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Stockbridge’s post office opened in 1838, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1911 on and the census since 1910.

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How Stockbridge began

When was Stockbridge founded?

1838

The Stockbridge post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 328 in 19102020 census: 678188 years
Founding year: the first Stockbridge post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Stockbridge’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 Stockbridge are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19114 editions of the USGS map, 1911 to 1992. Watch Stockbridge change.Deep rootsA post office since 1838: 188 years of Stockbridge.
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Start Stockbridge’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Stockbridge on the map, 1911 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Stockbridge. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Stockbridge on the 1911 USGS mapStockbridge on the 1955 USGS mapStockbridge on the 1974 USGS mapStockbridge on the 1992 USGS map1911Neenah sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Stockbridge.

Timeline

Stockbridge, 1838 to 1911

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1838Post officeThe Stockbridge post office opens
  3. 1853Born hereAda Celeste Sweet is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1911On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Stockbridge came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Stockbridge.

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Stockbridge is known as "The Sturgeon Capital of the World," and was named after the Stockbridge Indians after they moved here in the 1830s from Stockbridge, New York, where they had settled after being expelled from Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Stockbridge, decade by decade

Today6 recent
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People over time

Stockbridge, census by census

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Grew from 328 people in 1910 to 678 in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Stockbridge’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Stockbridge’s post office has been open since 1838.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Saint Catherines BaySunset Beach

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

Questions about Stockbridge’s history

What year was Stockbridge founded?

The Stockbridge post office opened in 1838, 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 (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.