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

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

Like most areas of New England, Washington 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.

It is possible for a village to become a city, in which case it becomes a completely separate municipality from its original parent town. Many of Vermont’s current cities are former villages (unlike the other New England states where cities are almost invariably former towns). If a village bearing the same name as its parent town becomes a city, the result is an adjacent town and city that have the same name but are completely separate municipalities. There is one such example in Washington County. The present-day city of Barre was originally an incorporated village within the town of Barre. When the village became a city, however, it ceased to be part of the town, and the town and city are now two distinct municipalities with no overlap or relationship to one another.

The main tables below show municipalities at the town level, differentiating between towns and cities. For any census, adding up the totals for each town-level municipality should yield the county total. 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 Washington County’s town-level municipality roster since 1900.

1900

County Total: 36,607

1910

County Total: 41,702

Barre (city) 10,734

1920

County Total: 38,921

1930

County Total: 41,733

1940

County Total: 41,546

1950

County Total: 42,870

1960

County Total: 42,860

1970

County Total: 47,659

1980

County Total: 52,393

1990

County Total: 54,928

2000

County Total: 58,039

Villages

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

As of 1930, Washington County contained five incorporated villages:

The village of Plainfield disincorporated in 1985.

1930

1940

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

Notes

1930 Census

The 1930 Census figure for the village of Waterbury was originally reported as 1,776. The 1940 Census reports contain the following note: ““Figures for 1930 and 1920 for Waterbury village have been corrected to include population (1,082 in 1930; 850 in 1920) of Vermont State Hospital for Insane, erroneously returned as in Waterbury town outside the village.” This had no effect of the overall figure for the town of Waterbury.

1970 Census

The Census Bureau made a number of revisions to 1970 census totals subsequent to their initial release. The 1970 total for the village of Plainfield was originally reported as 949 (903 in the town of Plainfield, 44 in the town of Marshfield). The total for the portion of the village in the town of Plainfield was later revised; the list above reflects the revised totals. This had no effect on the overall figure for the town of Plainfield.

See also

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