Cavendish (CDP), Vermont
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Cavendish, Vermont | |
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 Cavendish Volunteer Fire Department | |
_highlighted.svg) Location in Windsor County and the state of Vermont | |
| Coordinates: 43°23′06″N 72°36′49″W / 43.38500°N 72.61361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Vermont |
| County | Windsor |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.66 sq mi (1.7 km2) |
| • Land | 0.66 sq mi (1.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 942 ft (287 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 179 |
| • Density | 270/sq mi (110/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 05142 |
| Area code | 802 |
| FIPS code | 50-12175[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2586623[1] |
Cavendish is a census-designated place, the central village of the town of Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, United States. Until the mid–nineteenth century it was known as Duttonsville.[3] As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 179,[4] compared to 1,367 for the entire town of Cavendish.
Cavendish is the site of the 1848 accident where Phineas Gage got an iron rod shot through his skull while preparing a railroad bed. He survived, and after treatment became a case study for brain researchers. The town has erected a memorial to Gage.[5] The town is also the birthplace of Nettie Stevens, the scientist who discovered the Y chromosome.[6] Today, the village is home to Cavendish Labs, an AI alignment and pandemic prevention research institute, as well as a branch of Mack Molding.[7][8]
