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History · Charlotte

26% of Charlotte’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Charlotte Pound. Below: maps from 1986 on and the census since 1830.

1on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Charlotte’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 Charlotte are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 718 in 1850; 337 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Charlotte’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Charlotte, census by census

02004006008001850190019502000Peak: 718

Peaked at 718 in 1850; 337 people lived here in 2020.

20 censuses, 1830–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Charlotte’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Charlotte, in brief

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

Charlotte is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The town was named for Charlotte Holland Vance (1826-1918), the daughter of legislator William Vance. The population was 337 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 332 in 2010, 337 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Charlotte, 1850 to 1986

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850CensusPopulation peaks at 718
  3. 1872BuiltCharlotte Pound is built
  4. 20th century
  5. 1986On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Charlotte, decade by decade

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On the map

Charlotte on the map, 1986 to 1994

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

Charlotte on the 1986 USGS mapCharlotte on the 1994 USGS map1986Calais sheet · 1:100,000

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Charlotte

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2005
Charlotte Pound
Charlotte Pound, built 1872
Buildings
All 1 listings
Charlotte PoundBuilding · listed 2005

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Blanchard CornerPine Corner
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Charlotte
Damon RidgeRound Pond

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

CooperIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMeddybempsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBaring plantationIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRobbinston5 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPembroke1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Charlotte’s history

What is on the National Register in Charlotte?

One place: the Charlotte Pound (listed 2005).

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 Wikimedia Commons (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.