Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 1920.
The Hatch post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1934.
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 Hatch’s history is told.
Peaked at 294 in 1940; 132 people lived here in 2020.
11 censuses, 1920–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hatch’s Wikipedia page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Hatch.
Hatch was originally called "Mammoth", and under the latter name was settled in 1872. A post office called Hatch has been in operation since 1904. The present name is after Meltiar Hatch, a pioneer citizen.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Hatch, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Capt. Isaac Hatch settled in Bangor, Me., abt. 1800 and built a two story frame house on main street where he kept an Inn until his death the 20 Aug., 1816, aged 51 years. His widow and son, Thomas, carried on the business for some years; it was known as “Hatch's Inn,” “Hatch’s Tavern” and the "Hatch House”. Mrs.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
122-3 in Court House at Boston: Estes Hatch, late of Roxbury, Mass. All goods, chattels, rights and credits of the deceased are hereby committed unto his son Nathaniel Hatch, Esq., sole Ex., dated at Boston 23 Feb., 1759. “I, Estes Hatch of Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Mass, in New England, being of sober mind and memory but uncertain of the duration of life, do hereby revoke and annul ail other and former wills and testaments by me heretofore made and do make and ordain this to be my last
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hatch. 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 Hatch.
Nobody well known was born in Hatch itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Hatch post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1934.
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 (9), 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.
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