Caledonia County, Vermont

Founding: 1796 (declared in 1792)
Parent county: Orange
Namesake: A poetic reference to the country of Scotland
Seat: Danville (1796–1856); St. Johnsbury (1856–)
Land area: 649 square miles
Population (2020): 30,233
Population (historic): 9,377 (1800); 21,891 (1840); 22,235 (1870); 24,381 (1900); 27,253 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1810; 1820–1850; 1860–1880; 1890–1910; 1920s; 1970–2010
Subdivisions: Two villages; 11 CDPs; 17 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,231 (32.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 74.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 34.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,404
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,311

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.5 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,313
Average farm size (1920): 56.2 acres
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St. Johnsbury

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1786 (founding); 1790 (incorporation); 1802 (post office)
Population (2020): 7,364
Population (historic): 663 (1800); 1,887 (1840); 4,665 (1870); 7,010 (1900); 9,696 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1930; 1940s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,471 (51.9%)
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