Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1870.
The East Nassau post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Nassau’s history is told.
Lost half of its people between 1870 and 1880, then grew 6-fold.
5 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on East Nassau’s Wikipedia page.
From Wikipedia’s history of East Nassau.
The community was first known as "Schermerhorn's" after an early inhabitant. East Nassau incorporated as a village in 1998.
The East Nassau Central School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Nassau.
1893Troy sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of East Nassau.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Nobody well known was born in East Nassau itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The East Nassau post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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