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St. Albans is the only city in and the
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of
Franklin County, Vermont Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,946. Its county seat is the city of St. Albans. It borders the Canadian province of Quebec. The county was created in 1792 and o ...
, United States. At the 2020 census, the city population was 6,877. St. Albans City is completely surrounded by St. Albans Town, which is a separate municipality. The city is in Northwestern Vermont, about 15 miles south of the Canadian border and 30 miles north of Burlington.


History

One of the
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, St. Albans was chartered by Colonial Governor
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on August 17, 1763, to Stephen Pomeroy and 63 others. Named after
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,
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,
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, it was first settled during the
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by Jesse Welden. The war delayed further settlement until 1785, when other pioneers began to arrive from lower New England. Farmers found the rich, dark
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suitable for cultivation, as well as for the raising of
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,
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s and
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.
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and
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were produced in great quantities.Austin J. Coolidge & John B. Mansfield, ''A History and Description of New England;'' Boston, Massachusetts 1859
/ref> St. Albans also became known as " The Rail City," home to a major
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, operations center and repair shop of the Vermont and Canada Railroad. When the village was incorporated in 1859, it had an
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, a manufacturer of
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s, and a large number of
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shops. The northernmost engagement of the
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, known as the St. Albans Raid, occurred here on October 19, 1864. In 1869 the Congrégation de Notre Dame, founded in
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, Quebec, in the 17th century, established Villa Barlow Convent and St. Mary High School in St. Albans. In 1902, the City of St. Albans was incorporated, comprising two square miles (518 hectares) within the town of
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. Today it is a
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noted for its
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and
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style
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. Much of this was built during the railroad era, when more than 200 trains passed through daily. St. Albans is a research focus for
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, as
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an
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s heading for the United States would sometimes land in Canada at Halifax,
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or
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, then take a train through the border crossing to this city. Some persons traveled to other parts of Vermont, New York or points west. The
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(NARA) lists for St. Albans cover the period 1895–1954.


Culture

In late April St. Albans hosts the annual Vermont
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Festival. The festival includes various food-related contests, as well as the Sap Run, a footrace from Swanton, to the north. It was home to the
Vermont Voltage Vermont Voltage was an American soccer team based in St. Albans, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Northeast Division of ...
, a semi-professional men's soccer team, which folded in 2014.


Geography

According to the
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, the city has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.3 km2), all land. The city is surrounded by the town of
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, with its lush
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across gently rolling hills. The city is drained by Stevens Brook. St. Albans is crossed by
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,
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, as well as Vermont Route 36, 38, 104 and
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. It is about from Vermont's border with
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.


Climate

St Albans has a
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(
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''Dfb''), bordering on a
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(
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''Dfa'').


Demographics

At the 2020 census, the racial makeup was 91.1%
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, 1.2%
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, 1.3% Native American, 0.0% Asian and 1.9% Latino of any race. At the 2010
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, there were 6,918 people. In the 2000 census there were 7,650 people, 3,235 households and 1,937 families residing in the city. The
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was 3,768.2 per square mile (1,455.0/km2). There were 3,376 housing units at an average density of 1,662.9 per square mile (642.1/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 95.87%
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, 0.39%
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or
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, 1.20% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.03%
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, 0.45% from other races, and 1.70% from two or more races. 0.90% of the population were
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or Latino of any race. There were 3,235 households, of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.6% were
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living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.1% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.97. Age distribution was 25.6% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.


Government

St. Albans is governed via a mayor, a city manager and city council. The city council consists of six members, each elected from an individual ward. The mayor is elected by citywide vote.


Economy


Personal income

In the 2010 census, the
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was $37,221, and the median family income was $44,286. Males had a median income of $31,340 versus $23,262 for females. The city's
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was $17,853. About 8.5% of families and 9.6% of the population were below the
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, including 9.2% of those under age 18 and 11.9% of those age 65 or over.


Industry

The town's
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for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2020, lists the principal employers in the town as
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's
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(USCIS) (650 employees),
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(612 employees), Maple Run Unified School District (608 employees), Mylan Technologies Inc. (425 employees),
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(95 employees), Sticks & Stuff (92 employees), the City of St. Albans (91 employees), A.N. Deringer, Inc. (80 employees), Peoples Trust Company (47 employees), and SB Collins (40 employees). The
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has a service center in St. Albans; the majority of the 1,100 USCIS employees in Vermont are based in St. Albans, and the federal agency is the city's largest employer. The Dairy Farmers of America, a major dairy
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, has a manufacturing plant in St. Albans that produces cream, condensed skim milk, and milk powder. The chocolate and cocoa supplier Barry Callebaut has a facility in the city.Douglas Yu
Barry Callebaut completes $30m investment in North American facilities
''Confectionary News'' (September 19, 2018).


Infrastructure


Health care

The
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is a hospital serving the city and the Franklin County area. Buses- Greyhound Lines stops four times daily (twice in each direction) on its Montreal to Boston route. The St Albans stop is on main street next to Taylor Park.


Railways

Saint Albans is the northern terminus of the Vermonter (train), Vermonter, a coach/business class train operated by Amtrak, the national passenger rail system. The train operates daily between Saint Albans and Washington, D.C. The train formerly continued from Saint Albans to
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and was named the ''Montrealer (train), Montrealer,'' but that connection was discontinued in 1995.


Education

St. Albans is home to St. Albans City School, an elementary school for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, and Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans, a public high school serving students from many towns in the southern half of Franklin Country.


Notable people


See also

* Champ (legend) * St. Albans station (Vermont) * St. Albans raid *
Vermont Voltage Vermont Voltage was an American soccer team based in St. Albans, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Northeast Division of ...
(USL soccer team)


References


External links


City of St. Albans, Vermont

Saint Albans Museum
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