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History · Grahamsville

Grahamsville’s post office opened in 1828, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

3 places in town are on the National Register. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1910 on.

1828first post office
3on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Grahamsville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Grahamsville began

When was Grahamsville founded?

1828

The Grahamsville post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 360198 years
Founding year: the first Grahamsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Grahamsville’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 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19104 editions of the USGS map, 1910 to 1982. Watch Grahamsville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Grahamsville.Old housesHalf of Grahamsville’s homes were built before 1964.
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Start Grahamsville’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewGrahmsville NY Aug 16 1923: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Grahamsville on the map, 1910 to 1982

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

Grahamsville on the 1910 USGS mapGrahamsville on the 1942 USGS mapGrahamsville on the 1966 USGS mapGrahamsville on the 1982 USGS map1910Neversink 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 Grahamsville.

Timeline

Grahamsville, 1875 to 1923

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875In the archiveCounty atlas of Sullivan, New York
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1923In the archiveGrahmsville NY Aug 16 1923
The story so far

Grahamsville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Grahamsville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Grahamsville is a hamlet (and census-designated place) at the junction of NY 42 and 55 in the Town of Neversink, in Sullivan County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Grahamsville had a population of 360. It is near the western end of Rondout Reservoir, and is the southernmost community in the Catskill Park. It has the ZIP Code 12740 (also applied to the surrounding area) and the 985 telephone exchange in the 845 area code. Grahamsville is located at latitude 41.848 and longitude -74.548. The elevation is 968 feet. Grahamsville is in the Eastern Time Zone. Grahamsville in the town of Neversink, was long known in the area as being a "dry town" as the sale of alcohol was forbidd…

Its first post office opened in 1828.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Grahamsville, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1870s to the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1870s1 item
County atlas of Sullivan, New York1875County atlas of Sullivan, New YorkMap
1920s1 item
Grahmsville NY Aug 16 19231923Grahmsville NY Aug 16 1923
1930s–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
Today4 recent
Grahamsville, New York2007Grahamsville, New YorkGrahamsville, NY2007Grahamsville, NYGrahamsville, NY, church and rural cemetery2007Grahamsville, NY, church and rural cemeteryNew York State Route 42 091606 0672006New York State Route 42 091606 067
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.

Grahmsville NY Aug 16 1923
Retake this viewGrahmsville NY Aug 16 1923, 1923

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

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On the National Register

3 historic places in Grahamsville

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

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
8
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

Famous people close to Grahamsville

Nobody well known was born in Grahamsville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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John MottAmerican Methodist and founder of the YMCA · b. 1865
Gavin DeGrawAmerican singer · b. 1977
Queen HarrisonAmerican hurdler and sprinter · b. 1988
Randall BatinkoffAmerican actor · b. 1968
Stanley FinchFirst director of the FBI · b. 1872
Simeon De WittAmerican geographer and surveyor general · b. 1756

Questions about Grahamsville’s history

What year was Grahamsville founded?

The Grahamsville post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (6) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.