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History · Hicksville

Hicksville’s post office opened in 1855, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Hicksville was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1955. Below: 6 old photos and papers from 1834 on.

1855first post office
1on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
12famous people
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From Hicksville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Hicksville began

When was Hicksville founded?

1855

The Hicksville post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 43,869171 years
Founding year: the first Hicksville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hicksville’s past

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

Old housesHalf of Hicksville’s homes were built before 1955.Famous sons and daughtersTim Parker, Theresa Caputo and 10 more were born here.
★ What stands out · The story

How Hicksville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hicksville.

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Valentine Hicks – the hamlet's namesake – was the son-in-law of abolitionist and Quaker preacher Elias Hicks, and an eventual president of the Long Island Rail Road. He bought land in what is now Hicksville in 1834, and turned it into a station stop on the LIRR in 1837. Hicksville was founded accidentally when a financial depression brought the LIRR to a stop at Broadway, Hicksville. The station slowly grew and though it started as a train station, it turned into a hotel then a real estate deal, even becoming a depot for produce, particularly cucumbers for a Heinz Company plant. After a blight destroyed the cucumber crops, the farmers grew potatoes. It turned into a bustling New York City suburb in the building boom following World War II.

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Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Famous people

12 famous people were born in Hicksville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Tim ParkerAmerican soccer player · b. 1993
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Theresa CaputoAmerican television personality and medium · b. 1966
Gary D. SchmidtAmerican writer · b. 1957
Jerome SteinertCyclist · b. 1883
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Michael CollinsAmerican soccer player · b. 1961
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Peter JianetteAmerican soccer player · b. 1963
Timeline

Hicksville, 1834 to 1993

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1834In the archiveUntitled photo
  3. 1883Born hereJerome Steinert is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903In the archiveJarvis Andrew Lattin (1853-1941) in The Brooklyn Daily Times of Brooklyn, New York on Dec…
  6. 1957Born hereGary D. Schmidt is born here
  7. 1966Born hereTheresa Caputo is born here
  8. 1993Born hereTim Parker is born here
By decade

Hicksville, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1830s to the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1830s1 item
Untitled photo1834Untitled photoDocument
1900s5 items
Jarvis Andrew Lattin (1853-1941) in The Brooklyn Daily Times of Brooklyn, New York on December 2, 19031903Jarvis Andrew Lattin (1853-1941) in The Brooklyn Dail…Tracey finishing in the Vanderbilt cup race, for racing cars sponsored by W.K. Vanderbilt, Jr1905Tracey finishing in the Vanderbilt cup race, for raci…Scoreboard at the Vanderbilt cup race, for racing cars sponsored by W.K. Vanderbilt, Jr1905Scoreboard at the Vanderbilt cup race, for racing car…At Hicksville) L.S. Chanler, Monson Morris, Edwin Bailey, Jr1908At Hicksville) L.S. Chanler, Monson Morris, Edwin Bai…L.S. Chanler - Munson (i.e., Monson) Morris - E. Bailey Jr. at1908L.S. Chanler - Munson (i.e., Monson) Morris - E. Bail…
1910s–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.

Jarvis Andrew Lattin (1853-1941) in The Brooklyn Daily Times of Brooklyn, New York on December 2, 1903
Retake this viewJarvis Andrew Lattin (1853-1941) in The Brooklyn Daily Times of Brooklyn, New York on December 2, 1903, 1903

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

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Hicksville

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts

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

Help out

Finish Hicksville’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewJarvis Andrew Lattin (1853-1941) in The…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Oyster Bay61 historic placesA−Hempstead29 historic placesAJericho1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLevittownIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalisburyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBethpageIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSyosset1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNew CasselIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Hempstead52 historic placesA

Questions about Hicksville’s history

What year was Hicksville founded?

The Hicksville post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Library of Congress (2), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.