Cavendish (CDP), Vermont

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, Vermont
Census-designated place
Cavendish Volunteer Fire Department
Location in Windsor County and the state of Vermont.
Coordinates: 43°22′55″N 72°36′29″W
Country	United States
State	Vermont
County	Windsor
Area
• Total	0.7 sq mi (1.7 km2)
• Land	0.7 sq mi (1.7 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	890 ft (270 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[1]
GNIS feature ID	1456794[2]

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]

Geography

Cavendish is located along Vermont Route 131 in the Black River valley. Route 131 heads west to Proctorsville, a larger village within the town of Cavendish, then connects with Vermont Route 103 to Ludlow. To the east, Route 131 leads to the village of Ascutney on the Connecticut River.