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The town of St. Albans was chartered in 1763, but significant settlement in the town did not begin until after the American Revolutionary War.The town common, now Taylor Park, was laid out in 1792, and the major stagecoach route between Burlington and Montreal, now roughly United States Route 7, was laid out by Ira Allen to pass on its west side.
St. Albans Franklin County was organized in 1795, but did not have a courthouse until 1803, during which time terms of the court were held at Silas Hathaway's tavern, the oldest house in the city. [ 6 ]
The USCIS has a service center in St. Albans; the majority of the 1,100 USCIS employees in Vermont are based in St. Albans, [18] and the federal agency is the city's largest employer. [19] The Dairy Farmers of America, a major dairy cooperative, has a manufacturing plant in St. Albans that produces cream, condensed skim milk, and milk powder. [20]
The town is located in western Franklin County and extends west into Lake Champlain to the border with Grand Isle County, Vermont.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 60.5 square miles (156.8 km 2), of which 37.0 square miles (95.9 km 2) is land and 23.5 square miles (60.9 km 2), or 38.84%, is water. [10]
Albans was supposedly chosen as the headquarters site of the new railroad by J. Gregory Smith, a St. Albans native who became the railroad's first president. The property where its facilities are located had previously been developed on a smaller scale by the predecessor Vermont and Canada Railroad.
The Willard Manufacturing Company Building is a historic factory building at 25 Stowell Street in the city of St. Albans, Vermont. Built in 1896, the building saw industrial uses continuously until 2006, retaining many original early period features. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]
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