Talk:Barre (city), Vermont

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Not being from Vermont, I won't make these changes myself, but I have a few comments:

First, the outside link to the actual Barre City website, describes that municipality either as Barre City (capitalized C indicating that is part of its proper name) or as the City of Barre (again capitalized C indicating that word is part of its proper name) therefore it would seem that here in this article and elsewhere in listings of municipalities pointing here, the word City must and should be added to the word Barre to accurately name it. The word Barre alone indicates the town of Barre and should be preferable, in my opinion, to using the single word for each and adding the parenthetical distinction.

Second, one of the opening statements in this article is contradictory in my opinion: QUOTE: Barre is a city in Washington County, Vermont, in the United States. The city is the largest town in the Micropolitan area of Barre. ENDQUOTE. How can the city be the largest town? Shouldn't the statement be rephrased to something more like: The city is the largest community..... or the largest population district. Having described it accurately as a city, do not then refer to it as a town, especially since there IS a town by that name, distinct from the city of that name.

Third, though this deals with a different community, it appears a similar, though reversed, situation exists for Rutland and Rutland Town, wherein the simple name Rutland indicates the city of that name while the full name of the town is Rutland Town (although noting that references exist to Center Rutland as well). Will some Vermonter please investigate and correct these listings and pages to accurately reflect the true full names of the municipalities.JackME 19:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] D. C. Jarvis

Was D. C. Jarvis from Barre (city), Vermont or Barre (town), Vermont? Badagnani 09:00, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

The town. Benjamin ^{Scrīptum est - Fecī} 16:04, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barre-Northfield, Vermont - Bell Family Heritage

I thought I had the English language down cold! For the love of Mike, Jack's issues, in the minds of the wrong audience, might actually make mine seem like non-issues in comparison.

I am not an overbearing, monomaniac, but a humble genealogist from Connecticut on the quest of tracing Bell Family members who are one to three generations up from pure-blooded Indians from Canada, assumedly originating from the Bell Island. Should anyone of knowledge of the family with one such member, Jane Bell Verge, born in Northfield in the mid-1800s, and buried in Twin Mountain, NH - please reach out to my email address: rwhiting2@comcast.net. I would certainly appreciate your help. Thank you.

p/s - Editing staff: You will be in my prayers! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.24.47.10 (talk) 14:36, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bad photo?

Can we please get a better photo? That aerial photo is really grainy. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 09:43, 12 May 2008 (UTC)