Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 59% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1924 on and the census since 1830.
The Farmersville post office opened in 1823, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Laidlaw (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
More historic than 59% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Farmersville is more historic than 59% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
New York towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New York town has 12.3 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Farmersville’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (10% of New York towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
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 Farmersville’s history is told.
Peaked at 1,554 in 1850; 1,081 people lived here in 2020.
20 censuses, 1830–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Farmersville’s Wikipedia page.
Farmersville had its own post office from 1823 to 1907. Another post office, Laidlaw, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikipedia’s history of Farmersville.
The area was first settled circa 1805, but no permanent settlement was made until approximately 1817. Farmersville became a town in 1821 from part of the "Town of Ischua" (now Franklinville).
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereHiram Bond is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
2010NY 243E from NY 98
2010FLT M05 7.7 mi - Bivouac area, no reliable water near…
2010FLT M05 7.3 mi - Sign at West Branch Rd DEC parking a…
2010FLT M05 6.0 mi - Sign at Stebbins Rd
2010FLT M05 3.02 mi - CCC cistern just north of FLT near …
2010FLT M05 3.01 mi - Bivouac area near Peet Hill Rd
2010FLT M05 3.0 mi - Sign near Peet Hill Rd
2010FLT M05 10.1 mi - Sign near Huyck Rd
2010FLT M04 17.1 mi - Register near Kingsbury Hill RdEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Farmersville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Farmersville.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Farmersville post office opened in 1823, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Farmersville is more historic than 59% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
22% of Farmersville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.8 points), against a typical 27% for a New York town; the median home was built in 1982.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (9), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
