The story
Read it all →How Gagetown came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Gagetown.
Gagetown began around a mill founded by Joseph Gage in 1869. The village was platted in 1871 and incorporated in 1887.
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History · Gagetown
Gagetown’s post office opened in 1870, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1890.
1870first post office
0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Gagetown began
When was Gagetown founded?
1870
The Gagetown post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 237 in 18902020 census: 321156 years
Founding year: the first Gagetown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Gagetown’s past
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Start Gagetown’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gagetown’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.People over time
Gagetown, census by census
Peaked at 440 in 1920; 321 people lived here in 2020.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Gagetown’s Wikipedia page.
By decade
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Gagetown on the map, 1963 to 1984
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Gagetown. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1963Gagetown sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Gagetown.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Gagetown
Nobody well known was born in Gagetown itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Questions about Gagetown’s history
What year was Gagetown founded?
The Gagetown post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.