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How Accord began
When was Accord founded?
1826
The Accord post office opened in 1826, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 573200 years
Founding year: the first Accord post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Accord’s past
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A Delaware and Hudson Canal town originally named Port Jackson, it is thought that the name "Accord" resulted from a petition of the townspeople to the Capitol in Albany for a new name. The response was that the authorities could not come to an accord about a new name so the name "Accord" was chosen. The local pronunciation of this word is with a flat 'A' with the accent on the 'A' (ACK-kord).
Appeldoorn Farm, Common School No. 10, and Joachim Schoonmaker Farm, in rural areas near the hamlet, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Passages that mention Accord, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Ulster County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers1880Read the page →
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On the stream that empties into the Roudout below Accord is located the grist-mill of Lucas Krorn, now in operation; built forty years ago. Below, on the same stream, is the saw-mill of J. II. Middagb, now unused, farther down the stream is the saw-mill of Joseph Barley.
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History of Ulster County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers1880Read the page →
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The place is an easy drive from Accord, in the Rondout Valley, but is more generally reached from the New Paltz statiou, on the Wallk ill Valley Railroad.
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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 (1), Wikipedia 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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