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History · Mineville

Mineville’s post office opened in 1870, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1894 on.

1870first post office
2on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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From Mineville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Mineville began

When was Mineville founded?

1870

The Mineville post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,327156 years
Founding year: the first Mineville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mineville’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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18945 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1999. Watch Mineville change.
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Start Mineville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mineville’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.
Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District Descri…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Mineville on the map, 1894 to 1999

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

Mineville on the 1894 USGS mapMineville on the 1901 USGS mapMineville on the 1955 USGS mapMineville on the 1978 USGS mapMineville on the 1999 USGS map1894Elizabethtown 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 Mineville.

The story so far

Mineville, in brief

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

Mineville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Moriah in Essex County, New York. As of the 2020 census, Mineville had a population of 1,327. Prior to the 2010 census, it was part of the Mineville-Witherbee, New York census-designated place. Mineville and Witherbee are located in the northern part of Moriah, northwest of Port Henry. Mineville was named for the iron ore mines that used to operate here. In 1875, Mineville contributed 8.8% of the iron ore mined in the US.

Its first post office opened in 1870. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,269 to 1,327 (+5%).

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

Timeline

Mineville, 1850 to 1905

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New York - Essex County - ED 16-15, ED 16…
  3. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Born hereJoseph Mazza is born here
By decade

Mineville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1850s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1850s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New York - Essex County - ED 16-15, ED 16-16, ED 16-1718501940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New Y…
Every building

Mineville, building by building, 1916

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.

Mineville fire insurance map, 1916, sheet 11916Sheet 1 of 9
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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.

1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New York - Essex County - ED 16-15, ED 16-16, ED 16-17
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New York - Essex County - ED 16-15, ED 16-16, ED 16-17, 1850

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

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Mineville

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
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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.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

WitherbeeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Mineville’s history

What year was Mineville founded?

The Mineville post office opened in 1870, 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 (1), 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.