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History · North Gates

Half of North Gates’ homes were built after 1970

Most of North Gates was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: maps from 1895 on.

0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about North Gates’ 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 North Gates are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18958 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1994. Watch North Gates change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North Gates’s history is told.

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North Gates on the map, 1895 to 1994

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

North Gates on the 1895 USGS mapNorth Gates on the 1912 USGS mapNorth Gates on the 1920 USGS mapNorth Gates on the 1931 USGS mapNorth Gates on the 1952 USGS mapNorth Gates on the 1969 USGS mapNorth Gates on the 1971 USGS mapNorth Gates on the 1994 USGS map1895Rochester 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 North Gates.

The story so far

North Gates, in brief

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

North Gates is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Gates, Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 9,458 at the 2020 census. The census area was part of Gates-North Gates CDP from 1980 thru 2000.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 9,512 in 2010, 9,458 in 2020.

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

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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to North Gates

Nobody well known was born in North Gates itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Philip Seymour HoffmanAmerican actor · b. 1967
John LithgowAmerican actor · b. 1945
Ryan LochteAmerican swimmer · b. 1984
Cab CallowayAmerican jazz singer · b. 1907
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Abby WambachAmerican soccer player · b. 1980
Robert ForsterAmerican actor · b. 1941
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Gates1 historic placeB−Rochester123 historic placesA+Greece5 historic placesA−

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.