Quechee is a
census-designated place and one of five
unincorporated villages in the
town of
Hartford,
Windsor County
Windsor County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,753. The shire town (county seat) is the town of Woodstock. The county's largest municipality is the town of Hartford.
History
Wind ...
,
Vermont, United States. As of the
2010 census, the population of the CDP was 656.
It is the site of
Quechee Gorge on the
Ottauquechee River and is also the home to the Quechee Lakes planned community, initiated in the late 1960s, which also brought to the community the small
Quechee Lakes Ski Area
The Quechee Ski Area is a small ski mountain in Quechee, Vermont
Quechee is a census-designated place and one of five unincorporated villages in the town of Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2010 census, the populati ...
in the 1970s.
Quechee was known for a picturesque
covered bridge at the site of the old Quechee mill, which now houses the
Simon Pearce
Simon Pearce (born 1946 in London) is an Irish-American entrepreneur in glassblowing and pottery, who learned his trade in Italy and Kilkenny, Ireland.
Business development
Pearce located his first US factory, in Quechee, Vermont, in 1981. Th ...
glass-blowing facility and restaurant. The bridge was severely damaged by flooding caused by
Hurricane Irene in 2011. The bridge has since been rebuilt.
Quechee has a small branch
post office with zip code 05059.
The region was historically inhabited by tribes of the
Abenaki people; evidence exists of an ancient Abenaki village at the site of Quechee, in addition to more recent Abenaki settlements and activity throughout Hartford.
Geography
Quechee is located along the
Ottauquechee River in the western part of the town of
Hartford.
U.S. Route 4 passes through the CDP, just south of the village center, connecting with
Woodstock and
Rutland
Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire.
Its greatest len ...
to the west and with
White River Junction to the east. Quechee Gorge forms the southeastern edge of the CDP.
References
External links
Town of Hartford official websiteQuechee Public LibraryQuechee Lakes Landowners' Association, Inc. - The Quechee Club
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Census-designated places in Vermont
Hartford, Vermont
Census-designated places in Windsor County, Vermont
Abenaki
Vermont placenames of Native American origin