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History · Averill Park

Averill Park’s post office opened in 1882, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 2000.

1882first post office
2on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Averill Park began

When was Averill Park founded?

1882

The Averill Park post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 1,517 in 20002020 census: 2,098144 years
Founding year: the first Averill Park post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Averill Park’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 Averill Park are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18934 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1980. Watch Averill Park change.
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Start Averill Park’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Averill Park on the map, 1893 to 1980

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

Averill Park on the 1893 USGS mapAverill Park on the 1928 USGS mapAverill Park on the 1953 USGS mapAverill Park on the 1980 USGS map1893Troy 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 Averill Park.

The story

How Averill Park came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Averill Park.

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Originally known only as part of greater Sand Lake, the community along with neighboring towns grew with the nineteenth-century development of wool and cotton textile manufacturing by local watermills and knitting factories along the Wynants Kill tributary of the Hudson River. By the 1880s, several independent local mills produced hosiery, undergarments, and knit shirts.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Averill Park, decade by decade

Today6 recent
IBA Cocktail Angel Face2016IBA Cocktail Angel Face2014-08-28 13 31 47 View east along West Sand Lake Road (New York State Route 43) in the Averill Park section of Sand L…20142014-08-28 13 31 47 View east along West Sand Lake Ro…2014-08-28 13 30 16 View west along West Sand Lake Road (New York State Route 43) in the Averill Park section of Sand L…20142014-08-28 13 30 16 View west along West Sand Lake Ro…2013-08-25 11 02 07 View east along New York 43 east of Averill Park, New York looking towards the western edge of the …20132013-08-25 11 02 07 View east along New York 43 east …2013-08-25 11 00 47 View east along New York State Route 43 in20132013-08-25 11 00 47 View east along New York State Ro…Sand Lake Baptist Church May 102010Sand Lake Baptist Church May 10
On the National Register

2 historic places in Averill Park

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Averill Park, census by census

05001,0001,5002,00020002020Peak: 2,098

Between 1,517 and 2,098 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Averill Park

Nobody well known was born in Averill Park itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Paul KrugmanAmerican economist · b. 1953
Joseph HenryAmerican scientist and the 1st Secretary of the… · b. 1797
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Joe AlaskeyAmerican actor · b. 1952
Maureen StapletonAmerican actress · b. 1925
Bret HarteAmerican writer and poet · b. 1836
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Kirsten GillibrandAmerican politician · b. 1966
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

West Sand LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Averill Park’s history

What year was Averill Park founded?

The Averill Park post office opened in 1882, 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, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.