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History · Greigsville

Greigsville’s post office opened in 1825, and 83% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1904 on.

1825first post office
0on the National Register
83%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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From Greigsville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Greigsville began

When was Greigsville founded?

1825

The Greigsville post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 191201 years
Founding year: the first Greigsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Greigsville’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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Greigsville’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19043 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1951. Watch Greigsville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1825: 201 years of Greigsville.
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Start Greigsville’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewEsso gas station: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Greigsville, in brief

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

Greigsville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of York, Livingston County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Greigsville had a population of 191. The community is located at the intersection of New York State Route 36 and New York State Route 63.

Its first post office opened in 1825. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 209 to 191 (-9%).

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

On the map

Greigsville on the map, 1904 to 1951

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

Greigsville on the 1904 USGS mapGreigsville on the 1944 USGS mapGreigsville on the 1951 USGS map1904Caledonia 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 Greigsville.

Timeline

Greigsville, 1856 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Born hereFrank H. Lyman is born here
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1964In the archiveEsso gas station
By decade

Greigsville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1960s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1960s1 item
Esso gas stationc. 1964Esso gas station
1970s–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.
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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.

Esso gas station
Retake this viewEsso gas station, c. 1964

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

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

WadsworthIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Greigsville’s history

What year was Greigsville founded?

The Greigsville post office opened in 1825, 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 (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people 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.