Historical U.S. Census totals for Caledonia County, Vermont

This article shows U.S. Census totals for Caledonia County, Vermont, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000.

Like most areas of New England, Caledonia County is (and has been at all times since well before the 20th century) entirely divided into incorporated municipalities. There is no unincorporated territory.

There are three types of incorporated municipalities in Vermont: towns, cities and villages. As in the other New England states, towns are the basic unit of municipal government. Cities are independent of and equivalent to towns, but differ in their form of government. Villages overlay towns and assume responsibility for some municipal services within their boundaries. Incorporated villages are not found in any of the other New England states, and are less common in Vermont today than they have been in the past. A number of villages have disincorporated over the years, choosing to revert to full town control; most of those that remain are very small.

The main tables below show municipalities at the town level. For any census, adding up the totals for each town-level municipality should yield the county total. The tables in the New England Historical U.S. Census Totals series differentiate between towns and cities; however, there have never been any cities in Caledonia County. A separate section follows with population totals for villages from 1930 to 2000.

For more information on the New England municipal system, see New England town.

Corporate changes since 1900

There have been no changes in Caledonia County’s town-level municipality roster since 1900.

1900

County Total: 24,381

1910

County Total: 26,031

1920

County Total: 25,762

1930

County Total: 27,253

1940

County Total: 24,320

1950

County Total: 24,049

1960

County Total: 22,786

1970

County Total: 22,789

1980

County Total: 25,808

1990

County Total: 27,846

2000

County Total: 29,702

Villages

This section lists census totals for incorporated villages for 1930 through 2000.

As of 1930, Caledonia County contained eight incorporated villages:

Six of the villages have since disincorporated or otherwise been dropped from the Census:

Note: complete data for 1900, 1910 and 1920 are not available, but the population of the village of St. Johnsbury was in 5,666 in 1900, 6,693 in 1910, and 7,164 in 1920.

1930

1940

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

Notes

1960 Census

The original 1960 Census reports show the population of the village of Lyndon Center as 1,477 and the population of the village of Lyndonville as 274. The 1970 reports show the reverse, however. This seems much more logical given the historical population levels of each village (as well as their 1970 totals). The 1960 reports appear to have the totals transposed in error.

That Lyndon Center was reported at all in 1960 was itself an error. The village had disincorporated in 1951. It was reported in 1970 as well (see below). According to the Vermont state archives web site, Lyndon Center actually did not cease to exist, but converted from a general-purpose incorporated village into a special-purpose fire district. This may have been the source of the confusion.

1970 Census

The 1970 Census reported a population of 246 for the village of Lyndon Center. This was in error, however, as the village had disincorporated in 1951. It had been reported in 1960 as well (see above). According to the Vermont state archives web site, Lyndon Center actually did not cease to exist, but converted from a general-purpose incorporated village into a special-purpose fire district. This may have been the source of the confusion.

See also

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