Place:Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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NameBarre
Alt namesBarre Centresource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25002686
TypeTown
Coordinates42.417°N 72.1°W
Located inWorcester, Massachusetts, United States
Contained Places
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Adams Cemetery
Lincoln Cemetery
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Barre is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,530 at the 2020 census.

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Originally called the Northwest District of Rutland, it was first settled by Europeans in 1720. The town was incorporated as a district on June 17, 1774, as Hutchinson after Thomas Hutchinson, colonial governor of Massachusetts. Eventually, along with 41 other districts in the state, they were all incorporated on August 23, 1775 by the Massachusetts Court. The next year on November 7, 1776, it was renamed Barre in honor of Colonel Isaac Barré, an Irish-born MP who was a champion of American Independence. Starting in the 1800s, the Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad provided rail service to the town. "This township was originally known as Rutland, West District; but prior to 1770 its name was changed to "Hutchinson", in honor of the Hon. Thomas Hutchinson who was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1765, became acting Governor in 1769, and Governor in 1770. When, in 1774, on account of his Tory proclivities, Governor Hutchinson resigned his office and went to England, his name and memory were so execrated by the patriots of the township of Hutchinson that, in 1776, the General Assembly of Massachusetts changed the name of the township to "Barré."

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