Cabot, VT

Cabot is a six-mile-square town located in the northeast corner of Washington County, Vermont, United States. The 2020 census counted 1,443 residents. Cabot contains the unincorporated villages of Cabot Village, Cabot Plain, South Cabot, East Cabot, Lower Cabot, and West Hill. Cabot was granted in 1780, and settlement began on the Plain, also known as Fortification Hill or Johnson's Plain when the military were encamped there. Three hundred men from Cabot were eligible to serve during the Civil War. Of these, one hundred forty-five volunteered. Each community had its own school, the first being on the Plain, then known as "Shepherd's Hill" at the junction of what is now the Bayley Hazen Road and Cabot Plains Road.

Cabot was a log cabin with no windows and only a fireplace for heat. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Cabot, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Cabot, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. Molly's Pond State Park has over 1,000 acres and includes the 411-acre reservoir created by a dam built in 1926-27 that flooded the small farming community of Petersville. Today the creamery is a producer and national distributor of dairy products, especially known for their cheddar cheese.