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History · Deer Park

Deer Park’s post office opened in 1851

Most of Deer Park was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1964. Below: 8 old photos and papers and maps from 1901 on.

1851first post office
0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
8old photos & papers
2famous people
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From Deer Park’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Deer Park began

When was Deer Park founded?

1851

The Deer Park post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 28,837175 years
Founding year: the first Deer Park post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Deer Park’s past

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

On the map since 19015 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1979. Watch Deer Park change.Old housesHalf of Deer Park’s homes were built before 1964.
★ What stands out · On the map

Deer Park on the map, 1901 to 1979

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

Deer Park on the 1901 USGS mapDeer Park on the 1947 USGS mapDeer Park on the 1954 USGS mapDeer Park on the 1967 USGS mapDeer Park on the 1979 USGS map1901Northport 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 Deer Park.

The story

How Deer Park came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Deer Park.

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Deer Park is located in the pine barrens in the northeastern corner of the town of Babylon. The town originally grew out of Jacob Conklin's 1610 settlement of the Half Way Hollow Hills, later known as Wheatley Heights. Charles Wilson started what is now Deer Park in 1853 about eleven years after the Long Island Rail Road arrived in 1842-when he established a large and productive farm. A post office was opened in 1851, closed in 1872 and re-opened on July 1, 1873. Deer Park had an elementary school in 1874. Prior to 1923, the Deer Park School District took in Deer Park and Wyandanch.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Deer Park, 1873 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873In the archiveTown of Huntington, Suffolk Co. - Amityville, Town of Huntington, Suffolk Co. - Cold Spri…
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1952Born hereBob McCurdy is born here
  6. 1955In the archiveFairchild Engine, Deer Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a24030
  7. 1972Born hereCordt Weinstein is born here
By decade

Deer Park, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1870s to the 1950s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1870s2 items
Town of Huntington, Suffolk Co. - Amityville, Town of Huntington, Suffolk Co. - Cold Spring, Town of Huntington, Suffol…1873Town of Huntington, Suffolk Co. - Amityville, Town of…MapDeer Park (Township)1875Deer Park (Township)
1950s6 items
Fairchild Engine, Deer Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a240301955Fairchild Engine, Deer Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a2…Fairchild Engine, Deer Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a240301955Fairchild Engine, Deer Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a2…Fairchild Engine, Deer Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a240311955Fairchild Engine, Deer Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a2…Fairchild Engine, Deer Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a240311955Fairchild Engine, Deer Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a2…Fairchild Engine, Deer Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a240321955Fairchild Engine, Deer Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a2…Fairchild Engine, Deer Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a240321955Fairchild Engine, Deer Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a2…
1960s–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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Today4 recent
2014-0816 Bridgit Mendler20142014-0816 Bridgit Mendler2014-0816 Bridgit Mendler20142014-0816 Bridgit MendlerTangerDeerPark2008TangerDeerParkDeer-park-ny-map2007Deer-park-ny-mapMap
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Deer Park (Township)
Retake this viewDeer Park (Township), 1875

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Deer Park

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Cordt WeinsteinAmerican soccer player · b. 1972
Bob McCurdyAmerican basketball player · b. 1952
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Finish Deer Park’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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Babylon6 historic placesBWyandanchIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDix Hills2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuntington99 historic placesANorth BabylonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIslip27 historic placesA−BaywoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWheatley HeightsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrentwood3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest BabylonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Deer Park’s history

What year was Deer Park founded?

The Deer Park post office opened in 1851, 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, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people 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.