The Marcy post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Maynard (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 1,799 in 18402020 census: 8,777193 years
How historic is Marcy?
B+
More historic than 65% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Marcy post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Marcy’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Marcy is more historic than 65% of U.S. towns, #561 of 758 in New York. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Marcy’s overall grade.
New York towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New York town has 12.3 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Marcy’s 1.2 sits below most of its state (22% of New York towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.9 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Marcy’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first settlers arrived circa 1773. During the American Revolution, the settlers, having been warned by a friendly Oneida Indian about an enemy raid, abandoned their farms until after the war. The town was resettled in 1792.
The Town of Marcy was formed in 1832 from part of the Town of Deerfield, located to the east.
The Neck Canal of 1730 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
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.
The Marcy post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Marcy rank for history?
Marcy is more historic than 65% of U.S. towns, #561 of 758 in New York. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Marcy?
One place: the Neck Canal of 1730 (listed 1995).
How old are the homes in Marcy?
17% of Marcy’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.9 points), against a typical 27% for a New York town; the median home was built in 1971.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (5), 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.
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