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Welcome to Barre (aka 'Barre City') ...The city of Barre is located in Washington County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Barre, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Barre has a population of 8,525 people<2> (see below for details). Barre is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Barre lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Barre is located in the (802) area code. The ZIP code for Barre: 05641<4> The city of Barre has also been called Barre City. Going back to its beginning, The community of Barre was originally named Wildersburgh<5>. For more information about the names of Barre, see The Names of Barre on our Genealogy Page. Websites for Barre ...Official Website: https://www.barrecity.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Barre had an population of 8,525 people. This is a decrease of 5.82% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 8.24% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Barre had a population of 9,052 people (which is 15.2% of the total population of Washington County). This makes Barre the county's most populous community. The population of Barre represents 1.45% of the population of Vermont (which has 625,741 people), making it the state's 12th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 9,052 people, the population of Barre decreased 2.57% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 9,291 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Barre. Communities Also Named Barre ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Barre - they are located in Massachusetts and Quebec. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barre. Communities near Barre ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barre.
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barre. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barre. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barre. Our list includes 25 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Barre. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barre ...Looking for more information about Barre? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Barre, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Barre. Adding Barre to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Barre 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 was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). We also found Barre in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851). For more details, see References and Mentions for Barre. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Barre: https://www.barrecity.org/ The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.gov/ Footnotes ...
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