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History · Stacyville

Stacyville’s post office opened in 1888, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1985 on and the census since 1870.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Stacyville began

When was Stacyville founded?

1888

The Stacyville post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Braggville (1894), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 138 in 18702020 census: 380138 years
Founding year: the first Stacyville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Stacyville’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 Stacyville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 717 in 1940; 380 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stacyville’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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People over time

Stacyville, census by census

020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 717

Peaked at 717 in 1940; 380 people lived here in 2020.

16 censuses, 1870–2020.

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

The story so far

Stacyville, in brief

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

Stacyville is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States, in the foothills of Mount Katahdin. The population was 380 at the 2020 census. It achieved national prominence in 1939 when 12-year-old Donn Fendler was lost on Katahdin for nine days, before being found in Stacyville on July 25, 1939.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 396 to 380 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Stacyville, 1888 to 1985

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Stacyville post office opens
  3. 1894Post officeThe Braggville post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1909Post officeThe Braggville post office closes
  6. 1909Post officeThe Sherman Station post office opens
  7. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 717
  8. 1985On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Stacyville on the map in 1985

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Stacyville.

Stacyville on the 1985 USGS map1985Millinocket sheet · 1:100,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Stacyville.

Famous people

Famous people close to Stacyville

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

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Gladys GeorgeAmerican actress · b. 1900
Mike MichaudU.S. representative for Maine's 2nd district, a… · b. 1955
Steve CliffordAmerican basketball coach · b. 1961
Edwin C. BurleighAmerican politician · b. 1843
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George F. CarrierMathematician and Professor of Applied Mathemat… · b. 1918
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Marc MacaulayAmerican actor · b. 1957
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Stacyville’s post office has been open since 1888. Another post office, Braggville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Stacyville
1888–today
Braggville
1894–1909
Sherman Station
1909–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Sherman StationSiberia

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.

Sherman1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPatten1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Stacyville’s history

What year was Stacyville founded?

The Stacyville post office opened in 1888, 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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Sources

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 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.