Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1930 on and the census since 1800.
The New Vineyard post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Pratt's Corner (1862), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
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 New Vineyard’s history is told.
Lost half of its people between 1840 and 1960, then more than doubled.
23 censuses, 1800–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on New Vineyard’s Wikipedia page.
New Vineyard’s post office has been open since 1847. Another post office, Pratt's Corner, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of New Vineyard yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
New Vineyard is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States. The population was 721 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1847. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 757 to 721 (-5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention New Vineyard, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The first settlement within the present limits of the town of Industry was made on the New Vineyard Goref in 1 79 1 . l'h is tract of land was a remnant, of rectangular shape, left after the survey of the township of New Vineyard, its longest sides being from east to west. It was bounded on the north by the township of New Vineyard, on the west by Readstown (now Strong), on the south by Sandy River Plantation (now Farmington), and on the east by the Lowell or Mile-and-a-half
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
burial-place is said to be the oldest one in town, and the remains of many of the early settlers repose therein. The inhabitants residing on the Gore, a valuable tract of land which had been incorporated with the town of New Vineyard, petitioned the General Court for a separation from New Vineyard and annexation to Industry. The petitioners were thoroughly in earnest, and ardently prosecuted their claims. On the other hand, the inhabitants of New Vineyard, not favoring secession,
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of New Vineyard. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of New Vineyard.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The New Vineyard post office opened in 1847, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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 old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
