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History · Marlboro

Marlboro’s post office opened in 1824, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

5 places in town are on the National Register. Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1893 on, and the census since 2000.

1824first post office
5on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
1famous people
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From Marlboro’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Marlboro began

When was Marlboro founded?

1824

The Marlboro post office opened in 1824, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 2,339 in 20002020 census: 3,699202 years
Founding year: the first Marlboro post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Marlboro’s past

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

On the map since 18935 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1981. Watch Marlboro change.Deep rootsA post office since 1824: 202 years of Marlboro.Landmarks on the Register5 places on the National Register.
★ What stands out · On the map

Marlboro on the map, 1893 to 1981

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

Marlboro on the 1893 USGS mapMarlboro on the 1903 USGS mapMarlboro on the 1947 USGS mapMarlboro on the 1956 USGS mapMarlboro on the 1981 USGS map1893Poughkeepsie 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 Marlboro.

Timeline

Marlboro, 1893 to 1985

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1976In the archiveMarteen's Cabins
  5. 1985Born hereDan Pirillo is born here
On the National Register

5 historic places in Marlboro

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

places listed
5
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
9
each building in a district counts

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

The story

How Marlboro came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Marlboro.

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The community was the site of the first settlement in the town, around 1697. The Chapel Hill Bible Church, Christ Episcopal Church, Dubois-Sarles Octagon, Elliot–Buckley House, and Shady Brook Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Marlboro is also the location of the Gomez Mill House, an historical site which is the oldest Jewish residence in Ulster County. It was additionally the first paper mill in Ulster County.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Marlboro in 1908

Passages that mention Marlboro, cut from the printed page as they were published.

2. The business and object of such society shall be the accumulation and maintenance of a library of books, pamphlets, periodicals, etc., for the use of the people of the village of Milton in the town of Marlboro, county of Ulster, and state of New York. 3. The trustees of said society shall be fiv…
History of the town of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, from its earliest discovery1908 · page 456Read the page →
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2. The business and object of such society shall be the accumulation and maintenance of a library of books, pamphlets, periodicals, etc., for the use of the people of the village of Milton in the town of Marlboro, county of Ulster, and state of New York. 3. The trustees of said society shall be five in numl^er and the names of the trustees for the first year are as follows : Ethan Parrot, Townsend Sherman, George Clark, Sarah AValter

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Eesolved that there be two hundred and fifty dollars raised by tax on tlie town of Marlboro as town bounty for all those who go to fill the quota for said town, under the President's last call for five hundred thousand men.
History of the town of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, from its earliest discovery1908 · page 344Read the page →
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Eesolved that there be two hundred and fifty dollars raised by tax on tlie town of Marlboro as town bounty for all those who go to fill the quota for said town, under the President's last call for five hundred thousand men.

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

Marlboro, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1970s6 items
Marteen's Cabins1976Marteen's CabinsMarteen's Cabins1976Marteen's CabinsMarteen's Cabins1976Marteen's CabinsMarteen's Cabins1976Marteen's CabinsMarteen's Cabins1976Marteen's CabinsMarteen's Cabin1977Marteen's Cabin
1980s–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.

Marteen's Cabins
Retake this viewMarteen's Cabins, 1976

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

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People over time

Marlboro, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,00020002020Peak: 3,699

Between 2,339 and 3,699 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Help out

Finish Marlboro’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 viewMarteen's Cabins: 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.

Milton1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarlborough7 historic placesANewburgh11 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPoughkeepsie20 historic placesA−

Questions about Marlboro’s history

What year was Marlboro founded?

The Marlboro post office opened in 1824, 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), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.