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History · West Stewartstown

West Stewartstown’s post office opened in 1833, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1887 on.

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Quick answers

How West Stewartstown began

When was West Stewartstown founded?

1833

The West Stewartstown post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 263193 years
Founding year: the first West Stewartstown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about West Stewartstown’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 West Stewartstown are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Mapped building by building5 fire insurance maps, 1887 to 1914, drew every building in West Stewartstown.Deep rootsA post office since 1833: 193 years of West Stewartstown.
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Start West Stewartstown’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Every building

West Stewartstown, building by building, 1887–1914

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.

West Stewartstown fire insurance map, 1887, sheet 11887Sheet 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

West Stewartstown, in brief

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

West Stewartstown is a census-designated place in the town of Stewartstown, New Hampshire, United States. It had a population of 263 at the 2020 census, down from 386 at the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1833. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 386 to 263 (-32%).

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

By decade

West Stewartstown, decade by decade

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On the map

West Stewartstown on the map in 1989

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of West Stewartstown.

West Stewartstown on the 1989 USGS map1989Monadnock Mountain 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 West Stewartstown.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

StewartstownIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about West Stewartstown’s history

What year was West Stewartstown founded?

The West Stewartstown post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.