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History · Easton

Easton dates to 1876, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1929 on and the census since 1880.

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17%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Easton began

When was Easton founded?

1876

Easton dates its founding to 1876 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1880.

First census: 302 in 18802020 census: 292150 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1878.The full story ↓

What stands out about Easton’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 Easton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1880 and 1960, then grew 3-fold.
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Start Easton’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Easton’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Easton, census by census

010020030018801900192019401960198020002020302 in 1880Low: 74

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1880 and 1960, then grew 3-fold.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

The story

How Easton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Easton.

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Formed from a part of Landaff known as East Landaff, Easton was incorporated in 1876. Kinsman Mountain, the Kinsman Range, and Kinsman Notch are named for Nathaniel Kinsman, one of the original settlers.

Easton once contained a small logging settlement known as Wildwood. The community contained a school, a post office, several sawmills, a boarding house and a few homes. Log drives transporting lumber harvested from Mt. Moosilauke down the Wild Ammonoosuc River were conducted there until 1911. In 1933, Wildwood was the sight of New Hampshire's first Civilian Conservation Corps camp.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Easton, 1822 to 1977

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1822Born hereLydia White Shattuck is born here
  3. 1876
    FoundingEaston is established
  4. 1878Post officeThe Easton post office opens
  5. 1880CensusPopulation peaks at 302
  6. 1884Post officeThe Wildwood post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1907Post officeThe Wildwood post office closes
  9. 1918Post officeThe Easton post office closes
  10. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  11. 1977Born hereBode Miller is born here
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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

Easton on the map, 1929 to 1995

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

Easton on the 1929 USGS mapEaston on the 1932 USGS mapEaston on the 1967 USGS mapEaston on the 1988 USGS mapEaston on the 1995 USGS map1929Moosilauke sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Easton

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Bode MillerAmerican alpine ski racer · b. 1977
Lydia White ShattuckAmerican naturalist, botanist, and educator · b. 1822
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Easton had its own post office from 1878 to 1918. Another post office, Wildwood, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Easton
1878–1918
Wildwood
1884–1907
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Wildwood
Gone or out of use
School Number 2schoolSchool Number 3school
1cemetery inside Easton
Kinsman

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.

LincolnIts storyB−LandaffIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFranconia4 historic placesA

Questions about Easton’s history

What year was Easton founded?

In 1876, according to Wikidata. Easton’s post office opened in 1878, and the census of 1880 counted 302 people here.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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, 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.