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History · Halcott

Halcott dates to 1851, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Halcott Grange No. 881. Below: maps from 1900 on and the census since 1860.

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1on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Halcott began, and where its name came from

When was Halcott founded?

1851

Halcott dates its founding to 1851 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1860.

First census: 504 in 18602020 census: 249175 years

How did Halcott get its name?

Halcott was named for sheriff George W. Halcott.

Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1862. Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Halcott’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Halcott are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19003 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1960. Watch Halcott change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Halcott’s history is told.

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On the map

Halcott on the map, 1900 to 1960

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

Halcott on the 1900 USGS mapHalcott on the 1945 USGS mapHalcott on the 1960 USGS map1900Phoenicia 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 Halcott.

The story

How Halcott came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Halcott.

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The first recorded settlers, the Valkenburg family, arrived around 1813, although some non-permanent settlers had attempted to live in the area about 1790. The town was established in 1851 from the town of Lexington. It was named for sheriff George W. Halcott.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Halcott, 1851 to 1986

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851
    FoundingHalcott is established
  3. 1862Post officeThe Halcott Centre post office opens
  4. 1892Post officeThe Halcott post office opens
  5. 1892Post officeThe Halcott post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1986Post officeThe Halcott Centre post office closes
By decade

Halcott, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Vly Mountain summit with canister2016Vly Mountain summit with canisterHalcott Grange 10-1-20162016Halcott Grange 10-1-2016Vly and South Vly mountains, Halcott Center, NY2010Vly and South Vly mountains, Halcott Center, NYSign for Halcott in Fleischmanns, NY2008Sign for Halcott in Fleischmanns, NY
On the National Register

1 historic place in Halcott

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2000
Halcott Grange No. 881
Halcott Grange No. 881
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Queen Anne1
Halcott Grange No. 881Queen Anne

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

People over time

Halcott, census by census

0100200300400500190019502000Peak: 504

Between 150 and 504 people in every census since 1860.

17 censuses, 1860–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Halcott’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Halcott had its own post office from 1892 to 1892. Another post office, Halcott Centre, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Halcott Centre
1862–1986
Halcott
1892–1892
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Halcott Center
Gone or out of use
Halcott SchoolschoolSchool Number 1schoolSchool Number 2schoolSchool Number 4school
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Halcott
CrosbyElk CreekHalcott

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lexington3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRoxbury9 historic placesA+Middletown15 historic placesA

Questions about Halcott’s history

What year was Halcott founded?

In 1851, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Halcott’s post office opened in 1862, and the census of 1860 counted 504 people here.

What is on the National Register in Halcott?

One place: the Halcott Grange No. 881 (listed 2000).

Memory lane

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 →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.