West Rutland is the central village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of West Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,898,^[2] out of 2,214 in the entire town of West Rutland.

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West Rutland, Vermont
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 43°35′35″N 73°2′44″W
Country	United States
State	Vermont
County	Rutland
Town	West Rutland
Area [1]
• Total	3.69 sq mi (9.57 km2)
• Land	3.68 sq mi (9.52 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation	498 ft (152 m)
Population  (2020)[2]	1,898
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	05777
Area code	802
FIPS code	50-82375
GNIS feature ID	2378138[3]

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The CDP is in central Rutland County, in the southern part of the town. It sits in a valley on the east side of the Taconic Mountains, drained to the east by the Clarendon River, a tributary of Otter Creek, and to the west by the Castleton River, a tributary of the Poultney River. Both sets of rivers eventually flow to Lake Champlain.

U.S. Route 4, a four-lane expressway, passes south of the village center, with access from Exit 6. Route 4 leads east 4 miles (6 km) to U.S. Route 7 on the south side of Rutland and west 13 miles (21 km) to Fair Haven. Vermont Route 4A, former US 4, is Main Street through West Rutland; it leads east 4 miles (6 km) to downtown Rutland and west 7 miles (11 km) to Castleton. Vermont Route 133 (Clarendon Avenue) leads south from the center of West Rutland 11 miles (18 km) to Middletown Springs.