The story
Read it all →How Bohemia came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Bohemia.
The earliest known inhabitants of what is today Bohemia were the Secatogue tribe of the Algonquian peoples.
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Bohemia’s post office opened in 1885, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
Most of Bohemia was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: 3 old photos and papers from 1902 on and old-book passages.
1885first post office
1on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
3famous people
Quick answers
How Bohemia began
When was Bohemia founded?
1885
The Bohemia post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 9,852141 years
Founding year: the first Bohemia post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Bohemia’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Bohemia’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bohemia’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.From the old history books
What they wrote about Bohemia, 1895–1920
Passages that mention Bohemia, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Bohemia, an historical sketch1920 · page 351Read the page →
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An Historical Sketch 351 Bohemia and in favour of the German minority of the population of that country. The policy of the present Austrian prime minister is more hostile to Bohemia than that of any of his predecessors. Dark clouds seem to surround the future of Bohemia.
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Bohemia, an historical sketch1920 · page 324Read the page →
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While the new regulations of Maria Theresa had been without exception injurious to Bohemia, the more extensive and more far-reaching plans of her son Joseph II, who, after her death in 1780 succeeded her as King of Bohemia and Hungary, included some reforms that were very favourable to Bohemia. Among these the most important was the abolition of the system of serfdom, which still oppressed the Bohemian peasants. This great reform was
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The story of Bohemia1895 · page 54Read the page →
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As soon as Borivoi heard of the death of the king, he hastened to Bohemia to take possession of the throne. As soon as he left, the fugitive Ulric returned, and regained the government of Moravia, and prepared to invade Bohemia. Following the example of his rival, he, too, went with rich gifts to the emperor, and the latter, in turn, granted him the fief of Bohemia. But as he received no material support,
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The story of Bohemia1895 · page 440Read the page →
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Bohemia was thus delivered from the enemy, and the government of Charles of Bavaria came to an end. In the spring of 1743, Maria Theresa came to Prague, and was solemnly crowned Queen of Bohemia. The ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Olmutz, the Archbishop of Prague being in disfavor on account of his adherence to Charles of Bavaria. Many of the lords who had sworn allegiance to the usurper had also
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Bohemia, 1902 to 1981
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
Bohemia, decade by decade
2 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1900s–1910s3 items
19151920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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2009
2009
2007Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewBohemia; East Moriches, 1915
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Bohemia’s page.
Retake this view · +15On the National Register
1 historic place in Bohemia
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →3 famous people were born in Bohemia
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Central IslipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Great River1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRonkonkomaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOakdale1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSayville5 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHolbrookIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Bohemia’s history
What year was Bohemia founded?
The Bohemia post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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Sources
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 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.