St. Johnsbury

Also known as St Johnsbury, Saint Johnsbury, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, St. Johnsbury, VT, Saint Johnsbury, Vermont

town in Vermont, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Vermont
County: Caledonia
Communities: St. Johnsbury , St. Johnsbury Center, East St. Johnsbury
Total: 36.8 sq mi (95.2 km )
Land: 36.4 sq mi (94.3 km )
Water: 0.35 sq mi (0.9 km )
Elevation: 614 ft (187 m)
Density: 202/sq mi (78.1/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst: UTC−4 (EDT)
Zip codes: 05819 (St. Johnsbury), 05838 (East St. Johnsbury), 05863 (St. Johnsbury Center), 05824 ( Concord ), 05851 ( Lyndonville )

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St. Johnsbury or Saint Johnsbury (known locally as "St. J") is the shire town (county seat) of Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,364. St. Johnsbury is situated on the Passumpsic River and is located approximately six miles northwest of the Connecticut River and 48 miles (77 km) south of the Canada–U.S. border.

St. Johnsbury is the largest town by population in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and has long served as a commercial center for the region. The more densely settled southern one-third of the town is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the St. Johnsbury census-designated place, where over 81% of the population resides.