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History · North Haverhill

North Haverhill’s post office opened in 1826

Most of North Haverhill was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1957. Below: maps from 1885 on.

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How North Haverhill began

When was North Haverhill founded?

1826

The North Haverhill post office opened in 1826, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 843200 years
Founding year: the first North Haverhill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about North Haverhill’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 North Haverhill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Mapped building by building4 fire insurance maps, 1885 to 1912, drew every building in North Haverhill.Deep rootsA post office since 1826: 200 years of North Haverhill.Old housesHalf of North Haverhill’s homes were built before 1957.
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Start North Haverhill’s collection

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

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Every building

North Haverhill, building by building, 1885–1912

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

North Haverhill fire insurance map, 1885, sheet 11885Sheet 1 of 1
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

The story so far

North Haverhill, in brief

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

North Haverhill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Haverhill, New Hampshire, United States. It is one of several villages in the town of Haverhill. As of the 2020 census, North Haverhill had a population of 843. The village is centered on the junction of New Hampshire Routes 10 and 116, on a bluff overlooking the Connecticut River, the western boundary of New Hampshire. It is situated in the middle of a fertile agricultural area at the western base of the White Mountains. Route 10, following the Connecticut River, connects the village of Woodsville to the north with the towns of Piermont, Orford, Lyme, and Hanover to the south. Route 116 heads east into the …

Its first post office opened in 1826.

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

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

North Haverhill on the map, 1935 to 1941

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

North Haverhill on the 1935 USGS mapNorth Haverhill on the 1941 USGS map1935Woodsville 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 North Haverhill.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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Questions about North Haverhill’s history

What year was North Haverhill founded?

The North Haverhill post office opened in 1826, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.