Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1919 on and the census since 1810.
Morgan dates its founding to 1780 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1810.
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 Morgan’s history is told.
Lost two-thirds of its people between 1880 and 1960, then more than doubled.
22 censuses, 1810–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Morgan’s Wikipedia page.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Morgan. 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 Morgan.
From Wikipedia’s history of Morgan.
During the Civil War the town furnished forty-seven enlisted men, thirteen of whom were killed or died from the effects of wounds or disease.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Morgan, cut from the printed page as they were published.
845 acres, while other towns usually contain 23,400. This deficiency was made up by the grant of a gore of land that is now united to the town of Morgan. The original proprietors early disposed of their interest to the State of Connecticut.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
The town of Morgan is situated in the N. E. port of Orleans County, lat. 44° 50' N. long. 5° y E. The form of the townsliip is irregular, bounded on the N. by Holland & Derbj E. & N.
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.
Born hereZophar M. Mansur is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyMorgan’s post office has been open since 1843. Another post office, Morgan Center, opened and closed inside today’s town.
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 1780, according to Wikidata. Morgan’s post office opened in 1843, and the census of 1810 counted 135 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 →
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