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History · Marshall

Marshall’s post office opened in 1829, and 37% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 82% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Its Register listing is the Deansboro Railroad Station. Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1830.

1829first post office
1on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Marshall began

When was Marshall founded?

1829

The Marshall post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Deansville (1830), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 1,908 in 18302020 census: 1,966197 years

How historic is Marshall?

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More historic than 82% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Marshall post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Marshall’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Marshall is more historic than 82% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Marshall’s overall grade.
Founding era1829, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194036.9% of homes (±6.4) · typical NY town 26.6% · U.S. 8.4%ANational Register1 listing, 4.6 per 10,000 residents · typical NY town 12.3 · U.S. 2.4C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 82%
NewerOlder

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 Marshall’s 4.6 sits below most of its state (33% 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 (±6.4 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 Marshall’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Marshall are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Marshall, and 7 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1829: 197 years of Marshall.Old housesHalf of Marshall’s homes were built before 1963.
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Start Marshall’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Marshall had its own post office from 1829 to 1881. Another post office, Deansville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Marshall
1829–1881
Deansville
1830–1894
Deansboro
1894–today
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BrothertownDaytonvilleDeansboroForge HollowHanoverSignal Mobile Home ParkSmall Corners
1cemetery inside Marshall
Eastman

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Marshall, 1825 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1825Born hereHoratio C. Burchard is born here
  3. 1829Post officeThe Marshall post office opens
  4. 1830Post officeThe Deansville post office opens
  5. 1832Born hereHarvey G. Eastman is born here
  6. 1867BuiltDeansboro Railroad Station is built
  7. 1881Post officeThe Marshall post office closes
  8. 1894Post officeThe Deansville post office closes
  9. 1894Post officeThe Deansboro post office opens
  10. 20th century
  11. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Marshall came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Marshall.

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The first settlers were the Brothertown Indians, a group of about 400 people formed from scattered remnants of tribes from New England and Long Island, led by Asa Dick and Samson Occom, who arrived around 1774. They were granted land by the Oneida Indians, for the purpose of creating a new township for Christian Indians. They made their homes around the Oriskany Creek, which provided power for their grist mills. Many Brotherton Indians left town during the Revolutionary War, returning after end of the war to farm. Because Brotherton Indians came from different peoples whose languages were not mutually intelligible, many adopted the English language. The number of Brotherton Indians had dwindled by 1850, with some succumbing to alcoholism, and others selling their land and moving to Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Marshall, decade by decade

Today5 recent
NY 12B sb in Deansboro, July 20232023NY 12B sb in Deansboro, July 2023NY 12B sb at NY 315, July 20232023NY 12B sb at NY 315, July 2023NY 12 nb entering Paris, July 20232023NY 12 nb entering Paris, July 2023NY 12 nb approaching Daytonville Road, July 20232023NY 12 nb approaching Daytonville Road, July 2023NY 12B at quarry in2006NY 12B at quarry in
On the map

Marshall on the map, 1907 to 1943

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

Marshall on the 1907 USGS mapMarshall on the 1943 USGS map1907Sangerfield 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 Marshall.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Marshall

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
first listed
2002
Deansboro Railroad Station
Deansboro Railroad Station, built 1867
Buildings
Deansboro Railroad StationBuilt 1867

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

People over time

Marshall, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5001850190019502000Peak: 2,276

Between 1,431 and 2,276 people in every census since 1830.

19 censuses, 1830–2010.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Marshall

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

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Horatio C. BurchardAmerican politician · b. 1825
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Harvey G. EastmanAmerican mayor · b. 1832
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Augusta1 historic placeA−Sangerfield3 historic placesA+Kirkland6 historic placesA+Paris1 historic placeB+Oriskany Falls1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Marshall’s history

What year was Marshall founded?

The Marshall post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Marshall rank for history?

Marshall is more historic than 82% of U.S. towns. 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 Marshall?

One place: the Deansboro Railroad Station (listed 2002).

How old are the homes in Marshall?

37% of Marshall’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.4 points), against a typical 27% for a New York town; the median home was built in 1963.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.