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History · Hawleyville

Hawleyville’s post office opened in 1844, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

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How Hawleyville began

When was Hawleyville founded?

1844

The Hawleyville post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 151182 years
Founding year: the first Hawleyville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hawleyville’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 Hawleyville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18926 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1984. Watch Hawleyville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1844: 182 years of Hawleyville.
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Hawleyville on the map, 1892 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hawleyville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Hawleyville on the 1892 USGS mapHawleyville on the 1915 USGS mapHawleyville on the 1953 USGS mapHawleyville on the 1963 USGS mapHawleyville on the 1972 USGS mapHawleyville on the 1984 USGS map1892Danbury sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story

How Hawleyville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hawleyville.

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Hawleyville is named after the family of Glover Hawley. This was a condition Hawley included in the sale of land to the Housatonic Railroad Company in the nineteenth century. Hawleyville briefly emerged as a railroad center, causing Newtown's population to grow to over 4,000 circa 1881. The railroads included the New York and New England Railroad and the Hawleyville Branch of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. As of 2018, the Housatonic Railroad Company owns a lumber distribution and bulk transfer facility in Hawleyville.

Hawleyville gained a sewer system in 2001, which was subsequently expanded upon in 2016. It utilizes the nearby Danbury sewage plant.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Questions about Hawleyville’s history

What year was Hawleyville founded?

The Hawleyville post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.