Founding year: the first Bronxville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1898.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Bronxville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Bronxville is more historic than 86% of U.S. towns, #326 of 758 in New York. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Bronxville’s overall grade.
New York towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New York town has 12.3 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Bronxville’s 149 sits above most of its state (80% of New York towns have fewer) while its 97 historic buildings outnumber those of 89% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.5 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata’s 1898 falls in the same era, so the grade doesn’t depend on which one is used.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Bronxville’s past
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The region that includes the contemporary village of Bronxville was deeded to British colonists in 1666, but first settled by Europeans in the early 18th century. The two founding inhabitants were the Underhill and Morgan families. The Underhills built a sawmill and a gristmill, which was the first factory in the area, on the Bronx River. After they built a wooden bridge, the area became known as Underhill's Crossing.
Passages that mention Bronxville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Westchester County, New York, from its earliest settlement to the year 19001900 · page 590Read the page →
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tained two churches. 2. Mount Vernon; an incorporated village; contained " four churches and several private schools." 3. West Mount Vernon (630 inhabitants), 4. East Mount Vernon (275 inhabitants), 5. Waverly, and 6. Washington ville, are described as " suburban villages, inhabited principally by mechanics and men doing business in New York." 7. Bronxville; a railroad station; contained a manufactory of carriage axles. 8. Tuckahoe; a railroad station near the marble quarries. 9. Fleetwood, and 10. Jacksonville, places projected by building associations.
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Biographical history of Westchester County, New York..1899 · page 952Read the page →
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spent in New York city, at his trade. In August, 1868, he moved to Bronxville and entered the employ of Frederick Opendyke, a superintending carpenter, and remained in his service for thirteen years. Then he began contracting and building on his own account, in Bronxville, South Woodland, Port Chester and other towns in the vicinity, completing buildings from cellar to roof.
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History of Westchester County, New York, from its earliest settlement to the year 19001900 · page 627Read the page →
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Larchmont (Town of Mamaroneck) ' H North Pelham (Town of Pelham) G27 Pelham Manor (Town of Pelham) 436 Bronxville (Town of Eastchester) 391 Ardsley (Town of Greenbnrgh) 3< 2 Pelham (Town of Pelham) U- In the same year the estimated populations of the < ities of Yonkers and Mount Vernon were, respectively, 40,000 and 23,000. Thus the
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Bronxville, 1867 to 1968
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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.
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.
The Bronxville post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1898.
How does Bronxville rank for history?
Bronxville is more historic than 86% of U.S. towns, #326 of 758 in New York. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Bronxville?
70% of Bronxville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.5 points), against a typical 27% for a New York town; the median home was built in 1938.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) 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.
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