Pawlet (CDP), Vermont

Pawlet, Vermont
Pawlet
Pawlet
Coordinates: 43°20′47″N 73°10′37″W / 43.34639°N 73.17694°W / 43.34639; -73.17694
CountryUnited States
StateVermont
CountyRutland
TownPawlet
Area
  Total
2.49 sq mi (6.45 km2)
  Land2.49 sq mi (6.44 km2)
  Water0.004 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
681 ft (208 m)
Population
 (2020)
194
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
05761
Area code802
FIPS code50-54175
GNIS feature ID2807153

Pawlet is the central village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 194, out of 1,424 in the entire town.

The CDP is in southwestern Rutland County, at the geographic center of the town of Pawlet. It sits on the west side of the Taconic Mountains, in the valley of the Mettawee River, a northwest-flowing tributary of Lake Champlain.

Vermont Route 30 passes through the village, leading north 7 miles (11 km) to Wells and southeast 8 miles (13 km) to Dorset. Vermont Route 133 has its southern terminus at Route 30 in Pawlet; it leads north 11 miles (18 km) to Middletown Springs.