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History · Hanover

Hanover’s post office opened in 1847, and 51% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1975 on.

1847first post office
0on the National Register
51%homes built before 1940
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How Hanover began

When was Hanover founded?

1847

The Hanover post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 151179 years
Founding year: the first Hanover post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hanover’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Hanover are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Hanover’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1847: 179 years of Hanover.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hanover’s history is told.

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The story so far

Hanover, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hanover yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Hanover is a census-designated place in Coosa County, Alabama, United States. Hanover is likely named for Hanover, Virginia. A post office operated under the name Hanover from 1847 to 1907. The Hanover Schist is named for Hanover. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 151.

Its first post office opened in 1847.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Hanover, 1847 to 1975

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1847Post officeThe Hanover post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Hanover post office closes
  5. 1975On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Hanover on the map in 1975

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hanover.

Hanover on the 1975 USGS map1975Goodwater SE sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hanover.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Hanover had its own post office from 1847 to 1907.

Hanover
1847–1907
18401930today
1cemetery inside Hanover
Hanover

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Hanover’s history

What year was Hanover founded?

The Hanover post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.