Northfield is the central village and 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) in the town of Northfield, Washington County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 3,757, out of 5,918 in the entire town. The former village of Northfield merged with the surrounding town of Northfield in 2014; the current CDP includes the former village as well as the unincorporated villages of Northfield Center and South Northfield. The CDP is in southern Washington County, in the central part of the town of Northfield, in the valley of the Dog River, a north-flowing tributary of the

Winooski River The Winooski River (also known as the Onion River) is a tributary of Lake Champlain, about long, in the northern half of Vermont. Although not Vermont's longest river, it is one of the state's most significant, forming a major valley way fro ...

. The CDP is bordered to the north by the village of Northfield Falls and extends south as far as South Northfield.

Norwich University Norwich University is a private university in Northfield, Vermont, United States. The university was founded in 1819 as the "American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy". It is the oldest of six senior military college, senior militar ...

is in the southern part of the CDP, in Northfield Center.

Vermont Route 12 Vermont Route 12 (VT 12) is a north-south state highway in Vermont that runs from Weathersfield, Vermont, Weathersfield to Morrisville, Vermont, Morrisville. Route 12 is one of the Vermont roads on which moose are most often encountered. ...

is Northfield's Main Street, leading north-northeast (downriver) to Montpelier, the state capital, and south through Brookfield Gulf to Randolph. Vermont Route 12A leaves Route 12 in Northfield Center and follows a western alternate route to Randolph.

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