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History · Hartland

Hartland’s post office opened in 1857, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1880.

1857first post office
0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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How Hartland began

When was Hartland founded?

1857

The Hartland post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 107 in 18802020 census: 321169 years
Founding year: the first Hartland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hartland’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 Hartland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Hartland’s homes were built before 1960.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hartland’s history is told.

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How Hartland came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hartland.

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Hartland was platted in 1877. The name is derived from Hartland, Vermont.

On December 15, 2021, parts of Hartland sustained significant damage after the town was struck by an EF2 tornado. The tornado was one of over 100 to occur during the December 2021 Midwest derecho and tornado outbreak.

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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

Hartland on the map, 1967 to 1985

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

Hartland on the 1967 USGS mapHartland on the 1985 USGS map1967Hartland 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 Hartland.

People over time

Hartland, census by census

010020030018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 331

Between 107 and 331 people in every census since 1880.

14 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Questions about Hartland’s history

What year was Hartland founded?

The Hartland post office opened in 1857, 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.