 The Batten Kill rises just north of East Dorset and flows south into Manchester, then west to the Hudson in New York.The Otter Creek, one of the longest rivers entirely in Vermont, rises a short distance north of the Batten Kill's source and flows north through Emerald Lake and into Rutland County, eventually reaching Lake Champlain north of Vergennes.At the 2000 census, there were 2,036 people 856 households, and 600 families residing in the town.