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History · Moro plantation

Moro plantation’s post office opened in 1855

Most of Moro plantation was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1940 on and the census since 1880.

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How Moro plantation began

When was Moro plantation founded?

1855

The Moro plantation post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Moro (1855) and Rockabema (1856), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 171 in 18802020 census: 44171 years
Founding year: the first Moro plantation post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Moro 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 Moro plantation are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Moro plantation, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Boom and bustPeaked at 217 in 1900; 44 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Moro plantation’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Moro
1855–1907
Rockabema
1856–1907
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BatesvilleKnowles CornerMoro
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Moro plantation
CooperDarlingMarley Bradford

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

People over time

Moro plantation, census by census

010020018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 217

Peaked at 217 in 1900; 44 people lived here in 2020.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

The story so far

Moro plantation, in brief

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

Moro Plantation is a plantation in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 44 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1855. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 38 to 44 (+16%).

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

Timeline

Moro plantation, 1855 to 1940

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Moro post office opens
  3. 1856Post officeThe Rockabema post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900CensusPopulation peaks at 217
  6. 1907Post officeThe Moro post office closes
  7. 1907Post officeThe Rockabema post office closes
  8. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Moro plantation, decade by decade

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On the map

Moro plantation on the map, 1940 to 1986

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

Moro plantation on the 1940 USGS mapMoro plantation 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 Moro plantation.

Famous people

Famous people close to Moro plantation

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

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Samantha SmithAmerican peace activist and child actress · b. 1972
Gladys GeorgeAmerican actress · b. 1900
Steve CliffordAmerican basketball coach · b. 1961
Edwin C. BurleighAmerican politician · b. 1843
Marcus DavisAmerican martial artist · b. 1973
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Alton KelleyArtist · b. 1940
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

MerrillIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHerseyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDyer BrookIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Moro plantation’s history

What year was Moro plantation founded?

The Moro plantation post office opened in 1855, 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.