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History · Calverton

Calverton’s post office opened in 1868

Most of Calverton was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: 5 old photos and papers, maps from 1904 on, and old-book passages.

1868first post office
0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Calverton began

When was Calverton founded?

1868

The Calverton post office opened in 1868, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 5,934158 years
Founding year: the first Calverton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Calverton’s past

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

On the map since 19044 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1967. Watch Calverton change.
★ What stands out · On the map

Calverton on the map, 1904 to 1967

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

Calverton on the 1904 USGS mapCalverton on the 1926 USGS mapCalverton on the 1957 USGS mapCalverton on the 1967 USGS map1904Moriches 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 Calverton.

The story

How Calverton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Calverton.

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Calverton was first referred to as "Baiting Hollow Station" when the Long Island Rail Road arrived in 1844. The station closed in 1958, but the sheltered shed for the station remained standing as of 2007.

The area's Native American name was Conungum or Kanungum, meaning "fixed line" or "boundary". In 1868, the Calverton post office opened, named for Bernard J. Calvert. It remained a small farming community specializing in cranberries, which grew in swampy areas along the Peconic River until the Navy purchase.

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From the old history books

What they wrote about Calverton in 1882

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

Station, in honor of the village which lies nearly opposite, about four miles distant. Still later the name Calverton was applied to it and a post-office by that name established. A part of the locality which lies on the middle Country road has been named Buchananville.
...History of Suffolk county, New York1882 · page 7Read the page →
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Station, in honor of the village which lies nearly opposite, about four miles distant. Still later the name Calverton was applied to it and a post-office by that name established. A part of the locality which lies on the middle Country road has been named Buchananville.

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

Timeline

Calverton, 1902 to 1915

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902In the archiveSuffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 6 (Map bounded by Long Island Sound, Ridgevil…
  3. 1904On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1915In the archiveIndex Map No. 2 of a part of Suffolk County. North Side - Sound Shore, Long Island. Brook…
By decade

Calverton, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s–1910s5 items
Suffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 6 (Map bounded by Long Island Sound, Ridgeville, Middle Island)1902Suffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 6 (Map bo…MapSuffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 7 (Map bounded by Plum Island, Yaphank)1902Suffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 7 (Map bo…MapSuffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 8 (Map bounded by Long Island Sound, River Head, Brookhaven Southampton)1902Suffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 8 (Map bo…MapIndex Map No. 2 of a part of Suffolk County. North Side - Sound Shore, Long Island. Brookhaven. Published by E. Belcher…1915Index Map No. 2 of a part of Suffolk County. North Si…MapPart of Town of Brookhaven; Brookhaven1915Part of Town of Brookhaven; Brookhaven
1920s–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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Today7 recent
Wading River Motel; Calverton, New York-22017Wading River Motel; Calverton, New York-2Wading River Motel; Calverton, New York-12017Wading River Motel; Calverton, New York-1Grumman Calverton Old Radar Beacon2017Grumman Calverton Old Radar BeaconVery Old Cars2011Very Old CarsMini Sylvan Oasis2011Mini Sylvan OasisLost in unfamiliar, featureless woods for hours, and then suddenly this2011Lost in unfamiliar, featureless woods for hours, and …Calverton-ny-map2007Calverton-ny-mapMap
Then & 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.

Part of Town of Brookhaven; Brookhaven
Retake this viewPart of Town of Brookhaven; Brookhaven, 1915

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Calverton’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Calverton

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

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Rod SteigerAmerican actor · b. 1925
D. B. SweeneyAmerican actor · b. 1961
Frank CoraciAmerican film director · b. 1966
Tony NeseAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1985
William FloydAmerican Founding Father and politician · b. 1734
Benjamin TallmadgeAmerican politician · b. 1754
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Finish Calverton’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Retake an old viewPart of Town of Brookhaven; Brookhaven: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

ManorvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRiverhead14 historic placesBBrookhaven52 historic placesA−Baiting HollowIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWading River3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEastportIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouthampton37 historic placesARiversideIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRidge1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Calverton’s history

What year was Calverton founded?

The Calverton post office opened in 1868, 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 (12), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.