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History · East Barre

East Barre’s post office opened in 1860, and 55% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 5 old photos and papers and maps from 1947 on.

1860first post office
1on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
5old photos & papers
1famous people
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From East Barre’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How East Barre began

When was East Barre founded?

1860

The East Barre post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 811166 years
Founding year: the first East Barre post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about East Barre’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Old housesHalf of East Barre’s homes were built before 1938.
★ What stands out · The story so far

East Barre, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of East Barre yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

East Barre is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Barre, Washington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, East Barre had a population of 811. Prior to 2010, East Barre was part of the Graniteville-East Barre CDP, which consisted of three unincorporated villages in the town: Graniteville, East Barre, and Websterville.

Its first post office opened in 1860. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 826 in 2010, 811 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

East Barre, 1900 to 1947

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Born hereDeane C. Davis is born here
  3. 1941In the archiveThe Whitmore and Morse granite quarry
  4. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

East Barre, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s5 items
The Whitmore and Morse granite quarry1941The Whitmore and Morse granite quarryThe Whitmore and Morse granite quarry1941The Whitmore and Morse granite quarryAt the Whitmore and Morse granite quarry1941At the Whitmore and Morse granite quarryAt the Whitmore and Morse granite quarry1941At the Whitmore and Morse granite quarryAt the Whitmore and Morse granite quarry1941At the Whitmore and Morse granite quarry
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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On the map

East Barre on the map, 1947 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Barre. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

East Barre on the 1947 USGS mapEast Barre on the 1957 USGS mapEast Barre on the 1981 USGS map1947Corinth sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of East Barre.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

The Whitmore and Morse granite quarry
Retake this viewThe Whitmore and Morse granite quarry, 1941

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on East Barre’s page.

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

1 historic place in East Barre

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Help out

Finish East Barre’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewThe Whitmore and Morse granite quarry: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

GranitevilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWebstervilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBarre1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about East Barre’s history

What year was East Barre founded?

The East Barre post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (5), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.