Barre

Barre, city, Washington county, central Vermont, U.S. It lies just southeast of Montpelier, the state capital. The area, settled about 1788, was organized as a town (township) in 1793 under the name of Wildersburgh but was soon renamed for Barre, Massachusetts. The city was set off and incorporated in 1894. It is a centre of the nation’s granite quarrying, which began there after the War of 1812 and attracted Italian, Scottish, and Scandinavian stoneworkers. Barre’s...