page_title: Barre (city), Vermont
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Barre (city), Vermont / History
caption_attribution_description: English: City Hall and Park, Barre, Vermont; from a c. 1910 postcard published by the Leighton &amp; Valentine Company.
context_page_description: Barre is the most populous city in Washington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2010 census, the municipal population was 9,052. Popularly referred to as "Barre City", it is almost completely surrounded by "Barre Town", which is a separate municipality.
  Barre is often twinned with the nearby Vermont state capital of Montpelier in local media and businesses. It is the main city in the Barre-Montpelier micropolitan area, which has nearly 60,000 residents and is Vermont's third largest metropolitan area after those of Burlington and Rutland. Barre is also Vermont's fourth largest city.
  Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Trouble With Harry premiered at the Paramount Theater in Barre on September 27, 1955.
context_section_description: On November 6, 1780, the land was granted to William Williams and 64 others. Originally called Wildersburgh, it included what is today both the town and city of Barre. It was first settled in 1788 by John Goldsbury and Samuel Rodgers, together with their families. But dissatisfied with the name Wildersburgh, citizens renamed the town after Isaac Barré, a champion of the American Colonies. In 1895, 4.0 square miles (10.4 km²) within the town was set off and incorporated as the separate city.
caption: City Hall and park in c. 1910
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