Pawlet is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,424 at the 2020 census. Pawlet was one of the New Hampshire Grants, chartered from Benning Wentworth, Governor of colonial New Hampshire. The charter was granted on August 26, 1761, to Jonathan Willard and 61 other shareholders. The town was named fo…Pawlet is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,424 at the 2020 census. Pawlet was one of the New Hampshire Grants, chartered from Benning Wentworth, Governor of colonial New Hampshire. The charter was granted on August 26, 1761, to Jonathan Willard and 61 other shareholders. The town was named for the Mettawee River, which was called "Paulet" or "Paulette" on the earliest maps of the area that later became Vermont. Nine families lived there at the time of its organization in 1769. It was part of Bennington County until Rutland County was created in 1781.
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