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History · Cumminsville

19% of Cumminsville’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1902 on.

0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cumminsville’s 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 Cumminsville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19023 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1978. Watch Cumminsville change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cumminsville’s history is told.

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On the map

Cumminsville on the map, 1902 to 1978

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

Cumminsville on the 1902 USGS mapCumminsville on the 1942 USGS mapCumminsville on the 1978 USGS map1902Wayland 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 Cumminsville.

The story so far

Cumminsville, in brief

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

Cumminsville is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of North Dansville, Livingston County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cumminsville had a population of 161. It is on the northwest edge of the village of Dansville, and Interstate 390 and New York State Route 36 pass through the community.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 183 to 161 (-12%).

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 Cumminsville

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

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Pete ParadaAmerican drummer · b. 1974
Francis BellamyAmerican Christian socialist Baptist minister · b. 1855
James M. MeadAmerican politician · b. 1885
James Jeremiah WadsworthAmerican politician · b. 1905
Baird Thomas Spalding(1872-1953) American writer · b. 1857
Josiah BegoleAmerican politician · b. 1815

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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.