Dorset
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2,130 residents
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Dorset (CDP), Vermont” and “Dorset, Vermont”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dorset Playhouse and Manley-Lefevre House.
Dorset Playhouse
Theater building
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Dorset Playhouse is a theater building.
Manley-Lefevre House
Heritage site
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The Manley-Lefevre House is a historic house at 1161 Dorset West Road in Dorset, Vermont. Built out of marble about 1820 and sympathetically enlarged 1908–1927, it is the centerpiece of a 100-acre farm estate that is now home to the Marble House Project, an arts organization offering residencies. Manley-Lefevre House is situated 2 miles south of Dorset.
Long Trail School
School
Long Trail School is an independent college-preparatory coeducational day school serving students in grades 6-12 located in Dorset, Vermont, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kent Neighborhood Historic District and 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.
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 4½ miles east of Dorset.
Manchester Center
Town
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Manchester Center is a census-designated place in the town of Manchester in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 2,120, out of 4,391 people in the entire town of Manchester. Manchester Center is situated 6 miles south of Dorset.
Dorset
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Town of Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.25487° or 43° 15′ 18″ northLongitude
-73.09894° or 73° 5′ 56″ westPopulation
2,130Elevation
958 feet (292 metres)Open location code
87M87W32+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 158804960OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q5813654
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Dorset” goes by many names.
- French: “Dorset”
- Irish: “Dorset”
- Polish: “Dorset”
- Spanish: “Dorset (condado de Bennington, Vermont)”
- Spanish: “Dorset”
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