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Barre (/ ˈ b ær i / BARR-ee) is the most populous city in Washington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census , the municipal population was 8,491. [ 3 ] Popularly referred to as "Barre City", it is almost completely surrounded by " Barre Town ", which is a separate municipality.
Barre (/ ˈ b ær i / BARR-ee) is a town in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 7,923 at the 2020 census, making it the 3rd largest municipality in Washington County and the 16th largest municipality in Vermont. [ 3 ]
Barre was primarily a small sleepy agricultural community until it was joined to the national railroad network by the Central Vermont Railway in 1875. Granite had been quarried in the surrounding hills as early as the early 19th century, but the arrival of that railroad connection, and another directly to the quarries in 1888, rapidly accelerated development of the granite industry.
Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont.Named after George Washington, its shire town (county seat) is the city of Montpelier (the least populous state capital in the United States) and the most populous municipality is the city of Barre. [1]
Barre, Vermont may refer to: Barre (city), Vermont; Barre (town), Vermont This page was last edited on 27 December 2019, at 19:38 (UTC). Text is available under ...
People from Barre, Vermont (55 P) Pages in category "Barre, Vermont" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The Vermont Granite Museum is a museum in the city of Barre, Vermont, devoted to the city's historically important granite quarrying and processing industry. It is located at 7 Jones Brothers Way, in the former Jones Brothers Granite Shed, a former granite processing facility listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Barre Opera House is an opera house in Barre, Vermont, USA. It is located in the Barre City Hall and Opera House, a historic government building at 6 North Main Street in downtown Barre, Vermont. Built in 1899, it houses the city offices; it was built to replace the Barre City Hall/Opera House which burned down in 1898, and its upper floors ...