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History · Clifton Gardens

Half of Clifton Gardens’ homes were built after 1977

Most of Clifton Gardens was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1893 on.

0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Clifton Gardens’ past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Clifton Gardens are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18935 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1980. Watch Clifton Gardens change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clifton Gardens’s history is told.

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On the map

Clifton Gardens on the map, 1893 to 1980

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

Clifton Gardens on the 1893 USGS mapClifton Gardens on the 1930 USGS mapClifton Gardens on the 1947 USGS mapClifton Gardens on the 1954 USGS mapClifton Gardens on the 1980 USGS map1893Schenectady 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 Clifton Gardens.

The story so far

Clifton Gardens, in brief

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

Clifton Gardens is a neighborhood and census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Clifton Park, Saratoga County, New York, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Clifton Gardens had a population of 2,729. The community is in southern Saratoga County, in the eastern part of Clifton Park. It is bordered to the north by Clifton Park Center Road and Sitterly Road, to the east by Interstate 87, to the south by Grooms Road, and to the west by Moe Road. The CDP of Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek borders Clifton Gardens to the west across Moe Road. Clifton Gardens is 16 miles (26 km) north of Albany, 11 miles (18 km) east of Schenectady, and 18 m…

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Clifton Gardens

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

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Mickey RourkeAmerican actor · b. 1952
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Joe AlaskeyAmerican actor · b. 1952
Maureen StapletonAmerican actress · b. 1925
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Mary DalyAmerican feminist philosopher and theologian · b. 1928
Andrew YangAmerican entrepreneur, attorney and political c… · b. 1975
Ron RivestAmerican cryptographer · b. 1947
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Clifton Knolls-Mill CreekIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.