Barre is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,113 at the 2000 census.

History
Originally called the Northwest District of Rutland, it was first settled in 1720. The town was incorporated on June 17, 1774 as Hutchinson after Thomas Hutchinson (governor), colonial governor of Province of Massachusetts Bay. But on November 7, 1776, it was renamed Barre in honor of Isaac Barr??, a champion of the American Colonies.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 44.6 square miles (115.5 km²), of which, 44.3 square miles (114.8 km²)...

Barre is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,113 at the 2000 census.

History
Originally called the Northwest District of Rutland, it was first settled in 1720. The town was incorporated on June 17, 1774 as Hutchinson after Thomas Hutchinson (governor), colonial governor of Province of Massachusetts Bay. But on November 7, 1776, it was renamed Barre in honor of Isaac Barr??, a champion of the American Colonies.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 44.6 square miles (115.5 km²), of which, 44.3 square miles (114.8 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²) of it (0.63%) is water. Barre is drained by the Ware River.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 5,113 people, 1,889 households, and 1,377 families residing in the town. The population density is 115.3 people per square mile (44.5/km²). There are 1,988 housing units at an average density of 44.8/sq mi (17.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.63% White (U.S. Census), 0.51% African American (U.S. Census) or Race (United States Census), 0.10% Native American (U.S. Census), 0.33% Asian (U.S. Census), 0.29% from Race (United States Census), and 1.13% from two or more races. 0.80% of the population are Hispanic (U.S. Census) or Latino (U.S. Census) of any race.

There are 1,889 households out of which 36.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% are Marriage living together, 9.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.1% are non-families. 22.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.69 and the average family size is 3.17.