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History · Keuka Park

Keuka Park’s post office opened in 1901, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1903 on.

1901first post office
0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
Quick answers

How Keuka Park began

When was Keuka Park founded?

1901

The Keuka Park post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,130125 years
Founding year: the first Keuka Park post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Keuka Park’s past

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

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Start Keuka Park’s collection

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

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The story so far

Keuka Park, in brief

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

Keuka Park is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Jerusalem, Yates County, New York. The 2020 United States census reported a population of 1,130. The hamlet is on the shore of the east branch of Keuka Lake in the Finger Lakes region. Keuka College is located in Keuka Park next to the lake. In September of 1979, Director Ron Miller of Keuka College, put on a show called the Symphonic Steel Band. This show was seen across the country on the TV show The American Trail.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,137 in 2010, 1,130 in 2020.

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

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Keuka Park on the map, 1903 to 1942

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

Keuka Park on the 1903 USGS mapKeuka Park on the 1942 USGS map1903Penn Yan 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 Keuka Park.

Famous people

Famous people close to Keuka Park

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

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Questions about Keuka Park’s history

What year was Keuka Park founded?

The Keuka Park post office opened in 1901, 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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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.