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History · Greenlawn

Greenlawn’s post office opened in 1872, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Greenlawn was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1963.

1872first post office
2on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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How Greenlawn began

When was Greenlawn founded?

1872

The Greenlawn post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 13,661154 years
Founding year: the first Greenlawn post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

2 historic places in Greenlawn

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
7
each building in a district counts

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Elwood1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenterport6 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuntington Station1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast NorthportIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Greenlawn’s history

What year was Greenlawn founded?

The Greenlawn post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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

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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 →