St. Johnsbury is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) corresponding to the main settled areas in the town of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County,

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 5,994, out of 7,364 in the entire town. The CDP is in eastern Caledonia County, occupying the southern one-third of the town of St. Johnsbury. It includes the urban center of St. Johnsbury, the village of St. Johnsbury Center to the north up the valley of the

Passumpsic River The Passumpsic River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Connecticut River, in Vermont. Though primarily a Caledonia County river, it ...

, and development along Route 2 to the east up the valley of the Moose River, but not as far as the village of East St. Johnsbury.

Interstate 91 Interstate 91 (I-91) is an Interstate Highway in the New England region of the United States. It is the primary north–south thoroughfare in the western part of the region. Its southern terminus is in New Haven, Connecticut, at I-95, whi ...

passes through the west side of the CDP, with access from Exits 20, 21, and 22. I-91 leads north to Newport and south to White River. U.S. Routes 2 and 5 intersect in the center of the community. U.S. 2 leads west to Montpelier, the state capital, and east to

Lancaster, New Hampshire Lancaster is a town located along the Connecticut River in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The town is named after the city of Lancaster in England. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 3,218, the second largest in the cou ...

, while U.S. 5 provides a local parallel route to I-91, leading north to Lyndonville and south to Wells River.

References

Populated places in Caledonia County, Vermont Census-designated places in Caledonia County, Vermont Census-designated places in Vermont {{Vermont-geo-stub