Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Windsor was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1930 on, and the census since 1790.
Windsor dates its founding to 1798 (Wikidata). It appears in the first U.S. census, 1790.
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 Windsor’s history is told.
Lost two-thirds of its people between 1880 and 1920, then grew more than tenfold.
24 censuses, 1790–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Windsor’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 Survey
In the archiveLongest U.S. covered bridgeFrom Wikipedia’s history of Windsor.
Incorporated in 1798, Windsor takes its name from Windsor, Connecticut, the home town of grantee John Campbell. The town was made from the land that was left over from the surrounding Hillsborough County. Previously, the land was called "Campbell's Gore" as named for the aforementioned John Campbell.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Windsor, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The town of Hillsborough was surveyed and divided into lots under his direction, and the adjoining town of Windsor received its first name, "Campbell's Gore,'" from him. In 1706 he received a commission as coroner from Governor Wentworth, which office he filled a long time under both the provincial and state governments.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
from Windsor at 1 P. M. every Friday, and arrived at Amherst on the evening of the next day. Fare from Boston to Windsor (110 miles), 85; way passengers, 6 rents per mile.
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.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Windsor. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Windsor.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Windsor’s page.
Retake this view · +15Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1798, according to Wikidata. the first U.S. census counted 120 people here in 1790.
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 (1), the Library of Congress (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.
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