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About Dorset, Vermont  Bennington County *Area, Population and Density rankings refer to Dorset's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings arehere. Named for either the town of Dorsett, England, or Lionel Cranfield Sackwille, first Duke of Dorset, a man of great political influence who served the first three Kings George loyally. Ironically, the first general convention of the freemen of theNew Hampshire Grants met at Dorset in 1776 to consider the organization of a free and independent district, and for many years the town played an vital part in the establishment of Vermont as a separate entity. Many times during the early years of the Vermont republic, the Legislature met at Cephas Kent's Tavern in Dorset. The first marble quarry in the US was opened in South Dorset in 1785. At one time there was a thriving little community on the eastern side of town known as Freedleyville. The John K. and William G. Freedley Company of Philadelphia bought a marble quarry there and then opened other quarries in the area. A unique gravity railroad ran down the side of Mount Aeolus, delivering marble to the finishing sheds next to the Bennington and Rutland tracks. The only remaining evidence of Freedleyville are a group of large, thick walls (pictured above), ruins of the marble sheds, which can still be seen along the west side of Route 7, just below Emerald Lake. Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Activities & Points of Interest Goings-on in and near Dorset Wilson House | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contact Info Emergency Services (Statewide): 911
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Churches, Ministries, Charitables Roman Catholic :St. Jerome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union 802-362-2452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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