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History · Embden

Embden’s post office opened in 1822, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Embden Town House and the Concord Haven. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1904 on, and the census since 1810.

1822first post office
2on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Embden began

When was Embden founded?

1822

The Embden post office opened in 1822, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 351 in 18102020 census: 902204 years
Founding year: the first Embden post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Embden’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1860 and 1950, then more than doubled.On the map since 19044 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1989. Watch Embden change.Deep rootsA post office since 1822: 204 years of Embden.
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Start Embden’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Embden’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Embden, census by census

02004006008001,00018501900195020001,041 in 1860Low: 303

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1860 and 1950, then more than doubled.

22 censuses, 1810–2020.

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

On the map

Embden on the map, 1904 to 1989

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

Embden on the 1904 USGS mapEmbden on the 1955 USGS mapEmbden on the 1975 USGS mapEmbden on the 1989 USGS map1904Anson 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 Embden.

The story so far

Embden, in brief

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

Embden is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 902 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1822. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 939 to 902 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Embden, 1822 to 1915

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1822Post officeThe Embden post office opens
  3. 1844Born hereJohn B. Pierce is born here
  4. 1860CensusPopulation peaks at 1,041
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1907Post officeThe Embden post office closes
  8. 1915BuiltConcord Haven is built
By decade

Embden, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Annual report of the municipal officers of the town ofDate?Annual report of the municipal officers of the town ofBook
Today7 recent
KennebecRiver WilliamsDam32022KennebecRiver WilliamsDam3KennebecRiver WilliamsDam22022KennebecRiver WilliamsDam2KennebecRiver WilliamsDam12022KennebecRiver WilliamsDam1EmbdenME TownOffices2022EmbdenME TownOfficesEmbdenME TownHouse2022EmbdenME TownHouseEmbdenME ConcordHaven2022EmbdenME ConcordHavenLake2005Lake
On the National Register

2 historic places in Embden

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1989
Embden Town House
Embden Town HouseConcord Haven, built 1915
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Federal1
Colonial Revival1
Embden Town HouseFederal
Concord HavenColonial Revival · Built 1915

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Embden had its own post office from 1822 to 1907.

Embden
1822–1907
18201920today
Gone or out of use
Deveraux CampslocaleEmbden Elementary SchoolschoolEmerson SchoolschoolPurington Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Solon1 historic placeB+Anson4 historic placesANew Portland1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Embden’s history

What year was Embden founded?

The Embden post office opened in 1822, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Embden?

Two places: the Embden Town House (listed 1989) and the Concord Haven (1992).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (8), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.