Town of Dorset
Town of Dorset is a locality in Bennington, Vermont. Town of Dorset is situated nearby to the hamlet Freedleyville, as well as near the locality East Dorset.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Aeolus and Dorset Playhouse.
Mount Aeolus
Peak
Mount Aeolus is a mountain summit in Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. Mount Aeolus is one of the Taconic Mountains. It lies 1.5 miles west of the community of East Dorset.
Dorset Playhouse
Theater building
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Dorset Playhouse is a theater building, which is situated 2½ miles west of Town of Dorset.
Emerald Lake State Park
Park
Emerald Lake State Park is a 430-acre state park in the town of Dorset, Vermont, United States, 3 miles north of the village of East Dorset, the park's mailing address. Emerald Lake State Park is situated 2½ miles northeast of Town of Dorset.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorset and Dorset.
Dorset
Hamlet
Dorset is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,133 at the 2020 census. Dorset is famous for being the location of Cephas Kent's Inn, where four meetings of the Convention that signed the Dorset Accords led to the independent Vermont Republic and future statehood. Dorset is situated 2½ miles southeast of Town of Dorset.
Dorset
Village
Dorset is the primary settlement and a census-designated place in the town of Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 360, out of 2,133 in the entire town. Dorset is situated 2½ miles west of Town of Dorset.
Kent Neighborhood Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Kent Neighborhood Historic District encompasses a little-altered early 19th-century rural neighborhood of Dorset, Vermont. Centered at the junction of Dorset West Road and Nichols Hill Road, the area is also historically significant as the site in 1775 of the first meetings that culminated in Vermont's period of independence prior to become the 14th United States state. Kent Neighborhood Historic District is situated 3 miles west of Town of Dorset.
Town of Dorset
- Type: Locality with 1,990 residents
- Location: Bennington, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.2588° or 43° 15′ 32″ northLongitude
-73.0513° or 73° 3′ 5″ westPopulation
1,990Elevation
1,385 feet (422 metres)Open location code
87M87W5X+GFGeoNames ID
5235507
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