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History · Endwell

Endwell’s post office opened in 1921, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 1 old photo or paper.

1921first post office
1on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Endwell began

When was Endwell founded?

1921

The Endwell post office opened in 1921, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 11,762105 years
Founding year: the first Endwell post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Endwell’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Endwell’s homes were built before 1960.
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Start Endwell’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Endwell’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewAmos Patterson House, 3725 River Road: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Endwell came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Endwell.

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Endwell used to be known as Hooper, but the name had to be changed in 1921 because of post office regulations. There were too many locations in the state with the name Hooper. The most likely story, shared by an elderly man who attended the meeting to change the name: Endicott Johnson Corporation was producing a line of shoes called the "Endwell", named after H. Wendell Endicott of the Endicott Johnson Shoe Company. An advertisement for the shoes read, "Wear the Endwell shoes and your day will end well."

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Endwell, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Amos Patterson House, 3725 River RoadDate?Amos Patterson House, 3725 River Road
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Amos Patterson House, 3725 River Road
Retake this viewAmos Patterson House, 3725 River Road

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Endwell’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Endwell

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
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

2 famous people were born in Endwell

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

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Thomas TullAmerican film producer · b. 1970
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John DuceyAmerican actor · b. 1969
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Endicott5 historic placesB+Union16 historic placesAVestal2 historic placesB

Questions about Endwell’s history

What year was Endwell founded?

The Endwell post office opened in 1921, 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 the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.