Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1909 on and the census since 2000.
The Rock Hill post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rock Hill’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Rock Hill. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Rock Hill.
From Wikipedia’s history of Rock Hill.
The hamlet of Rock Hill was not named so until October 1885, after the Katrina Falls Road post office was erected on top of a high, rocky cliff. Rock Hill was formally part of Bridgeville.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, there has been a significant increase in demand for homes in the Catskills in general and Rock Hill in particular.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Grew from 1,056 people in 2000 to 2,369 in 2020.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Rock Hill’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Rock Hill itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Rock Hill post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
