The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Saratoga.
The Maj. James Scarborough House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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History · Saratoga
Saratoga’s post office opened in 1854, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Maj. James Scarborough House. Its Register listing is the Maj. James Scarborough House. Below: maps from 1904 on and the census since 1880.
1854first post office
1on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Quick answers
How Saratoga began
When was Saratoga founded?
1854
The Saratoga post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 81 in 18802020 census: 353172 years
Founding year: the first Saratoga post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Saratoga’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Saratoga’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Saratoga’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.Timeline
Saratoga, 1821 to 1904
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Saratoga on the map, 1904 to 1978
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Saratoga. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1904Wilson sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Saratoga.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Saratoga
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
Maj. James Scarborough House
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Federal1
All 1 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Saratoga, census by census
Between 81 and 409 people in every census since 1880.
13 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Saratoga’s Wikipedia page.
Questions about Saratoga’s history
What year was Saratoga founded?
The Saratoga post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Saratoga?
One place: the Maj. James Scarborough House (listed 1982).
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.