Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Ludlow was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992.
The Ludlow post office opened in 1897, 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 Ludlow’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ludlow yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Ludlow is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 434 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1897. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 404 to 434 (+7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Nobody well known was born in Ludlow itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Ludlow had its own post office from 1897 to 1945.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Ludlow post office opened in 1897, 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), 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.
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