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St Johnsbury, Vermont, USA

St Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, USA

St. Johnsbury was named after Michel Guillaume St. Jean de Vrevecoeur, who was also known as J. Hector St. John, author of "Letters from an American Farmer". St. John was a friend of George Washington and Ben Franklin, as well as a correspondent of Ethan Allen. He had an enthusiasm for the Republic of Vermont and for place names. He suggested the names Vergennes, Danville and St. Johnsbury. Realizing that several places already bore the name of St. John, J. Hector suggested the longer name, St. Johnsbury, which remains the only place with that name in the world.

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  • 1791 - Population of St. Johnsbury, Vermont - 143

    A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

  • 1800 - Population of St. Johnsbury, Vermont - 663

    A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

  • 1810 - Population of St. Johnsbury, Vermont - 1,334

    A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

  • 1820 - Population of St. Johnsbury, Vermont - 1,404

    A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

  • 1830 - Platform scale was built by Thaddeus Fairbanks at St. Johnsbury in 1830.

    www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ vermont.html

  • 1830 - Population of St. Johnsbury, Vermont - 1,592

    A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

  • 1839 - St. Johnsbury
    St. Johnsbury, Vermont
    Caledonia county. This pleasant and flourishing town is 35 miles N.E. from Montpelier, 57 N. from Hanover, N.H., and 7 E....Read MORE...


  • 1840 - Population of St. Johnsbury, Vermont - 1,887

    A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

  • 1849 St. Johnsbury
    Caledoxia Co. The Passumpsic River runs through this town from north to south. and receives, just below the Plain, the Moose River, a considerable...Read MORE...


  • 1854 - St Johnsbury
    St. Johnsbury, a post-township of Caledonia co., Vermont, about 35 miles N. E. from Montpelier. The village is the N. terminus of the Connecticut and ...Read MORE...


  • News 1869 - An attempt to poison a miller at St. Johnsbury, Vt.,was made a few days ago
    by leaving a plug of tobacco in his mill, with strychine enough to kill twenty men concealed in one end of it.
    St Joseph Herald
    Saint Joseph, Michigan
    January 30, 1869

  • 1876 - J. W. Willard of St. Johnsbury was prostrated by sun-stroke, the 19th, and lies in critical condition.

    St Albans Daily Messenger
    St Albans, Vermont
    July 21, 1876

  • 1893 - SHAKEN BY AN EARTHQUAKE
    MILD SENSATION IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY REGION.
    Considerable Alarm Felt in Montreal, Particularly in the Narrow Streets - Buildings Tremble and the...Read MORE...


  • 1895 - St Johnsbury
    Saint Johns'bury, a post-village, capital of Caledonia. co., Vt., in St. Johnsbury township, on the Passumpsic River, and on the Passumpsic Railroad...Read MORE...


  • News 1903 - DEATH-DEALING AUTOMOBILE. Machine Runs Away at a Vermont Fair, Killing One Man and Injuring Two.
    ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt., Sept. 17. - An automobile, speeding at the rate of fifty miles an hour at the Caledonia County fair grounds, to-day dashed over...Read MORE...


  • News 1905 - EX-SENATOR ROSS HURT. Train Hit Sleigh and Vermont's Jurist's Wife Was Killed.
    ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt., Feb. 21. - While Jonathan Ross, formerly United States Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont, was driving...Read MORE...


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    South Main Street, St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1905
    View of St. Johnsbury House, Congregational church, Academy and South Hall
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  • 1906
    Saint Johnsbury, a post-village, capital of Caledonia co., Vt., in St. Johnsbury township (town), on the Pasrumpsic River and on the Boston and Maine ...Read MORE...


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    St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Old Covered Bridge
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    St. Johnsbury from Harris Hill, 1906
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  • St Johnsbury, Vermont, USA
    B. & M. Station
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    Birdseye View
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    Railroad Street, North, St. Johnsbury, Vt., in the Future, 1908
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    Fairbanks Scale Factory
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    Avenue House and Rail-Road Street looking North
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  • St Johnsbury, Vermont, USA
    View of St. Johnsbury, Vermont
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    Entrance Museum of Natural Science
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    Pumping Station
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    Our New Theatre
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    Churches of St. Johnsbury, Vermont
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    U.S. Fish Hatchery
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    Methodist Church, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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    Passumpsie River and New Iron Bridge, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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    St. Johnsbury House, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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    Academy
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    Fairbank's Museum
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    Brightlook Hospital and Nurses Home
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    North Church
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    Masonic Temple and Post Office
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  • St Johnsbury, Vermont, USA
    New Jail, St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1921
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  • News 1922 - CARS OVERTURN IN WRECK. Spreading Rails Cause Accident in Vermont.
    ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt., July 15. - Twenty-four passengers in a Pullman car on the Portland-Montreal train of the Maine Central Railroad were severely...Read MORE...


  • St Johnsbury, Vermont, USA
    Main Street, 1943
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South Main Street, St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1905
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St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Old Covered Bridge

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St. Johnsbury from Harris Hill, 1906

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B. & M. Station

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Birdseye View

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Railroad Street, North, St. Johnsbury, Vt., in the Future, 1908

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Fairbanks Scale Factory

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Avenue House and Rail-Road Street looking North

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View of St. Johnsbury, Vermont

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Entrance Museum of Natural Science

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Pumping Station

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Our New Theatre

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Churches of St. Johnsbury, Vermont

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U.S. Fish Hatchery

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Methodist Church, St. Johnsbury, Vt.

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Passumpsie River and New Iron Bridge, St. Johnsbury, Vt.

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St. Johnsbury House, St. Johnsbury, Vt.

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Academy

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Fairbank's Museum

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Brightlook Hospital and Nurses Home

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North Church

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Masonic Temple and Post Office

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New Jail, St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1921

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Main Street, 1943

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  • 1791 - Population of St. Johnsbury, Vermont - 143

    A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
  • 1800 - Population of St. Johnsbury, Vermont - 663

    A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
  • 1810 - Population of St. Johnsbury, Vermont - 1,334

    A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
  • 1820 - Population of St. Johnsbury, Vermont - 1,404

    A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
  • 1830 - Platform scale was built by Thaddeus Fairbanks at St. Johnsbury in 1830.

    www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ vermont.html
  • 1830 - Population of St. Johnsbury, Vermont - 1,592

    A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
  • 1839 - St. Johnsbury
    St. Johnsbury, Vermont
    Caledonia county. This pleasant and flourishing town is 35 miles N.E. from Montpelier, 57 N. from Hanover, N.H., and 7 E.... Read MORE...

  • 1840 - Population of St. Johnsbury, Vermont - 1,887

    A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
  • 1849 St. Johnsbury
    Caledoxia Co. The Passumpsic River runs through this town from north to south. and receives, just below the Plain, the Moose River, a considerable... Read MORE...

  • 1854 - St Johnsbury
    St. Johnsbury, a post-township of Caledonia co., Vermont, about 35 miles N. E. from Montpelier. The village is the N. terminus of the Connecticut and ... Read MORE...

  • News  1869 - An attempt to poison a miller at St. Johnsbury, Vt.,was made a few days ago
    by leaving a plug of tobacco in his mill, with strychine enough to kill twenty men concealed in one end of it. St Joseph Herald
    Saint Joseph, Michigan
    January 30, 1869
  • 1876 - J. W. Willard of St. Johnsbury was prostrated by sun-stroke, the 19th, and lies in critical condition.
    St Albans Daily Messenger
    St Albans, Vermont
    July 21, 1876
  • 1893 - SHAKEN BY AN EARTHQUAKE
    MILD SENSATION IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY REGION.
    Considerable Alarm Felt in Montreal, Particularly in the Narrow Streets - Buildings Tremble and the... Read MORE...

  • 1895 - St Johnsbury
    Saint Johns'bury, a post-village, capital of Caledonia. co., Vt., in St. Johnsbury township, on the Passumpsic River, and on the Passumpsic Railroad... Read MORE...

  • News  1903 - DEATH-DEALING AUTOMOBILE. Machine Runs Away at a Vermont Fair, Killing One Man and Injuring Two.
    ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt., Sept. 17. - An automobile, speeding at the rate of fifty miles an hour at the Caledonia County fair grounds, to-day dashed over... Read MORE...

  • News  1905 - EX-SENATOR ROSS HURT. Train Hit Sleigh and Vermont's Jurist's Wife Was Killed.
    ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt., Feb. 21. - While Jonathan Ross, formerly United States Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont, was driving... Read MORE...

  • 1906
    Saint Johnsbury, a post-village, capital of Caledonia co., Vt., in St. Johnsbury township (town), on the Pasrumpsic River and on the Boston and Maine ... Read MORE...

  • News  1922 - CARS OVERTURN IN WRECK. Spreading Rails Cause Accident in Vermont.
    ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt., July 15. - Twenty-four passengers in a Pullman car on the Portland-Montreal train of the Maine Central Railroad were severely... Read MORE...



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