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History · Kings Park

Kings Park’s post office opened in 1890, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Kings Park was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. Below: 4 old photos and papers and maps from 1902 on.

1890first post office
2on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
2famous people
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From Kings Park’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Kings Park began

When was Kings Park founded?

1890

The Kings Park post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 17,085136 years
Founding year: the first Kings Park post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Kings Park’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 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19025 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1979. Watch Kings Park change.
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Start Kings Park’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Kings Park on the map, 1902 to 1979

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

Kings Park on the 1902 USGS mapKings Park on the 1947 USGS mapKings Park on the 1955 USGS mapKings Park on the 1967 USGS mapKings Park on the 1979 USGS map1902Setauket 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 Kings Park.

The story so far

Kings Park, in brief

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

Kings Park is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Smithtown, in Suffolk County, in Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 17,085 as of the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 17,282 in 2010, 17,085 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Kings Park, 1902 to 1985

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902In the archiveSuffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 21 (Map bounded by
  3. 1902On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1915In the archiveKings Park
  5. 1983Born hereBobby Goepfert is born here
  6. 1985Born hereChris Koepplin is born here
By decade

Kings Park, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s–1910s4 items
Suffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 21 (Map bounded by1902Suffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 21 (Map b…MapSuffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 3 (Map bounded by Long Island Sound, Smith Town Bay, St. James, Smith Town,…1902Suffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 3 (Map bo…MapKings Park1915Kings ParkPart of Smith Town Suffolk County1915Part of Smith Town Suffolk County
1920s–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.
Add from your album
Today2 recent
Sunken Meadow State Parkway - New York2010Sunken Meadow State Parkway - New YorkSunken Meadow Parkway - Long Island, New York2010Sunken Meadow Parkway - Long Island, New York
Every building

Kings Park, building by building, 1927

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Kings Park fire insurance map, 1927, sheet 11927Sheet 1 of 3
BrickWoodStone

Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

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.

Kings Park
Retake this viewKings Park, 1915

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

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Kings Park

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

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

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Kings Park

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

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Bobby GoepfertAmerican ice hockey goaltender · b. 1983
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Chris KoepplinAmerican football player · b. 1985
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Fort Salonga2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNissequogue8 historic placesC+Commack4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuntington99 historic placesAEast NorthportIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSmithtown27 historic placesB−

Questions about Kings Park’s history

What year was Kings Park founded?

The Kings Park post office opened in 1890, 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 (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.