West Pawlet is an unincorporated village and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...

(CDP) in the town of Pawlet, Rutland County,

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 220, slightly more than the population of the village of Pawlet at the town center. The CDP is in southwestern Rutland County, along the western border of the town, which is also the New York state line.

Vermont Route 153 Vermont Route 153 (VT 153) is a state highway in southwestern Vermont in the United States. It extends for from the New York state line at Rupert to VT 30 in Pawlet. VT 153 is entirely town-maintained and goes through Be ...

passes through the village, leading northeast to

Vermont Route 30 Vermont Route 30 (VT 30) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of Vermont. VT 30 runs from U.S. Route 5 (US 5) and VT 9 in Brattleboro to US 7 and VT 125 in Middlebury. The northern portion, from P ...

near North Pawlet and south to Rupert.

Granville, New York Granville is a town on the eastern border of Washington County, New York, United States, abutting Rutland County, Vermont. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 6,215 at the 2020 census. The town ...

, is to the north via

New York State Route 22 New York State Route 22 (NY 22) is a north–south state highway that parallels the eastern border of the U.S. state of New York, from the outskirts of New York City to the hamlet of Mooers in Clinton County near the Canadian border ...

, which runs just west of West Pawlet. West Pawlet is in the valley of the Indian River, a north-flowing tributary of the

Mettawee River The Mettawee River (sometimes spelled "Mettowee River") is a tributary of Lake Champlain in western Vermont and eastern New York in the United States, passing the town of Granville, New York. The river is particularly good for rapids and kayaking. ...

, which it joins at Granville. The rivers are part of the

Lake Champlain Lake Champlain ( ; french: Lac Champlain) is a natural freshwater lake in North America. It mostly lies between the US states of New York and Vermont, but also extends north into the Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. The New York portion of t ...

watershed.

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