Barre, Massachusetts
Barre, Massachusetts Barre Town Hall Barre Town Hall Official seal of Barre, Massachusetts Location in Worcester County and the state of Massachusetts.
Location in Worcester County and the state of Massachusetts.
State Massachusetts Barre is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
The populace was 5,398 at the 2010 census.
The town was incorporated on June 17, 1774, as Hutchinson after Thomas Hutchinson, colonial governor of Massachusetts.
But on November 7, 1776, it was retitled Barre / b ri/ with respect to Isaac Barre, an Irish-born MP who was a champion of American Independence.
Starting in the 1800s, the Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad provided rail service to the town.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 44.6 square miles (116 km2), of which 44.3 square miles (115 km2) is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2), or 0.63%, is water.
Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. In the town, the populace is spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who are 65 years of age or older.
Out of the total population, 1.5% of those under the age of 18 and 2.6% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
Barre is home to the Quabbin Regional High School and to Ruggles Lane Elementary School. It also home to the administrative offices (including the office of the superintendent) of the Quabbin Regional School District. At one time, extending from 1840 into the twentieth century, it was home to the Barre Massachusetts Institution for the Education of Feeble Minded Youth. "TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1".
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Towns in Worcester County, Massachusetts - Populated places established in 1720 - Towns in Massachusetts - 1720 establishments in Massachusetts
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