St. Johnsbury, VT
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N 44° 25.040 W 072° 00.920
18T E 737611 N 4922560
St. Johnsbury, with a population of 7604 (2010 Census), is the county seat of Caledonia County and the gateway to the Northeast Kingdom region of Vermont.
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Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2017
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In the northeastern part of Vermont, is St. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury is located near where I-91 and I-93 meet and is along U.S. Route 2.
The following has been taken from the Wikipedia article:
The village has a population of 7604 (U.S. Census), which is down from a peak of 9696 in 1903. The southern half of the community has been identified as a "Census designated place," where over 81% of the population live. It is the largest community in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and is a commercial center for the region. The village is at the confluence of three rivers: The Moose, Passumpsic, and Sleepers. These, all dump into the Connecticut River.
The land was granted in 1760 by New Hampshire. It was regranted in 1786 by Vermont and given the name Dunmore. According to legend, Ethan Allen suggested the name be changed to St. John, after his friend, Jean de Crèvecœur, a French-born author and agriculturist and a friend of Benjamin Franklin. Crevecoeur suggested, instead, that the town be named St. Johnsbury to avoid confusion with Saint John, New Brunswick.
At one time St. Johnsbury had three major industries: industrial scales (Fairbanks-Morse Scales), candlepin bowling pins, and maple sugaring (Maple Grove Farms). Fairbanks-Morse remains, though it has moved its headquarters out. Maple Grove Farms still remains as a subsidiary of B&G Foods, and provides tours.
Within St. Johnsbury Academy, founded by the Fairbanks family in 1842. The village does not have a public high school, and the majority of children in 9th-12th grade are taught here at the village's expense. The St. Johnsbury Trade School was also started by the Fairbanks family, in 1910, but was closed fifty years later. The building now serves as the K-8 public school.
Other attractions include the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, and the Dog Chapel.
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