THE BARRE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lower Worcester Plateau/Eastern Connecticut Upland setting.
Barre town has 44.3 square miles of land in Worcester County. Its Census reference point is in Lower Worcester Plateau/Eastern Connecticut Upland, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Barre and Worcester County
Barre is associated with Worcester County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Barre by land and water
The Census records 0.28 square miles of water within Barre, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 3.7 percentage points lower than the 4.3% recorded for Worcester County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Barre town has 28 times the land area of nearby Barre CDP (1.58 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

