Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1968 on and the census since 1920.
The Hartwick post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hartwick’s history is told.
Peaked at 126 in 1960; 92 people lived here in 2020.
11 censuses, 1920–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hartwick’s Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hartwick yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Hartwick is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 92 at the time of the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 86 to 92 (+7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Hartwick, cut from the printed page as they were published.
dred acres of land, all in Poweshiek county. He has since sold off much of this, however, but still retains possession of three hundred and twenty acres, and from this he derives an income that has enabled him to put aside acti\e business cares, for he is now living retired in the village of Hartwick. Since the P.ank of Hartwick was organized, in 1902, he has been a stockholder and director of that institution, and he has likewise been interested in the Farmers
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hartwick. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hartwick.
Nobody well known was born in Hartwick itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Hartwick’s post office has been open since 1884.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Hartwick post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikimedia Commons (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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