BARRE
lies in the southeast part of the county, in latitude 44° 11' and longitude
4° 31', and contains 19,900 acres. It is bounded north by East Montpelier
and Plainfield, east by Orange, Orange county, south by Williamstown, Orange
county, and west by Berlin.
This town was chartered by the name of Wildersburgh, and granted
to William WILLIAMS and his associates November 6, 1780.
The surface is uneven and hilly, but there are no great elevations,
Cobble and Millstone hills being the highest, and composed of an almost
solid mass of granite. Mainly the town has a good soil, and Barre ranks
with the good farming and dairying towns of the state. Large quantities
of maple sugar are also produced and exported annually.
The town is abundantly watered by its numerous springs and running
brooks. The principal streams are Stevens Branch and Jail Branch. Stevens
Branch has its source in Williamstown, Orange county, flows in a northerly
direction, crosses the south line of Barre, continues a north course until
it reaches Barre village, then takes a northwest- course, and crosses the
northwest corner of Berlin and unites with the Winooski river. In the early
history of this location a hunter by the name of STEVENS had a camp near
the mouth of this stream, and was found dead in his hut on a bed of beaver
skins. From this circumstance the branch received its name. Jail Branch
rises in Washington, runs northerly into Orange, thence westerly into Barre,
and unites with Stevens Branch near the center of the town, a little south
of the lower village. Gunners Brook is also a considerable stream. The
only natural pond in town is Peck's pond, situated in the northwest corner,
and is quite small in size. There is a mineral spring near jail Branch,
and about two miles southeast of Barre village.
The first settlement was made in Barre in 1788 by Samuel ROGERS
and John GOLDSBURY, and their families, and from 1790 the town was rapidly
settled by an enterprising and industrious class of pioneers who came from
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and hewed out of the wilderness homes which
are in many instances now occupied by their descendants.
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Town of Barre
Gazetteer Of Washington County, Vt. 1783-1899,
Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child,
Edited By William Adams.
The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders.
Syracuse, N. Y.; April, 1889.
Page 129.
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text of "The Town of Barre"
1883–1884
Barre City Business Diectory
from The
Gazetteer Of Washington County, Vt. 1783-1899,
Compiled
and Published by Hamilton Child; May 1889
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Births
Registered in the City of Barre, Vermont
For
the Year Ending December 31, 1923
Early
Barre History: Somber, Sensational and Otherwise
by
Richard Bottamini
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