Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Vienna Town House. Below: maps from 1894 on and the census since 1800.
The Vienna post office opened in 1808, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, North Vienna (1854), 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 Vienna’s history is told.
Lost two-thirds of its people between 1840 and 1960, then grew 3-fold.
23 censuses, 1800–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Vienna’s Wikipedia page.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Vienna. 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 Vienna.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Vienna yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Vienna is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 578 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1808. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 570 in 2010, 578 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Vienna, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Nathaniel, with his brother-in-law, Jedidiah Prescott, jun., purchased the town of Vienna from the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and disposed of a large amount of the land at a nominal price in order to further its settlement. He also divided among his sons — Thomas, Jedidiah, Abel, Nathaniel and Levi — a large tract of land lying in the northern part of the town where, with the exception of Thomas, they resided the rest of their lives.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Vienna Cemetery Association was organized in 1890 for the purpose of taking better care of the old burying ground that was originally laid out on John Bradley's land before 1800. This yard contains more graves than any other in town, and is most beautifully situated, with cheerful surroundings. All its arrangements indicate the best of care, and its many white marbles are a credit to any community. Samuel Davis is president and M. F. Eaton is secretary of the association.
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.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Vienna’s post office has been open since 1808. Another post office, North Vienna, 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).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Vienna post office opened in 1808, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the Vienna Town House (listed 1982).
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 Wikimedia Commons (8), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
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