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History · Aldrich

Aldrich’s post office opened in 1877, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 1940.

1877first post office
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Aldrich began

When was Aldrich founded?

1877

The Aldrich post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 152 in 19402020 census: 35149 years
Founding year: the first Aldrich post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Aldrich’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 Aldrich are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Aldrich’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Aldrich’s history is told.

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The story

How Aldrich came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Aldrich.

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A post office called Aldrich has been in operation since 1877. The city was named for Cyrus Aldrich (1808–1871), a state legislator.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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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

Aldrich on the map, 1966 to 1986

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

Aldrich on the 1966 USGS mapAldrich on the 1986 USGS map1966Aldrich North sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Aldrich, census by census

010019401960198020002020Peak: 152

Between 35 and 152 people in every census since 1940.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Aldrich TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBartlett TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Aldrich’s history

What year was Aldrich founded?

The Aldrich post office opened in 1877, 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, 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.