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History · Hannah

Hannah’s post office opened in 1884, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on and the census since 1930.

1884first post office
0on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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How Hannah began

When was Hannah founded?

1884

The Hannah post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1897.

First census: 262 in 19302020 census: 8142 years
Founding year: the first Hannah post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1897.

What stands out about Hannah’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 Hannah are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hannah’s history is told.

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The story so far

Hannah, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hannah yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Hannah is a city in Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 8 at the 2020 census. Hannah was founded in 1897.

Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 15 to 8 (-47%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Hannah, 1884 to 1992

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Hannah post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1908Born hereEthel Catherwood is born here
  5. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1992Post officeThe Hannah post office closes
By decade

Hannah, decade by decade

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On the map

Hannah on the map, 1970 to 1985

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

Hannah on the 1970 USGS mapHannah on the 1985 USGS map1970Hannah 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 Hannah.

People over time

Hannah, census by census

010020019401960198020002020Peak: 262

Between 8 and 262 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Hannah had its own post office from 1884 to 1992.

Hannah
1884–1992
18801950today
Gone or out of use
Hannah Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Hannah’s history

What year was Hannah founded?

The Hannah post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1897.

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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 (22), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.