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History · Hayfield Township

29% of Hayfield Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 1900.

0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hayfield Township’s past

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The story

How Hayfield Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hayfield Township.

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The Hayfield branch of the U.S. Post Office has been in operation since 1885. Hayfield was incorporated in 1896. Hayfield Township was organized March 30, 1872, having previously been a part of Vernon. Its name was adopted from a township of Crawford County in northwestern Pennsylvania. The city of Hayfield, sections 15 and 22, was incorporated January 7, 1896; it had a station of the Chicago Great Western Railroad; the Vernon Co-operative Creamery near Hayfield was the oldest farmer-owned creamery in the state.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Hayfield Township, decade by decade

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On the map

Hayfield Township on the map, 1966 to 1985

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

Hayfield Township on the 1966 USGS mapHayfield Township on the 1985 USGS map1966Hayfield 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 Hayfield Township.

People over time

Hayfield Township, census by census

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Grew from 439 people in 1900 to 1,364 in 2020, 3 times over.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Ashland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVernon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWaltham TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.