Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1961 on and old-book passages.
The Hoagland post office opened in 1872, 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 Hoagland’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Hoagland.
The post office at Hoagland has been in operation since 1872. Hoagland started as a station on the Fort Wayne, Richmond & Cincinnati Railroad.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Hoagland, cut from the printed page as they were published.
beyond the home market, but the demand from this quarter keeps the mills in constant operation. 1 p me rains m Saw mill and I tending Factory.— Charles and Joseph Houser entered upon tins business at Hoagland in tile spring of 1877. The quota of machinery is complete, and lumber is sawed from logs into strips, after which it is bent for oar. nage bows, shafts, tongues, wagon-tops, etc. The main building is 311x40 feet and the bending-room twenty feet square. The goods here manufactured find a ready market at Fort Wayne.
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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hoagland. 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 Hoagland.
Nobody well known was born in Hoagland itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Hoagland post office opened in 1872, 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 (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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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