East Dorset, Vermont

East Dorset, Vermont
Census-designated place
East Dorset is located in Vermont
East Dorset
East Dorset
East Dorset is located in the United States
East Dorset
East Dorset
Coordinates: 43°14′23″N 73°0′33″W / 43.23972°N 73.00917°W / 43.23972; -73.00917
CountryUnited States
StateVermont
CountyBennington
TownDorset
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.24 sq mi (5.79 km2)
 • Land2.22 sq mi (5.76 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation
790 ft (240 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
05253
Area code802
FIPS code50-20350
GNIS feature ID2805700[2]

East Dorset is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

It is in northern Bennington County, in the eastern part of the town of Dorset, in a valley between Mount Aeolus of the Taconic Mountains to the west and the Green Mountains to the east. The Batten Kill rises at East Dorset and flows south and west to the Hudson River in New York.

U.S. Route 7 passes through East Dorset, leading north 26 miles (42 km) to Rutland and south 28 miles (45 km) to Bennington.

East Dorset is home to the first marble quarries in the United States. It is also the birthplace of Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – Vermont". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "East Dorset Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.


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