St. Johnsbury is the largest town by population in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and has long served as a commercial center for the region. In 2006, the town was named "Best Small Town" in National Geographic Adventure's "Where to live and play" feature.[7] The more densely settled southern one-third of the town is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the St. Johnsburycensus-designated place, where over 81% of the population resides.
The town was originally granted in 1760 as part of the New Hampshire Grants and named Bessborough. It was regranted by Vermont in 1786 as Dunmore, and settled the same year. An early settler was Jonathan Arnold, a member of the Continental Congress and author of Rhode Island's act of secession from the Kingdom of Great Britain in May 1776. Arnold left Rhode Island in 1787 and, with six other families, built homes at what is now the town center.[8]
This monument, located in Courthouse Park, honors those volunteers who died in the Civil War.
By 1790, the village had grown to 143 inhabitants, and the first town meeting took place in Arnold's home that year, where the name St. Johnsbury was adopted. According to local lore, Vermont founder Ethan Allen himself proposed naming the town St. John in honor of his friend Jean de Crèvecœur, a French-born author and agriculturist and a friend of Benjamin Franklin. (He was known in the United States as J. Hector St. John.) According to this account, de Crèvecœur suggested instead the unusual St. Johnsbury to differentiate it from Saint John, New Brunswick.[9][10]
In the mid-19th century, St. Johnsbury became a minor manufacturing center, with the main products being scales—the platform scale was invented there by Thaddeus Fairbanks in 1830—and maple syrup and related products. With the arrival of the railroad line from Boston to Montreal in the 1850s, St. Johnsbury grew quickly and was named the shire town (county seat) in 1856, replacing Danville. The oldest occupied residence in St. Johnsbury was built in 1798 and located on the corner of Summer and Central streets, attached to the J. J. Palmer house.
The former St. Johnsbury Fairground was located where Interstates 91 and 93 converge, south of the town. The Third Vermont Regiment drilled there prior to joining the Union Army during the Civil War.[11] The first air flight in Vermont occurred at the fair on April 19, 1910.[12]
In the 1940s the town contained three major industrial companies, each then the largest of its type in the world. One was Fairbanks Scales, another was a maple sugar candy company, while a third made candlepins for bowling. The rest of the economy was mostly rural.[13]
Geographyedit
St. Johnsbury is located at 44°25′N72°01′W / 44.417°N 72.017°W / 44.417; -72.017, elevation 212.4 m (697 ft).[14] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.8 square miles (95.2 km2), of which 36.4 square miles (94.3 km2) is land and 0.35 square miles (0.9 km2), or 0.96%, is water.[15] Situated at the confluence of the Passumpsic, Moose and Sleeper's rivers, the town lies at the heart of the Passumpsic River basin, one of the largest of the upper Connecticut River watershed.[16] St. Johnsbury is on the site of the northernmost boundary of Lake Hitchcock, the post-glacial predecessor to the Connecticut River.
The town includes the unincorporated villages of St. Johnsbury, East St. Johnsbury, Goss Hollow, and St. Johnsbury Center.[17] The town center, which is defined as a census-designated place (CDP), encompasses the villages of St. Johnsbury and St. Johnsbury Center and covers an area of 13.1 square miles (33.9 km2), about 36% of the area of the town.[18]
The highest point in St. Johnsbury is an unnamed hill in the northwest part of town east of Libby Road. The twin summits of the hill each rise above 1,594 feet (486 m) above sea level.[19]
As of the census of 2010,[2] there were 7,604 people, 3,236 households, and 1,917 families residing in the town. The population density was 209 people per square mile (79.7/km2). There were 3,482 housing units at an average density of 94.49/sq mi (36.5/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 94.5% White, 0.8% African American, 0.7% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.2% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. 1.5% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 3,197 households, out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.5% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.85.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 12.8% under the age of 18, 19.1% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $20,269, and the median income for a family was $41,961. Males had a median income of $30,846 versus $22,131 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,807. 14.7% of the population and 12.0% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 37.8% are under the age of 18 and 11.1% are 65 or older.
Town centeredit
Railroad Street in downtown St. Johnsbury
The U.S. Census Bureau refers to the most developed portion of the town as a census-designated place (CDP).
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 6,319 people, 2,726 households, and 1,561 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 486.8 people per square mile (188.0/km2). There were 2,985 housing units at an average density of 230.0 per square mile (88.8/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.23% White, 0.47% Black or African American, 0.74% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.27% from other races, and 1.60% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.35% of the population.
There were 2,726 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.6% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.7% were non-families. 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.83.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $26,702, and the median income for a family was $39,890. Males had a median income of $31,454 versus $21,283 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $16,561. About 12.8% of families and 15.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.3% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.
Educationedit
St. Johnsbury Academy – Colby Hall
St. Johnsbury Academy is a private high school founded by the Fairbanks family, including Erastus Fairbanks, in 1842. The town of St. Johnsbury does not operate a public school for grades 9–12, but Vermont law requires towns not operating schools to pay tuition to other approved schools for students in the grades not provided, an amount up to the Average Announced Tuition for union schools.[22] A majority of St. Johnsbury secondary school students choose to be educated at St. Johnsbury Academy at the town's expense.
St. Johnsbury Trade School opened in September 1918, offering the only four year vocational education in the area. The school's founders, Fairbanks, Morse and Company, wanted to provide young people with the opportunity to learn a trade while providing them a base for earning more money and high school courses.[23] After serving the community for over 50 years, the Trade School was closed, and the building then became the junior high. In 1981, it became the St. Johnsbury Middle School.[24] After consolidating the local school system, the old trade school became the site of the St. Johnsbury School serving students from K–8th grade.
St. Johnsbury School now serves pre-kindergarten through 8th grade.
Good Shepherd School is operated by St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church and serves pre-school through 8th grade.
Governmentedit
Fire departmentedit
St. Johnsbury Fire Station with two fire engines
In 2010, the town employed ten firefighters. The department had an annual budget of $945,920. It has had a professional department since about 1910.[25]
Caledonia Superior Court on Main StreetE.T. & H.K. Ide Company, a grain wholesaler founded in 1813, was the oldest continuously operating business in town when the family stopped operations in 2003. It is no longer operational.[26]
Fairbanks Scales, precision machinery and manufacturing company still in business after more than 190 years, employs 160 workers.[27]
Maple Grove Farms of Vermont was founded by Katharine Ide Gray in 1915. It is the largest packer of pure maple syrup in the United States.[28][29] In 2006, they employed 100 and had sales of $75 million. They are a subsidiary of B&G Foods.[30]
Retailedit
Green Mountain Mall is a shopping mall north of downtown St. Johnsbury on U.S. Route 5.[31] The anchor store was JCPenney. On December 16, 2020, it was announced that JCPenney would be closing as part of a plan to close 15 stores nationwide. The store closed in May 2021.[32]
St. Johnsbury is the home of the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium which opened in 1891 as a gift of Franklin Fairbanks, a businessman, naturalist and philanthropist, to the community. His donated collections remain northern New England’s most extensive natural history display, and the National Register-listed building is a splendid example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The Fairbanks Museum is well known in Vermont for producing the "Eye on the Sky" weather forecast which is broadcast on Vermont Public Radio and Magic 97.7 FM.
There has been an annual First Night community celebration of the arts on New Year's Eve since 1993.[33]
Benoit Apartment House-74 Pearl Street (added June 6, 1994)
Benoit Apartment House-76 Pearl Street (added June 6, 1994)
Caleb H. Marshall House — 53 Summer St. (added September 16, 1994)
Cote Apartment House — 16 Elm St. (added June 6, 1994)
Franklin Fairbanks House — 30 Western Ave. (added October 27, 1980)
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium – 1302 Main St. (added December 31, 2007)
Maple Street-Clarks Avenue Historic District — 17-49 Maple St., 4-34 Clarks Ave., 951⁄2-101 Main St., 4 and 6 Frost Ave. and 3 and 5 Idlewood Terr. (added June 5, 1994)
Morency Paint Shop and Apartment Building — 73-77 Portland St. (added June 5, 1994)
Railroad Street Historic District — roughly bounded north and south by Railroad St. and Canadian Pacific RR tracks (added July 25, 1974)Fairbanks Museum
Shearer and Corser Double House — 81-83 Summer St. (added September 16, 1994)
St. Johnsbury Federal Fish Culture Station — 374 Emerson Falls Rd. (added April 18, 2005)
St. Johnsbury Historic District — U.S. 5 and U.S. 2 (added May 17, 1980)
St. Johnsbury Main Street Historic District — area along Main St. including intersecting streets (added June 28, 1975)
The town is mentioned in Hayden Carruth's classic poem "Regarding Chainsaws."[34] Carruth lived and farmed in that area of Vermont for many years.[35]
Mediaedit
The Caledonian-Record, a daily newspaper, has been published since 1837. Farming, the Journal of Northeast Agriculture is published locally.[36]
Infrastructureedit
Transportationedit
The following roads facilitate traffic: Interstate 91, Interstate 93, U.S. Route 2, U.S. Route 5 and Vermont Route 2B. Three exits from Interstate 91 serve the town. The northern terminus of Interstate 93 is at I-91 at the southern border of the town, and I-93 Exit 1, while just over the line in the town of Waterford, serves the eastern side of St. Johnsbury.
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Referencesedit
Claire Dunne Johnson (1996). Images of America: St. Johnsbury. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN0-7524-0260-9.
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St Johnsbury known locally as St J 1 is the shire town 4 county seat 5 of Caledonia County Vermont United States As of the 2020 census the population was 7 364 6 St Johnsbury is situated on the Passumpsic River and is located approximately six miles northwest of the Connecticut River and 48 miles 77 km south of the Canada U S border St Johnsbury VermontTownSt Johnsbury Welcome signNickname St J 1 Motto Very VermontSt Johnsbury VermontSt Johnsbury VermontLocation in the United StatesCoordinates 44 26 1 N 72 0 54 W 44 43361 N 72 01500 W 44 43361 72 01500CountryUnited StatesStateVermontCountyCaledoniaChartered1786Settled1786Organized1790CommunitiesSt JohnsburySt Johnsbury CenterEast St JohnsburyArea Total36 8 sq mi 95 2 km2 Land36 4 sq mi 94 3 km2 Water0 3 sq mi 0 9 km2 Elevation614 ft 187 m Population 2020 Total7 364 Density200 sq mi 77 km2 Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP Codes05819 05838 05863Area code802FIPS code50 62200 2 GNIS feature ID1462199 3 Websitewww wbr stjvt wbr comSt Johnsbury is the largest town by population in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and has long served as a commercial center for the region In 2006 the town was named Best Small Town in National Geographic Adventure s Where to live and play feature 7 The more densely settled southern one third of the town is defined by the U S Census Bureau as the St Johnsbury census designated place where over 81 of the population resides Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Climate 3 Demographics 3 1 Town center 4 Education 5 Government 5 1 Fire department 5 2 Social services 6 Economy 6 1 Industry 6 2 Retail 6 3 Medical 7 Culture 8 Media 9 Infrastructure 9 1 Transportation 10 Notable people 11 See also 12 Footnotes 13 References 14 External linksHistory edit nbsp Bird s eye view c 1910 nbsp South Main Street c 1905The town was originally granted in 1760 as part of the New Hampshire Grants and named Bessborough It was regranted by Vermont in 1786 as Dunmore and settled the same year An early settler was Jonathan Arnold a member of the Continental Congress and author of Rhode Island s act of secession from the Kingdom of Great Britain in May 1776 Arnold left Rhode Island in 1787 and with six other families built homes at what is now the town center 8 nbsp This monument located in Courthouse Park honors those volunteers who died in the Civil War By 1790 the village had grown to 143 inhabitants and the first town meeting took place in Arnold s home that year where the name St Johnsbury was adopted According to local lore Vermont founder Ethan Allen himself proposed naming the town St John in honor of his friend Jean de Crevecœur a French born author and agriculturist and a friend of Benjamin Franklin He was known in the United States as J Hector St John According to this account de Crevecœur suggested instead the unusual St Johnsbury to differentiate it from Saint John New Brunswick 9 10 In the mid 19th century St Johnsbury became a minor manufacturing center with the main products being scales the platform scale was invented there by Thaddeus Fairbanks in 1830 and maple syrup and related products With the arrival of the railroad line from Boston to Montreal in the 1850s St Johnsbury grew quickly and was named the shire town county seat in 1856 replacing Danville The oldest occupied residence in St Johnsbury was built in 1798 and located on the corner of Summer and Central streets attached to the J J Palmer house The former St Johnsbury Fairground was located where Interstates 91 and 93 converge south of the town The Third Vermont Regiment drilled there prior to joining the Union Army during the Civil War 11 The first air flight in Vermont occurred at the fair on April 19 1910 12 In the 1940s the town contained three major industrial companies each then the largest of its type in the world One was Fairbanks Scales another was a maple sugar candy company while a third made candlepins for bowling The rest of the economy was mostly rural 13 Geography editSt Johnsbury is located at 44 25 N 72 01 W 44 417 N 72 017 W 44 417 72 017 elevation 212 4 m 697 ft 14 According to the United States Census Bureau the town has a total area of 36 8 square miles 95 2 km2 of which 36 4 square miles 94 3 km2 is land and 0 35 square miles 0 9 km2 or 0 96 is water 15 Situated at the confluence of the Passumpsic Moose and Sleeper s rivers the town lies at the heart of the Passumpsic River basin one of the largest of the upper Connecticut River watershed 16 St Johnsbury is on the site of the northernmost boundary of Lake Hitchcock the post glacial predecessor to the Connecticut River The town includes the unincorporated villages of St Johnsbury East St Johnsbury Goss Hollow and St Johnsbury Center 17 The town center which is defined as a census designated place CDP encompasses the villages of St Johnsbury and St Johnsbury Center and covers an area of 13 1 square miles 33 9 km2 about 36 of the area of the town 18 The highest point in St Johnsbury is an unnamed hill in the northwest part of town east of Libby Road The twin summits of the hill each rise above 1 594 feet 486 m above sea level 19 Climate edit Climate data for St Johnsbury VermontMonth Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high F C 63 17 62 17 84 29 92 33 94 34 98 37 99 37 98 37 95 35 89 32 77 25 67 19 99 37 Mean daily maximum F C 27 6 2 4 32 0 0 0 42 4 5 8 55 9 13 3 69 9 21 1 77 1 25 1 80 8 27 1 78 2 25 7 69 3 20 7 57 6 14 2 43 4 6 3 31 5 0 3 55 5 13 1 Mean daily minimum F C 6 4 14 2 8 3 13 2 19 6 6 9 31 1 0 5 42 7 5 9 52 1 11 2 56 8 13 8 55 4 13 0 47 4 8 6 36 4 2 4 27 6 2 4 13 7 10 2 33 1 0 6 Record low F C 35 37 43 42 27 33 2 19 20 7 30 1 36 2 33 1 22 6 13 11 13 25 42 41 43 42 Average precipitation inches mm 2 88 73 2 04 52 2 57 65 2 74 70 3 35 85 3 88 99 3 84 98 4 21 107 3 47 88 3 24 82 3 32 84 3 00 76 38 54 979 Average snowfall inches cm 22 7 58 16 8 43 15 1 38 5 3 13 0 2 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 0 6 1 5 6 6 17 20 8 53 88 2 224 26 Source NOAA 20 Demographics edit nbsp North Congregational Church on Main StreetHistorical population CensusPop Note 1790143 1800663363 6 18101 334101 2 18201 4045 2 18301 59213 4 18401 88718 5 18502 75846 2 18603 46925 8 18704 66534 5 18805 80024 3 18906 56713 2 19007 0106 7 19108 09815 5 19208 7087 5 19309 69611 3 19409 095 6 2 19509 2922 2 19608 869 4 6 19708 409 5 2 19807 938 5 6 19907 608 4 2 20007 571 0 5 20107 6040 4 20207 364 3 2 U S Decennial Census 21 As of the census of 2010 2 there were 7 604 people 3 236 households and 1 917 families residing in the town The population density was 209 people per square mile 79 7 km2 There were 3 482 housing units at an average density of 94 49 sq mi 36 5 km2 The racial makeup of the town was 94 5 White 0 8 African American 0 7 Native American 1 2 Asian 0 03 Pacific Islander 0 2 from other races and 1 4 from two or more races 1 5 of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race There were 3 197 households out of which 28 8 had children under the age of 18 living with them 44 5 were married couples living together 11 8 had a female householder with no husband present and 40 0 were non families 32 9 of all households were made up of individuals and 15 2 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 25 and the average family size was 2 85 In the town the population was spread out with 12 8 under the age of 18 19 1 from 18 to 24 26 0 from 25 to 44 23 6 from 45 to 64 and 18 5 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 39 5 years For every 100 females there were 93 7 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90 5 males The median income for a household in the town was 20 269 and the median income for a family was 41 961 Males had a median income of 30 846 versus 22 131 for females The per capita income for the town was 16 807 14 7 of the population and 12 0 of families were below the poverty line Out of the total people living in poverty 37 8 are under the age of 18 and 11 1 are 65 or older Town center edit nbsp Railroad Street in downtown St JohnsburyThe U S Census Bureau refers to the most developed portion of the town as a census designated place CDP As of the census 2 of 2000 there were 6 319 people 2 726 households and 1 561 families residing in the CDP The population density was 486 8 people per square mile 188 0 km2 There were 2 985 housing units at an average density of 230 0 per square mile 88 8 km2 The racial makeup of the CDP was 96 23 White 0 47 Black or African American 0 74 Native American 0 65 Asian 0 03 Pacific Islander 0 27 from other races and 1 60 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1 35 of the population There were 2 726 households out of which 27 6 had children under the age of 18 living with them 41 6 were married couples living together 12 3 had a female householder with no husband present and 42 7 were non families 35 6 of all households were made up of individuals and 16 6 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 18 and the average family size was 2 83 In the CDP the population was spread out with 22 3 under the age of 18 9 0 from 18 to 24 25 6 from 25 to 44 23 2 from 45 to 64 and 19 9 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 40 years For every 100 females there were 93 0 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89 4 males The median income for a household in the CDP was 26 702 and the median income for a family was 39 890 Males had a median income of 31 454 versus 21 283 for females The per capita income for the CDP was 16 561 About 12 8 of families and 15 8 of the population were below the poverty line including 24 3 of those under age 18 and 9 1 of those age 65 or over Education edit nbsp St Johnsbury Academy Colby HallSt Johnsbury Academy is a private high school founded by the Fairbanks family including Erastus Fairbanks in 1842 The town of St Johnsbury does not operate a public school for grades 9 12 but Vermont law requires towns not operating schools to pay tuition to other approved schools for students in the grades not provided an amount up to the Average Announced Tuition for union schools 22 A majority of St Johnsbury secondary school students choose to be educated at St Johnsbury Academy at the town s expense St Johnsbury Trade School opened in September 1918 offering the only four year vocational education in the area The school s founders Fairbanks Morse and Company wanted to provide young people with the opportunity to learn a trade while providing them a base for earning more money and high school courses 23 After serving the community for over 50 years the Trade School was closed and the building then became the junior high In 1981 it became the St Johnsbury Middle School 24 After consolidating the local school system the old trade school became the site of the St Johnsbury School serving students from K 8th grade St Johnsbury School now serves pre kindergarten through 8th grade Good Shepherd School is operated by St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church and serves pre school through 8th grade Government editFire department edit nbsp St Johnsbury Fire Station with two fire enginesIn 2010 the town employed ten firefighters The department had an annual budget of 945 920 It has had a professional department since about 1910 25 Social services edit Social services are provided in part by Northeast Kingdom Community Action located here and in other Northeast Kingdom sites Economy editIndustry edit nbsp Caledonia Superior Court on Main StreetE T amp H K Ide Company a grain wholesaler founded in 1813 was the oldest continuously operating business in town when the family stopped operations in 2003 It is no longer operational 26 Fairbanks Scales precision machinery and manufacturing company still in business after more than 190 years employs 160 workers 27 Maple Grove Farms of Vermont was founded by Katharine Ide Gray in 1915 It is the largest packer of pure maple syrup in the United States 28 29 In 2006 they employed 100 and had sales of 75 million They are a subsidiary of B amp G Foods 30 Retail edit Green Mountain Mall is a shopping mall north of downtown St Johnsbury on U S Route 5 31 The anchor store was JCPenney On December 16 2020 it was announced that JCPenney would be closing as part of a plan to close 15 stores nationwide The store closed in May 2021 32 Medical edit The Northeast Kingdom Human Services aids mental health needs The Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital is located in the town Culture edit nbsp The St Johnsbury Athenaeum is the only National Historic Landmark in the Northeast Kingdom St Johnsbury is the home of the Fairbanks Museum amp Planetarium which opened in 1891 as a gift of Franklin Fairbanks a businessman naturalist and philanthropist to the community His donated collections remain northern New England s most extensive natural history display and the National Register listed building is a splendid example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style The Fairbanks Museum is well known in Vermont for producing the Eye on the Sky weather forecast which is broadcast on Vermont Public Radio and Magic 97 7 FM There has been an annual First Night community celebration of the arts on New Year s Eve since 1993 33 The town contains the only National Historic Landmark in the county as well as the only one in the Northeast Kingdom the St Johnsbury Athenaeum The town also contains 13 other places on the list of National Register of Historic Places the most in Caledonia County or the Northeast Kingdom Benoit Apartment House 74 Pearl Street added June 6 1994 Benoit Apartment House 76 Pearl Street added June 6 1994 Caleb H Marshall House 53 Summer St added September 16 1994 Cote Apartment House 16 Elm St added June 6 1994 Franklin Fairbanks House 30 Western Ave added October 27 1980 Fairbanks Museum amp Planetarium 1302 Main St added December 31 2007 Maple Street Clarks Avenue Historic District 17 49 Maple St 4 34 Clarks Ave 951 2 101 Main St 4 and 6 Frost Ave and 3 and 5 Idlewood Terr added June 5 1994 Morency Paint Shop and Apartment Building 73 77 Portland St added June 5 1994 Railroad Street Historic District roughly bounded north and south by Railroad St and Canadian Pacific RR tracks added July 25 1974 nbsp Fairbanks Museum Shearer and Corser Double House 81 83 Summer St added September 16 1994 St Johnsbury Federal Fish Culture Station 374 Emerson Falls Rd added April 18 2005 St Johnsbury Historic District U S 5 and U S 2 added May 17 1980 St Johnsbury Main Street Historic District area along Main St including intersecting streets added June 28 1975 The town is mentioned in Hayden Carruth s classic poem Regarding Chainsaws 34 Carruth lived and farmed in that area of Vermont for many years 35 Media editThe Caledonian Record a daily newspaper has been published since 1837 Farming the Journal of Northeast Agriculture is published locally 36 Infrastructure editTransportation edit The following roads facilitate traffic Interstate 91 Interstate 93 U S Route 2 U S Route 5 and Vermont Route 2B Three exits from Interstate 91 serve the town The northern terminus of Interstate 93 is at I 91 at the southern border of the town and I 93 Exit 1 while just over the line in the town of Waterford serves the eastern side of St Johnsbury Notable people editMain article List of people from St Johnsbury VermontSee also editFairbanks Museum and Planetarium St Johnsbury AthenaeumFootnotes edit a b South of Saint J Vermont Archived 2011 07 13 at the Wayback Machine retrieved July 29 2008 a b c U S Census website United States Census Bureau Retrieved January 31 2008 US Board on Geographic Names United States Geological Survey October 25 2007 Retrieved January 31 2008 Title 24 Part I Chapter 1 4 Vermont Statutes Accessed 2021 02 21 Find a County National Association of Counties Retrieved June 7 2011 Census Table Results St Johnsbury town Caledonia County Vermont U S Census Bureau 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