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History · Hersey

Hersey’s post office opened in 1889, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1940 on and the census since 1870.

1889first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Hersey began

When was Hersey founded?

1889

The Hersey post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 107 in 18702020 census: 73137 years
Founding year: the first Hersey post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hersey’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 Hersey are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 245 in 1920; 73 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hersey’s history is told.

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People over time

Hersey, census by census

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Peaked at 245 in 1920; 73 people lived here in 2020.

16 censuses, 1870–2020.

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

The story so far

Hersey, in brief

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

Hersey is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 73 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1889. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 83 to 73 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Hersey, 1889 to 1940

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Hersey post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1908Post officeThe Hersey post office closes
  5. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 245
  6. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Hersey, decade by decade

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On the map

Hersey on the map, 1940 to 1986

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

Hersey on the 1940 USGS mapHersey on the 1975 USGS mapHersey on the 1986 USGS map1940Island Falls 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 Hersey.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Hersey had its own post office from 1889 to 1908.

Hersey
1889–1908
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Halls Corner
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hersey
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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.

Mount ChaseIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDyer BrookIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoro plantationIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrystalIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Hersey’s history

What year was Hersey founded?

The Hersey post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (1), 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.