Schodack dates to 1795, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 86% of U.S. towns · #329 of 758 in New York. What drives it
6 places in town are on the National Register, among them three historic districts with 110 buildings between them. Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1820.
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1816.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Schodack’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Schodack is more historic than 86% of U.S. towns, #329 of 758 in New York. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Schodack’s overall grade.
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 Schodack’s 95.1 sits above most of its state (75% of New York towns have fewer) while its 123 historic buildings outnumber those of 90% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.2 points). Two sources give 1795.
Founding year: Wikipedia (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 Schodack’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Schodack had its own post office from 1816 to 1829. Six other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Schodack
1816–1829
Schodack Landing
1816–today
Castleton
1817–1926
Schodack Centre
1829–1902
South Schodack
1832–1990
Schodack Depot
1848–1896
East Schodack
1855–today
Muitzeskill
1876–1903
Brookview
1896–1990
Castleton On Hudson
1926–today
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BraesideBrookviewCastleton-on-HudsonCedar Acres Mobile Home ParkCreekside Mobile Home ParkEast SchodackMorey ParkMuitzes KillNorth SchodackPine Haven Motor Home ParkRainbow Mobile Home ParkRivers Mobile Home ParkRosecrans ParkSchodack CenterSchodack LandingSouth SchodackStony Point
Gone or out of use
Beberwick PitmineCastleton-on-Hudson AirportairportSchool Number 6school
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Schodack
Clarks ChapelWoodlawn
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Schodack’s history is told.
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Prior to the arrival of the Dutch, the region was at the heart of the Mahican tribe. The location of their principal village was "Esquatak, the "fireplace of the nation." The town was partly explored by Henry Hudson in 1609.
The town was first settled by Europeans in the 17th century and was part of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck in the New Netherland colony. The town was established in 1795, when Rensselaerwyck was divided. In 1896, part of the town was annexed to provide some territory for the Towns of Nassau and Berlin.
Blink Bonnie, Elmbrook Farm, the Muitzes Kill Historic District, and the Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin are sites within the Town of Schodack that have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Passages that mention Schodack, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of the Reformed church, at East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York ..1891 · page 16Read the page →
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The first house used as a parsonage was in the township of Schodack. The Schodack congregation provided this for the minister. Kev. Mr. Romeyn lived in this house.
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History of the Reformed church, at East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York ..1891 · page 87Read the page →
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this year. On the twelfth of August the church was duly incorporated under the statute, six days previous to the incorporation of the older church of Schodack. The title assumed was: "The Minister, Elders and Deacons of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Greenbush, in the County of Albany." This was ratified by record in the office of the County Clerk of the county of Albany on
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Schodack, 1768 to 1926
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In 1795, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Schodack’s post office opened in 1816, and the census of 1820 counted 3,493 people here.
How does Schodack rank for history?
Schodack is more historic than 86% of U.S. towns, #329 of 758 in New York. 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 Schodack?
6 listings: 3 buildings and 3 historic districts, the Muitzes Kill Historic District, the Schodack Landing Historic District and the Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin, with 110 contributing buildings. 123 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Schodack?
17% of Schodack’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.2 points), against a typical 27% for a New York town; the median home was built in 1968.
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 (18), the National Register of Historic Places (6), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System 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.
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