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History · Masardis

Masardis’ post office opened in 1843, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Masardis began

When was Masardis founded?

1843

The Masardis post office opened in 1843, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 204183 years
Founding year: the first Masardis post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Masardis’ 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 Masardis are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1843: 183 years of Masardis.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Masardis’s history is told.

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The story so far

Masardis, in brief

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

Masardis is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 204 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1843. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 249 to 204 (-18%).

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

By decade

Masardis, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Masardis

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

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Susan CollinsUnited States Senator from Maine since 1997 · b. 1952
Jessica MeirAmerican and Swedish astronaut · b. 1977
John CrowleyAmerican writer of speculative fiction · b. 1942
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Lynn FlewellingAmerican writer · b. 1958
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Jack SepkoskiAmerican paleontologist · b. 1948
John H. ReedAmerican politician · b. 1921
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Masardis had its own post office from 1843 to 1967.

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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.

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Questions about Masardis’ history

What year was Masardis founded?

The Masardis post office opened in 1843, 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 (2), 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.