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History · Willimantic

14% of Willimantic’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Hathaway Barn and the Norton's Corner School. Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1870.

2on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Willimantic’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 Willimantic are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Willimantic, and 4 old place names are still on the map.Boom and bustPeaked at 446 in 1890; 134 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Willimantic’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.

Willamantic
1882–1908
Sebec Lake
1904–1966
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Earley LandingGoodell CornerPackard LandingSebec Lake
1cemetery inside Willimantic
Riverside

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

People over time

Willimantic, census by census

010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 446

Peaked at 446 in 1890; 134 people lived here in 2020.

15 censuses, 1870–2020.

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

The story so far

Willimantic, in brief

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

Willimantic is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 134 according to the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 150 to 134 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Willimantic, 1882 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882BuiltNorton's Corner School is built
  3. 1882Post officeThe Willamantic post office opens
  4. 1890CensusPopulation peaks at 446
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904Post officeThe Sebec Lake post office opens
  7. 1908Post officeThe Willamantic post office closes
  8. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1966Post officeThe Sebec Lake post office closes
By decade

Willimantic, decade by decade

Today5 recent
WillimanticME TownHall2022WillimanticME TownHallWillimanticME Library2022WillimanticME LibraryWillimanticME HathawayBarn2022WillimanticME HathawayBarnWillimanticME CommunityChurch2022WillimanticME CommunityChurchWillimantic, United States (Unsplash)2016Willimantic, United States (Unsplash)
On the map

Willimantic on the map, 1950 to 1988

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

Willimantic on the 1950 USGS mapWillimantic on the 1977 USGS mapWillimantic on the 1988 USGS map1950Sebec Lake 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 Willimantic.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Willimantic

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2003
Hathaway Barn
Hathaway BarnNorton's Corner School, built 1882
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Mid-19th Century1
Greek Revival1
Late Victorian1
Italianate1
Hathaway BarnMid-19th Century
Norton's Corner SchoolBuilt 1882

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Monson3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBowerbankIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGuilford3 historic placesA−

Questions about Willimantic’s history

What is on the National Register in Willimantic?

Two places: the Hathaway Barn (listed 2003) and the Norton's Corner School (2015).

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 Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.