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History · Barneveld

Barneveld’s post office opened in 1902, and 88% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1897 on and the census since 1870.

1902first post office
1on the National Register
88%homes built before 1940
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How Barneveld began

When was Barneveld founded?

1902

The Barneveld post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 294 in 18702020 census: 272124 years
Founding year: the first Barneveld post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Barneveld’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 Barneveld are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18975 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1979. Watch Barneveld change.Old housesHalf of Barneveld’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 423 in 1970; 272 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Barneveld’s history is told.

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On the map

Barneveld on the map, 1897 to 1979

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

Barneveld on the 1897 USGS mapBarneveld on the 1900 USGS mapBarneveld on the 1946 USGS mapBarneveld on the 1955 USGS mapBarneveld on the 1979 USGS map1897Remsen 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 Barneveld.

The story

How Barneveld came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Barneveld.

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The village was founded in 1793 by Gerrit Boon, an agent of the Holland Land Company.

Mappa Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

In 1903, the post office and railroad station were redesignated as "Barneveld", though the legal name of the village was "Trenton", though it was only in 1975 that the legal name of the village was changed to Barneveld; prior to that, the village was still legally "Village of Trenton".

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From the old history books

What they wrote about Barneveld in 1878

Passages that mention Barneveld, cut from the printed page as they were published.

“ The name of Olden Barneveld comes back to me as I recollect its inscription on the letters which my youthful hands so often carried to the mysterious post-office. It has been suggested that if the name had been shortened to Barneveld it might yet have been retained by a people too young and too m…
History of Oneida County, New York, 1667-18781878 · page 536Read the page →
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“ The name of Olden Barneveld comes back to me as I recollect its inscription on the letters which my youthful hands so often carried to the mysterious post-office. It has been suggested that if the name had been shortened to Barneveld it might yet have been retained by a people too young and too much in a hurry to think or say Olden.

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up the tract to the Utica and Black River Railway, and a second time amended, April 25, 1S70, changing the boundaries to their present location. The records of the village of Olden Barneveld are not to be found, consequently a list can only be given of the trustees of the village of Trenton from 18…
History of Oneida County, New York, 1667-18781878 · page 559Read the page →
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up the tract to the Utica and Black River Railway, and a second time amended, April 25, 1S70, changing the boundaries to their present location. The records of the village of Olden Barneveld are not to be found, consequently a list can only be given of the trustees of the village of Trenton from 1834. They arc as follows, viz. : 1834. — Benjamin Brayton, John Mappa, Luther Guiteau, James Birdsell, Daniel Warren, Jr.

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

Barneveld, decade by decade

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NY12 North - Oneida CR37 Sign2018NY12 North - Oneida CR37 SignSide View of Mappa Hall2012Side View of Mappa HallMappa Hall, Front View2012Mappa Hall, Front ViewFront View of Mappa Hall and Grounds with Sign2012Front View of Mappa Hall and Grounds with SignBack of Mappa Hall2012Back of Mappa Hall
On the National Register

1 historic place in Barneveld

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

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

People over time

Barneveld, census by census

010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 423

Peaked at 423 in 1970; 272 people lived here in 2020.

16 censuses, 1870–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Barneveld

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

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James S. ShermanAmerican politician and Vice President of the U… · b. 1855
James Dwight DanaAmerican mineralogist, scientist and zoologist · b. 1813
Joe BonamassaAmerican musician · b. 1977
Charles Doolittle WalcottAmerican paleontologist and 4th Secretary of th… · b. 1850
Irving BaxterAmerican athletics competitor · b. 1876
Annette FunicelloAmerican actress and singer · b. 1942

Questions about Barneveld’s history

What year was Barneveld founded?

The Barneveld post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (5), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.