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Town
Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets within this Township
Dorset, East Dorset, North Dorset, South Dorset
Town Clerk
Denise M. Veillette
Mad Tom Road
East Dorset, VT 05253
Ph: 362-1178
Fax: 362-5156
E-mail: N/A
Web Site
Dorset Web Page: http://www.dorsetvt.com/
American Local History Network: no info
US GenWeb: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vtbennin/zdor.html
Vermont Gateway: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/BenningtonDorset.html
Vertual Vermont: http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/dorset.html
Vermont in the Civil War: http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/place/d/dorset.shtml
Population According to the U.S. Federal Census
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Dorset |
957
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1,286
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1,294
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1,359
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1,507
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1,426
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1,700
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2,090
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2,195
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2,005
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1,696
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Bennington Co. |
12,051
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14,395
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15,459
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15,482
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16,899
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16,305
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17,922
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19,436
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21,325
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21,950
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20,448
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Dorset |
1,477
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1,472
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1,226
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1,120
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1,128
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1,150
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1,150
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1,293
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1,648
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1,918
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2,036
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Bennington Co. |
21,705
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21,378
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21,577
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21,655
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22,286
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24,115
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25,088
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29,282
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33,345
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35,845
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36,994
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Cemeteries & Years in Use
Armstrong Plot (family): 1792-1828
Bowen Hill: 1825-1879
Collson (family): 1826-1853
Curtis (family): 1805-1840
East Dorset (Protestant): 1808-present
Gifford Hill (family): 1822-1858
Hazelton: 1791-1868
Maple Hill: 1772-present
McDonald (family): 1812-1847
Morse Hill: 1829-1860
North Dorset: 1811-1872
Old Catholic: 1860-1901
Saint Jeromes (Catholic): 1861-present
South Dorset: unknown (first cemetery)
Local Historical Societies, Libraries & Museums
Dorset Historical Society
Route 30
Dorset Village, VT
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 52
Dorset, VT 05251-0052
E-mail: [email protected]
802-867-0331
The museum features farm and household items, maps, photographs, early
local pottery, paintings, marble display, and objects of local interest
in a two-story building with a reading room and exhibition area. The society
has a collection of genealogies of early Dorset families. Contact Person:
Linda L. French, Curator. Hours and Admission: June - Oct., Wed., Fri.,
Sat. 10:00 - 5:00; Nov. - May Wed., Fri. 10:00 - 12:00; Sat. 10:00 - 12:00
& 1:00 - 4:00 and by appointment. First floor accessible to the disabled.
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