ZIP Code 05251

Dorset, VT · Bennington County

43.2636, -73.0766 · View boundary on OpenStreetMap ↗

About Dorset

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 the site of America's oldest marble quarry and is the birthplace of Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. East Dorset is the site of the Wilson House and the Griffith Library. The town is named after the English county of Dorset.

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Area Profile

US Census (ACS 5-year · Gazetteer)

1,395
population
$102,216
median household income
34
people / sq mi
$463,500
median home value
$1,554
median gross rent
48.3
median age
1,173
housing units
564
households
41.5
land area (sq mi)

Key places in 05251

  • Dorset Playhouse theatre
  • Dorset Hill nature
  • Mount Aeolus nature
  • Netop Mountain nature
  • Owls Head nature
  • Spruce Peak nature
  • The Gallop nature
  • The Mettawee nature
  • The Scallop nature
  • Kent Neighborhood Historic District historic

Points of interest

  • coffee
  • gas

Brands

  • Sunoco (1)