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History · Fleischmanns

Fleischmanns’ post office opened in 1888, and 49% of its homes were built before 1940

4 places in town are on the National Register. Below: 11 old photos and papers, maps from 1901 on, and the census since 1920.

1888first post office
4on the National Register
49%homes built before 1940
11old photos & papers
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From Fleischmanns’ archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Fleischmanns began

When was Fleischmanns founded?

1888

The Fleischmanns post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 525 in 19202020 census: 210138 years
Founding year: the first Fleischmanns post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Fleischmanns’ past

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

On the map since 19013 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1982. Watch Fleischmanns change.Old housesHalf of Fleischmanns’ homes were built before 1942.Landmarks on the Register4 places on the National Register.
★ What stands out · On the map

Fleischmanns on the map, 1901 to 1982

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

Fleischmanns on the 1901 USGS mapFleischmanns on the 1945 USGS mapFleischmanns on the 1982 USGS map1901Margaretville 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 Fleischmanns.

The story

How Fleischmanns came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Fleischmanns.

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Early settlers of this area came from Germany, England, the Netherlands and Ireland. To reach this mountainous place, they traveled by horse and wagon (and later by stagecoach) over rough, dusty roads in summer and rutted, snowy paths in winter. Eventually, the road was resurfaced with planks from Kingston to Pine Hill with the cost of maintenance covered by tollgates along the way. Still, it was a difficult journey until the Ulster and Delaware Railroad reached the village from Rondout and Kingston on May 23, 1870.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

On the National Register

4 historic places in Fleischmanns

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

places listed
4
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
6
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Timeline

Fleischmanns, 1898 to 1976

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898In the archiveFleishmann's (Griffin Corners), Catskills, N. Y
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900In the archiveCottage of Mr. Fleischmann, Fleischmann's, Catskill Mountains, N.Y
  5. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1913In the archiveHatfield Mansion
  7. 1976In the archiveAlpine Hotel entry
By decade

Fleischmanns, decade by decade

4 decades in the archive, from the 1890s to the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s–1900s8 items
Fleishmann's (Griffin Corners), Catskills, N. Y1898Fleishmann's (Griffin Corners), Catskills, N. YCottage of Mr. Fleischmann, Fleischmann's, Catskill Mountains, N.Y1900Cottage of Mr. Fleischmann, Fleischmann's, Catskill M…General view of Fleischmann's, Catskill Mountains, N.Y1901General view of Fleischmann's, Catskill Mountains, N.YCottage and grounds of Mr. Fleischmann, Fleischmann's, Catskill Mountains, N.Y1902Cottage and grounds of Mr. Fleischmann, Fleischmann's…Fleischmann's, Catskill Mountains, N.Y1902Fleischmann's, Catskill Mountains, N.YFleischmann's, Catskill Mountains, N.Y1902Fleischmann's, Catskill Mountains, N.YFleischmann's and Hotel Switzerland, Catskill Mountains, N.Y1902Fleischmann's and Hotel Switzerland, Catskill Mountai…Ulster and Delaware Railroad station, Fleischmann's, Catskill Mountains, N.Y1902Ulster and Delaware Railroad station, Fleischmann's, …
1910s1 item
Hatfield Mansion1913Hatfield Mansion
1920s–1960snothing 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.
Add from your album
1970s2 items
Alpine Hotel entry1976Alpine Hotel entryHotel Mathes gate entry1976Hotel Mathes gate entry
1980s–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.
Add from your album
Every building

Fleischmanns, building by building, 1912

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Fleischmanns fire insurance map, 1912, sheet 11912Sheet 1 of 6
BrickWoodStone

Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Fleishmann's (Griffin Corners), Catskills, N. Y
Retake this viewFleishmann's (Griffin Corners), Catskills, N. Y, 1898

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

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People over time

Fleischmanns, census by census

0100200300400500600192019401960198020002020Peak: 546

Between 210 and 546 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Fleischmanns’ Wikipedia page.

Help out

Finish Fleischmanns’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
3 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewFleishmann's (Griffin Corners), Catskil…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Questions about Fleischmanns’ history

What year was Fleischmanns founded?

The Fleischmanns post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Sources

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 (3), the Library of Congress (8), Wikidata (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.