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 counte ...

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

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, 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

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state line. Vermont Route 153 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 in Vermont, U.S. Route 5 (US 5) and Vermont Route 9, VT 9 in Brattleboro, Vermont, Brattleboro to U.S. Rout ...

near North Pawlet and south to Rupert.

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, is to the north via

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

Lake Champlain Lake Champlain ( ; , ) is a natural freshwater lake in North America. It mostly lies between the U.S. states of New York (state), New York and Vermont, but also extends north into the Canadian province of Quebec. The cities of Burlington, Ve ...

watershed.

References

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