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History · Barryville

Barryville’s post office opened in 1831, and 73% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1913 on.

1831first post office
1on the National Register
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1old photo or paper
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Barryville began

When was Barryville founded?

1831

The Barryville post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 222195 years
Founding year: the first Barryville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Barryville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Barryville’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19136 editions of the USGS map, 1913 to 1994. Watch Barryville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1831: 195 years of Barryville.
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Start Barryville’s collection

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

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The story

How Barryville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Barryville.

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Barryville is a hamlet in the Town of Highland. The town was created by an act of the County Board of Supervisors on December 17, 1853. The Town of Lumberland was subdivided into the present day Towns of Lumberland, Highland and Tusten because the traveling distance for town meetings was too great. The town takes its name from highland ridges above the Delaware River. It was first inhabited by the Lenape and the trappers of Minisink and Mamakating. Colonial period hunters, trappers and lumbermen were drawn to Highland because of its streams and lakes, dense hardwood and conifer forests and wild game.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

On the map

Barryville on the map, 1913 to 1994

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

Barryville on the 1913 USGS mapBarryville on the 1944 USGS mapBarryville on the 1965 USGS mapBarryville on the 1973 USGS mapBarryville on the 1983 USGS mapBarryville on the 1994 USGS map1913Milford 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 Barryville.

Timeline

Barryville, 1850 to 1913

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Born hereChauncey Thomas, Jr. is born here
  3. 1875In the archiveCounty atlas of Sullivan, New York
  4. 20th century
  5. 1913On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Barryville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1870s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1870s1 item
County atlas of Sullivan, New York1875County atlas of Sullivan, New YorkMap
Today5 recent
New York State Route 97 PICT06692009New York State Route 97 PICT0669Untitled photo2009Untitled photoBarryville2009BarryvilleNew York State Route 97 PICT02412008New York State Route 97 PICT0241New York State Route 97 PICT02402008New York State Route 97 PICT0240
On the National Register

1 historic place in Barryville

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

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Highland4 historic placesB+

Questions about Barryville’s history

What year was Barryville founded?

The Barryville post office opened in 1831, 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 (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.