 The oldest properties in the district date to the 1830s, but most of the village's 23 contributing structures date to the early decades of the 20th century.The village did not begin to take shape until the railroad was built through the area (and away from Hatfield's other population centers) in the 1840s.It became one of the main depots through which the town's agricultural products (tobacco in particular) made their way to market, and developed as a bustling village centered around the station.