Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1986 on and the census since 1800.
Stewartstown dates its founding to 1795 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1800.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stewartstown’s history is told.
Lost two-thirds of its people between 1820 and 1830, then grew 6-fold.
23 censuses, 1800–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Stewartstown’s Wikipedia page.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyFrom Wikipedia’s history of Stewartstown.
Stewartstown was granted in 1770 and incorporated in 1795. Originally named "Stuart" after Sir John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, it was incorporated as "Stewartstown" after the Revolutionary War, following the original Scottish spelling of the name.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Stewartstown, cut from the printed page as they were published.
"Pellatiah Nichols Hanry Sallanhim "John Walls Elijah Benton " Call for First. Ton-,, Meeting.—" Whereas, the honorable General Court of the state of New Hampshire at their last session incorjiorai.il a place called Stewartstown by the name of Stewartstown, and vest the same with town privileges ami did appoint and authorize me the subscriber to call a meeting of the inhabitants thereof for the choice of town officers. I do therefore notify the legal voters of said Stewartstown to meet together at my house in Stewartstown on the second Tuesday of March next at one of the clocli in the afternoon Eor the following purposes namely— first to choose a Moderator to govern said meet-
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Connected as West Stewartstown is with the wealthy town of Canaan, Vr., by a free bridge, and forming a prominent station on the railroad, and possessing many other advantages, it has an assured future of development and growth. The manufactories will be rebuilt on a larger scale, and new ones will he established. Its mechanics and manufacturers are energetic and intelligent: its merchants shrewd and reliable, carrying good stocks; its hotel, recently enlarged and refitted, is a first-class place of entertainment. A Congregational church, with a good membership and a
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
2025Stewartstown NH 12-26-2025
2017The Canaan Dam, a 27-foot hydroelectric dam and adjoi…
2017The Canaan Dam, a 27-foot hydroelectric dam spanning …
2017The Canaan Dam, a 27-foot hydroelectric dam spanning …
2017Rock cut, covered by evergreens, in U.S. Highway 3 ne…
2017Three-(or maybe even four-)story barn near Stewartsto…
2017Pink and white dairy barn near Stewartstown, New Hamp…
2017Sign for 45th parallel near Stewartstown, New Hampshi…
2017Sign, garage, near Stewartstown, New Hampshire
2013Welcome to
2013Stewartstown NH Town Office
2013Stewartstown NH 5
2013Connecticut River near
2013Connecticut River dam
2013Connecticut River at Canaan VT
2013Connecticut River 7
2013Connecticut River 3
201345th ParallelThe U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Stewartstown.
1986Sherbrooke sheet · 1:100,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Stewartstown.
Nobody well known was born in Stewartstown itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stewartstown had its own post office from 1826 to 1905.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1795, according to Wikidata. Stewartstown’s post office opened in 1826, and the census of 1800 counted 99 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (10), the Library of Congress (8), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
