Bristol is the main settlement in the town of Bristol in Addison County, Vermont, United States, and a census-designated place (CDP). The population was 1,936 at the 2020 census, out of a total population of 3,782 in the town of Bristol.

Geography

The Bristol CDP is located in the northwest part of the town of Bristol, on the north side of the New Haven River as it exits the Green Mountains to the east. Vermont Route 17 passes through the community, leading west 5 mi to U.S. Route 7 at New Haven Junction and east across the Green Mountains through Appalachian Gap 20 mi to Waitsfield. Vermont Route 116 runs with VT 17 through Bristol but leads north 8 mi to Starksboro and south 12 mi to East Middlebury. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Bristol CDP has a total area of 5.58 sqkm, of which 5.51 sqkm is land and 0.07 sqkm, or 1.24%, is water.