Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The Gilbertsville post office opened in 1822, 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 Gilbertsville’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Gilbertsville.
The village was the first settlement in the town, named after landowner Abijah Gilbert of Nuneaton, England, father of the United States Senator from Florida, also named Abijah Gilbert.
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Peaked at 552 in 1970; 308 people lived here in 2020.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Gilbertsville’s Wikipedia page.
Passages that mention Gilbertsville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Blackman, Esq., in the village of Gilbertsville. He subsequently erected a comfortable block house on what is now known as the Lee Hulbert farm.
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Going to Gilbertsville, Nov. 7, '65, he joined the Musson Post as a charter member, and elected Quartermaster, serving until he was elected Commander for the year 1883. He is now residing with his family, — a wife and daughter aged 15— at Gilbertsville, N. Y., one son, aged 23, residing in New York. He enlisted as a private, and was for bravery promoted to sergeant. Has served as
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Musson, born in the town of Butternuts, three miles from Gilbertsville, attending the common schools, and completing his education at the Gilbertsville academy. Taught school for a short time, then going on a farm. In Oct.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereAbijah Gilbert is born here
In the archiveHinmansville (Village); Hinmansville Business Directory.; Gilbertsville (Village); Scriba…
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyOne decade in the archive so far: the 1860s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Gilbertsville. 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 Gilbertsville.
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.
1916Sheet 1 of 1Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Gilbertsville’s page.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
The Gilbertsville post office opened in 1822, 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 (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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