This article shows U.S. Census totals for Caledonia County, Vermont, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000.
Like most areas of New England, Caledonia 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.
The main tables below show municipalities at the town level. For any census, adding up the totals for each town-level municipality should yield the county total. The tables in the New England Historical U.S. Census Totals series differentiate between towns and cities; however, there have never been any cities in Caledonia County. 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.
There have been no changes in Caledonia County’s town-level municipality roster since 1900.
County Total: 24,381
St. Johnsbury 7,010
Lyndon 2,956
Hardwick 2,466
Barnet 1,763
Danville 1,628
Burke 1,184
Groton 1,059
Ryegate 995
Peacham 794
Walden 764
Sheffield 724
Waterford 705
Sutton 694
Wheelock 567
Newark 500
Kirby 350
Stannard 222
County Total: 26,031
St. Johnsbury 8,098
Lyndon 3,204
Hardwick 3,201
Barnet 1,707
Danville 1,564
Ryegate 1,194
Burke 1,183
Groton 915
Peacham 777
Walden 739
Sutton 711
Sheffield 691
Waterford 629
Wheelock 500
Newark 415
Kirby 297
Stannard 206
County Total: 25,762
St. Johnsbury 8,708
Lyndon 3,558
Hardwick 2,641
Barnet 1,685
Danville 1,494
Ryegate 1,188
Burke 1,041
Groton 902
Walden 674
Sutton 659
Peacham 657
Sheffield 594
Waterford 574
Wheelock 526
Newark 364
Kirby 324
Stannard 173
County Total: 27,253
St. Johnsbury 9,696
Lyndon 3,285
Hardwick 2,720
Barnet 2,604
Danville 1,600
Ryegate 1,216
Burke 1,016
Groton 803
Waterford 712
Walden 664
Peacham 620
Sutton 596
Sheffield 543
Wheelock 412
Kirby 311
Newark 301
Stannard 154
County Total: 24,320
St. Johnsbury 9,095
Lyndon 3,144
Hardwick 2,605
Barnet 1,596
Danville 1,472
Ryegate 1,105
Burke 998
Groton 764
Sutton 561
Walden 547
Peacham 543
Waterford 498
Sheffield 465
Wheelock 293
Kirby 252
Newark 242
Stannard 140
County Total: 24,049
St. Johnsbury 9,292
Lyndon 3,360
Hardwick 2,629
Barnet 1,425
Danville 1,312
Burke 1,042
Ryegate 996
Groton 712
Sutton 528
Peacham 501
Walden 481
Waterford 468
Sheffield 451
Wheelock 287
Kirby 257
Newark 192
Stannard 116
County Total: 22,786
St. Johnsbury 8,869
Lyndon 3,425
Hardwick 2,349
Barnet 1,445
Danville 1,368
Burke 922
Ryegate 894
Groton 631
Sutton 476
Waterford 460
Peacham 433
Walden 427
Sheffield 342
Wheelock 246
Kirby 235
Newark 151
Stannard 113
County Total: 22,789
St. Johnsbury 8,409
Lyndon 3,705
Hardwick 2,466
Danville 1,405
Barnet 1,342
Burke 1,053
Ryegate 830
Groton 666
Waterford 586
Peacham 446
Walden 442
Sutton 438
Sheffield 307
Wheelock 238
Kirby 224
Newark 144
Stannard 88
County Total: 25,808
St. Johnsbury 7,938
Lyndon 4,924
Hardwick 2,613
Danville 1,705
Burke 1,385
Barnet 1,338
Ryegate 1,000
Waterford 882
Groton 667
Sutton 667
Walden 575
Peacham 531
Wheelock 444
Sheffield 435
Kirby 282
Newark 280
Stannard 142
County Total: 27,846
St. Johnsbury 7,608
Lyndon 5,371
Hardwick 2,964
Danville 1,917
Barnet 1,415
Burke 1,406
Waterford 1,190
Ryegate 1,058
Groton 862
Sutton 854
Walden 703
Peacham 627
Sheffield 541
Wheelock 481
Newark 354
Kirby 347
Stannard 148
County Total: 29,702
St. Johnsbury 7,571
Lyndon 5,448
Hardwick 3,174
Danville 2,211
Barnet 1,690
Burke 1,571
Ryegate 1,150
Waterford 1,104
Sutton 1,001
Groton 876
Walden 782
Sheffield 727
Peacham 665
Wheelock 621
Newark 470
Kirby 456
Stannard 185
This section lists census totals for incorporated villages for 1930 through 2000.
As of 1930, Caledonia County contained eight incorporated villages:
The village of Groton (inc. 1907), within the town of the same name
The village of Hardwick, within the town of the same name
The village of Lyndon Center, within the town of Lyndon
The village of Lyndonville (inc. 1880), within the town of Lyndon
The village of South Ryegate (inc. 1909), within the town of Ryegate
The village of St. Johnsbury, within the town of St. Johnsbury
The village of West Barnet (inc. 1922), within the town of Barnet
The village of West Burke (inc. 1902), within the town of Burke
Six of the villages have since disincorporated or otherwise been dropped from the Census:
The village of South Ryegate apparently disincorporated sometime between 1940 and 1950 (it was last reported in the 1940 Census)
The village of Lyndon Center disincorporated in 1951
The village of West Barnet disincorporated in 1961
The village of St. Johnsbury disincorporated in 1965
The village of Groton was apparently removed from the rolls of Census-recognized incorporated villages sometime between 1970 and 1980. According to information on the Vermont state archives web site, village residents had voted to abandon the village government in 1924, but no action was taken at the state level to formally dissolve the village, so it technically remained in existence, at least on paper (it still holds this status today). One other village which had similarly been abandoned (Townshend, in Windham County) was also dropped from the Census between 1970 and 1980. It appears that Census officials elected to stop recognizing these inactive villages for Census purposes. The non-coextensive city of Winsted, Connecticut seems to have been dropped by the Census at the same time for similar reasons.
The village of Hardwick disincorporated in 1988
Note: complete data for 1900, 1910 and 1920 are not available, but the population of the village of St. Johnsbury was in 5,666 in 1900, 6,693 in 1910, and 7,164 in 1920.
1930
St. Johnsbury 7,920
Hardwick 1,667
Lyndonville 1,559
Groton 437
West Burke 359
South Ryegate 337
Lyndon Center 297
West Barnet 99
1940
St. Johnsbury 7,437
Hardwick 1,607
Lyndonville 1,444
Groton 419
South Ryegate 346
West Burke 316
Lyndon Center 283
West Barnet 131
1950
St. Johnsbury 7,320
Hardwick 1,696
Lyndonville 1,506
Groton 435
West Burke 414
Lyndon Center 321
West Barnet 88
1960
St. Johnsbury 6,809
Hardwick 1,521
Lyndonville 1,477
Groton 387
West Burke 369
West Barnet 113
1970
Hardwick 1,503
Lyndonville 1,415
Groton 438
West Burke 358
1980
Hardwick 1,476
Lyndonville 1,401
West Burke 338
1990
Lyndonville 1,255
West Burke 353
2000
Lyndonville 1,227
West Burke 364
