The story
Read it all →How Hatfield came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Hatfield.
Hatfield was laid out in 1880. A post office was established at Hatfield in 1880, and remained in operation until 1992.
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History · Hatfield
Hatfield’s post office opened in 1880, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1920.
1880first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Hatfield began
When was Hatfield founded?
1880
The Hatfield post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 99 in 19202020 census: 53146 years
Founding year: the first Hatfield post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Hatfield’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Hatfield’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hatfield’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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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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Hatfield on the map, 1967 to 1985
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hatfield. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1967Edgerton North 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 Hatfield.
People over time
Hatfield, census by census
Between 47 and 112 people in every census since 1920.
11 censuses, 1920–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hatfield’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Hatfield
Nobody well known was born in Hatfield itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Places now gone
Hatfield’s post office has been open since 1880.
Gone or out of use
Hatfieldlocale
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Hatfield’s history
What year was Hatfield founded?
The Hatfield post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 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.