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History · Copake Falls

Copake Falls’ post office opened in 1910, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Below: maps from 1902 on.

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How Copake Falls began

When was Copake Falls founded?

1910

The Copake Falls post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 181116 years
Founding year: the first Copake Falls post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Copake Falls’ past

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

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The story so far

Copake Falls, in brief

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

Copake Falls is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, New York, United States. The hamlet, once known as Copake Iron Works, is in the eastern part of the town of Copake, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the Massachusetts state line. The CDP was designated after the 2010 census. As of the 2020 census, Copake Falls had a population of 181. The former Copake Falls Methodist Episcopal Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

Its first post office opened in 1910.

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

By decade

Copake Falls, decade by decade

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On the map

Copake Falls on the map, 1902 to 1953

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

Copake Falls on the 1902 USGS mapCopake Falls on the 1953 USGS map1902Copake 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 Copake Falls.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Copake Falls

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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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

Famous people close to Copake Falls

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

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W. E. B. Du BoisAmerican sociologist and activist · b. 1868
Kristanna LokenAmerican actress · b. 1979
Richmond LandonAthletics competitor · b. 1898
Laura SecordCanadian heroine of the War of 1812 · b. 1775
Sandy BergerUS National Security Advisor · b. 1945
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Shorty RogersAmerican West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhorni… · b. 1924

Questions about Copake Falls’ history

What year was Copake Falls founded?

The Copake Falls post office opened in 1910, 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 (6) 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.