Windsor is a

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 counte ...

(CDP) comprising the main settlement within the town of

Windsor Windsor may refer to: Places *Detroit–Windsor, Michigan-Ontario, USA-Canada, North America; a cross-border metropolitan region Australia New South Wales *Windsor, New South Wales ** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area Queen ...

, Windsor County,

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 2,066 at the 2010 census, compared with 3,553 for the town as a whole.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 8.13%, is water. It is located along the

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, which forms the state boundary with

New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

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runs north-south through the village, connecting

White River Junction White River Junction is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the New England town, town of Hartford, Vermont, Hartford in Windsor County, Vermont, Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,528 at the ...

to the north with Springfield and Bellows Falls to the south.

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(Union Street) runs west from the center of the village towards Brownsville and South Reading.

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passes west of the village but does not serve it directly; the closest access is Exit 9 in Hartland. The

Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge The Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge is a -year-old, two-Span (engineering), span, timber Ithiel Town, Town lattice-truss, , covered bridge that crosses the Connecticut River between Cornish, New Hampshire (on the east), and Windsor, Vermont (on ...

, one of the longest covered bridges in the world, crosses the Connecticut River from Windsor into

Cornish, New Hampshire Cornish is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,616 at the 2020 census. Cornish has four covered bridges. Each August, it is home to the Cornish Fair. History The town was granted in 1763 and containe ...

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Vermont CDP Census-designated places in Windsor County, Vermont