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History · Brinckerhoff

Brinckerhoff’s post office opened in 1891

Most of Brinckerhoff was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1893 on.

1891first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Brinckerhoff’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Brinckerhoff began

When was Brinckerhoff founded?

1891

The Brinckerhoff post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 3,377135 years
Founding year: the first Brinckerhoff post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Brinckerhoff’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.On the map since 18935 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1981. Watch Brinckerhoff change.
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Start Brinckerhoff’s collection

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

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewColonel John Brinckerhoff House, State …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Brinckerhoff on the map, 1893 to 1981

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

Brinckerhoff on the 1893 USGS mapBrinckerhoff on the 1903 USGS mapBrinckerhoff on the 1943 USGS mapBrinckerhoff on the 1957 USGS mapBrinckerhoff on the 1981 USGS map1893Poughkeepsie 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 Brinckerhoff.

The story so far

Brinckerhoff, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brinckerhoff yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Brinckerhoff is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Brinckerhoff had a population of 3,377. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. Brinckerhoff is in the northeastern corner of the town of Fishkill, northeast of the village of Fishkill.

Its first post office opened in 1891. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,900 to 3,377 (+16%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Brinckerhoff, decade by decade

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Colonel John Brinckerhoff House, State Route 82Date?Colonel John Brinckerhoff House, State Route 82
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Colonel John Brinckerhoff House, State Route 82
Retake this viewColonel John Brinckerhoff House, State Route 82

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Famous people

Famous people close to Brinckerhoff

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

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Lee MillerAmerican photographer and photojournalist · b. 1907
James PattersonAmerican author · b. 1947
Geraldine FerraroAmerican politician · b. 1935
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Tyler AdamsAmerican soccer player · b. 1999
Robert MontgomeryAmerican actor · b. 1904
James ForrestalUnited States Navy officer and civil servant, U… · b. 1892
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Fishkill10 historic placesB+East Fishkill3 historic placesB−Merritt ParkIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWappinger10 historic placesB

Questions about Brinckerhoff’s history

What year was Brinckerhoff founded?

The Brinckerhoff post office opened in 1891, 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 the Library of Congress (1) 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.