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The first White settler arrived c. 1786, but the community was not founded until 1836.
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Apalachin’s post office opened in 1833, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940
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When was Apalachin founded?
1833
The Apalachin post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 2,632193 years
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Our county and its people1900 · page 255Read the page →
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although the line lay along the north side of the river, it was of much benefit to all local interests. The management of the road promised Mr. Pearsall and Squire Steele that a station would lie erected opposite Apalachin if a bridge could he built there. They at once set to work and spanned the river with a substantial wooden bridge, at a cost of about $7,500, hut the company failed to keep faith with its promise, and yielding to the persuasions of Campville residents, placed the depot about two miles down the river.
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Again, in 1849, the New York and Lake Erie railroad was completed to Owego village, and general rejoicing prevailed throughout the town. Still better, property was increased in value all along the line of the road, and the little hamlets of Apalachin and Campville and also the village of Owego, at once felt the impulse of increased importance and worth. The old Ithaca and Owego road, organized April 9, 1828, as a company, was a benefit in its way and day, but the proposed Owego and Cortland railroad com-
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The Apalachin post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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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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