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History · Macwahoc plantation

Macwahoc plantation’s post office opened in 1877

Most of Macwahoc plantation was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1941 on and the census since 1860.

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How Macwahoc plantation began

When was Macwahoc plantation founded?

1877

The Macwahoc plantation post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Macwahoc (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 202 in 18602020 census: 62149 years
Founding year: the first Macwahoc plantation post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Macwahoc plantation’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 Macwahoc plantation are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 242 in 1940; 62 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Macwahoc plantation’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Macwahoc plantation, census by census

0100200190019502000Peak: 242

Peaked at 242 in 1940; 62 people lived here in 2020.

17 censuses, 1860–2020.

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

The story so far

Macwahoc plantation, in brief

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

Macwahoc Plantation is a plantation in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 62 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1877. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 79 to 62 (-22%).

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

Timeline

Macwahoc plantation, 1877 to 1941

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Macwahoc post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1929Post officeThe Macwahoc post office closes
  5. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 242
  6. 1941On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Macwahoc plantation, decade by decade

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On the map

Macwahoc plantation on the map, 1941 to 1988

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

Macwahoc plantation on the 1941 USGS mapMacwahoc plantation on the 1975 USGS mapMacwahoc plantation on the 1988 USGS map1941Wytopitlock 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 Macwahoc plantation.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Macwahoc, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Macwahoc plantation
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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.

Reed plantationIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Macwahoc plantation’s history

What year was Macwahoc plantation founded?

The Macwahoc plantation post office opened in 1877, 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.