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History · Pitcher

Pitcher’s post office opened in 1827, and 34% of its homes were built before 1940

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Quick answers

How Pitcher began

When was Pitcher founded?

1827

The Pitcher post office opened in 1827, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Pitcher Springs (1842) and South Pitcher (1854), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 667199 years
Founding year: the first Pitcher post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Pitcher’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 Pitcher are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Pitcher, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1827: 199 years of Pitcher.
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Start Pitcher’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pitcher’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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Places that used to be

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

Pitcher’s post office has been open since 1827. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Pitcher
1827–today
Pitcher Springs
1842–1920
North Pitcher
1852–today
South Pitcher
1854–1858
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HydevilleNorth PitcherPitcher Springs
Gone or out of use
Brakel ChurchchurchSchool Number 1schoolSchool Number 2schoolSchool Number 3schoolSchool Number 4schoolSchool Number 6schoolSchool Number 7school
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pitcher
Brakel Valley ChurchyardHinmanNorth PitcherPinkPitcher Congregational ChurchSoperUfford

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Pitcher, 1827 to 1920

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1827Post officeThe Pitcher post office opens
  3. 1837Born hereJethro A. Hatch is born here
  4. 1842Post officeThe Pitcher Springs post office opens
  5. 1852Post officeThe North Pitcher post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1920Post officeThe Pitcher Springs post office closes
The story

How Pitcher came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pitcher.

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The land was first settled circa 1794. The town of Pitcher was formed from parts of the towns of German and Lincklaen in 1827. The size of Pitcher was increased in 1833 with an additional portion of Lincklaen.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Pitcher, decade by decade

Today1 recent
North Pitcher Church2026North Pitcher Church
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Taylor3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPharsaliaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincklaenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGermanIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Pitcher’s history

What year was Pitcher founded?

The Pitcher post office opened in 1827, 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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Sources

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), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.