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Welcome to Barre Center ...

Barre Center is located in Orleans County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barre Center, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Barre Center: Barre Ctr. (or less commonly used: Barre Cen., Barre Cent. or Barre Cntr.)

Barre Center is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Barre Center lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Barre Center: 585

Communities Also Named Barre Center ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Barre Center - it's located in Massachusetts.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barre Center.

Communities near Barre Center ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barre Center.

  • Batavia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Brockport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Albion
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Medina
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Le Roy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Le Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
    • Le Roy is located in Genesee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,233 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Le Roy <3>
  • Spencerport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spencerport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencerport
    • Spencerport is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,634 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spencerport <3>
  • Akron
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Churchville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Middleport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Oakfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Barre Center. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barre Center.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barre Center. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barre Center.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barre Center. See our Newspapers Page for Barre Center.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barre Center ...

Looking for more information about Barre Center? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Barre Center, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Barre Center.

Adding Barre Center to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barre Center in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Barre Center was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

We also found Barre Center in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barre Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orleans, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Barre Center - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.