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History · Jackman

Jackman’s post office opened in 1869, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Moose River Congregational Church. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1914 on, and the census since 1840.

1869first post office
1on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Jackman’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Jackman began

When was Jackman founded?

1869

The Jackman post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Jackman Station (1912), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 10 in 18402020 census: 782157 years
Founding year: the first Jackman post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Jackman’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 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,099 in 1930; 783 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Jackman’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewMaine - Eddington through: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Jackman, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001850190019502000Peak: 1,099

Peaked at 1,099 in 1930; 783 people lived here in 2020.

18 censuses, 1840–2020.

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

The story

How Jackman came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Jackman.

Read it all →

Jackman was named after Captain James Jackman, who was hired by the State of Maine in the 1830s to build the road connecting the United States with Canada.

On April 8, 2024, Jackman was on the path of totality for a total eclipse of the sun. The eclipse was to sweep across most of the United States, but as the date approached, cloudy skies were forecast for most of that path. However, Jackman was expected to have clear skies that day, so the town of less than a thousand residents was inundated by more than 10,000 visitors from across the country. Officials said it was probably the largest crowd ever seen in Jackman.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Jackman, 1869 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869Post officeThe Jackman post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Jackman post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1912Post officeThe Jackman Station post office opens
  6. 1917In the archiveMaine - Eddington through
  7. 1923On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 1,099
  9. 1969Post officeThe Jackman post office closes
  10. 1969Post officeThe Jackman Station post office closes
By decade

Jackman, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s2 items
Maine - Eddington through1917Maine - Eddington throughMaine - Eddington through1917Maine - Eddington through
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today11 recent
JackmanME TownOffices2022JackmanME TownOfficesJackmanME NorthlandHotel2022JackmanME NorthlandHotelJackmanME MooseRiverCongregationalChurch2022JackmanME MooseRiverCongregationalChurchJackmanME Library2022JackmanME LibraryJackmanME FormerGrangeHall2022JackmanME FormerGrangeHallJackmanME AtteanPond2022JackmanME AtteanPondUSRoute2012012USRoute201Train - panoramio (39)2012Train - panoramio (39)Jackman, Maine2012Jackman, MaineJackman buildings2012Jackman buildingsJackman Maine2012Jackman Maine
On the map

Jackman on the map in 1923

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jackman.

Jackman on the 1923 USGS map1923Attean 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 Jackman.

Every building

Jackman, building by building, 1914

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Jackman fire insurance map, 1914, sheet 11914Sheet 1 of 3
BrickWoodStone

Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Maine - Eddington through
Retake this viewMaine - Eddington through, 1917

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Jackman’s page.

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

1 historic place in Jackman

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1998
Moose River Congregational Church
Moose River Congregational Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Gothic1
Moose River Congregational ChurchGothic

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Jackman

Nobody well known was born in Jackman itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Edgar Wilson NyeAmerican journalist and humorist · b. 1850
Frank NyeAmerican politician · b. 1852
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Jackman’s post office has been open since 1869. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Jackman
1869–today
Jackman
1895–1969
Jackman Station
1912–1969
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Blair
Gone or out of use
Hughey Camplocale
1cemetery inside Jackman
Holden

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.

Moose River1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Jackman’s history

What year was Jackman founded?

The Jackman post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Jackman?

One place: the Moose River Congregational Church (listed 1998).

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 (13), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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 Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.