Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Among the most historic 1% of U.S. towns · #18 of 758 in New York. What drives it
3 places in town are on the National Register, among them three historic districts with 297 buildings between them. Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1896 on, and the census since 1830.
Glen dates its founding to 1725 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1830.
Among the most historic 1% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Glen is among the most historic 1% of U.S. towns, #18 of 758 in New York. All 3 inputs put Glen near the top nationally; its age ranks highest.
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 Glen’s 1,162 sits above most of its state (97% of New York towns have fewer) while its 297 historic buildings outnumber those of 95% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikipedia (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 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.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glen’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Glen. 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 Glen.
From Wikipedia’s history of Glen.
Glen was inside the original town of Mohawk, which was subdivided out of existence. Glen was first settled by European colonists in the 18th century, circa 1725. The town was formed in 1823 from the town of Charleston.
In 1848, a larger concentrated settlement in the town along the Mohawk River incorporated as the village of Fultonville.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Glen, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Mabee, Peter H., Glen, was born on the old Mabee homestead on Schoharie creek in the town of Glen, June 15, 1S38. He was one of four children of Harmanus and Maria (Newkirk) Mabee of Glen, the others being Abram Mabee, Elinor (Mrs. John K. Van Home), dead, and Mary (Mrs. Benjamin A. Faulkner of Glen). His grandfather, Peter H. Mabee, was born in Glen. His great-grandfather, Harmanus Mabee, also lived in the town. The farm on which Peter H. Mabee has always lived is a portion of the original Mabee patent of 1,000 acres. Mr. Mabee has in his possession many interesting relics of the early days in the valley, among them be-
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.
In the archiveGlen Montgomery Co. (Township); Auriesville (Village); Auriesville Business Directory.; G…
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveMartyrs' Shrine at Auriesville2 decades in the archive, from the 1860s to the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
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 Glen’s page.
Retake this view · +15Peaked at 3,678 in 1840; 2,536 people lived here in 2020.
20 censuses, 1830–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Glen’s Wikipedia page.
Glen had its own post office from 1823 to 1954. Another post office, Auriesville, 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).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1725, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Glen’s post office opened in 1823, and the census of 1830 counted 2,451 people here.
Glen is among the most historic 1% of U.S. towns, #18 of 758 in New York. 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.
Three places: the Glen Historic District (listed 2001), the Fultonville Historic District (2019) and the Smith-Voorhees-Covenhoven House (2022).
30% of Glen’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.0 points), against a typical 27% for a New York town; the median home was built in 1984.
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 (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System 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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