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More historic than 44% of U.S. towns · #696 of 758 in New York. What drives it
Most of Schuyler was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1820.
The Schuyler post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, East Schuyler (1825) and West Schuyler (1825), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
More historic than 44% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Schuyler is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns, #696 of 758 in New York. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Schuyler’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (10% of New York towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
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 →
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 Schuyler’s history is told.
Lost half of its people between 1830 and 1920, then grew 3-fold.
20 censuses, 1820–2010.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Schuyler’s Wikipedia page.
Schuyler had its own post office from 1825 to 1825. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikipedia’s history of Schuyler.
The area was first settled around 1765. The town of Schuyler was formed in 1792 from part of the town of Herkimer. In 1797, part of Schuyler was taken to form the newer town of Trenton. Schuyler was further reduced in 1798 to form the town of Deerfield (Oneida County) and in 1806 to form the town of Newport.
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Passages that mention Schuyler, cut from the printed page as they were published.
and by an aci of the legislature passed April 20, 1836, the eastern portion of Jersey township was formed into a town under the name of Orange. A portion of Hornby was annexed April 11, 1842, and part of Bradford township annexed April 17, 1854. It became a town of Schuyler county at its formation in the year 1854. It is bounded on the north by Tyrone and Reading, on the east by Catlin in Chemung county, and Dix and Reading in Schuyler county, on the south by Steuben county, and west by Steuben county. Its principal stream is Mead's creek, which flows south and west
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At the forty-fifth annual session of the legislature of New York, Api'il 16, 1822, the town of Tyrone was formed as a township in the county of Steuben— taken from Wayne township. By the act of the legislature in 1845 it became a town in the county of Schuyler. It is situated in the north west corner of the county of Schuyler, and is bounded <m the north by the county of Yates, on the east by Yates and the town of Reading, on the south by Orange, on the west by Steuben county. There are two small lakes in the town, known as Lake Lamoka and Lake Wanetta, otherwise Mud Lake or
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cumstances, and Jacob was therefore compelled to work for wages at whatsoever he could find to do. About 1825, in company with his elder brother, Abraham, he came to Schuyler County and bought land on Sugar Hill, in the town of Orange, and made his home with him until his marriage. His brother was a man of some note in Schuyler County, and held ofiice for many
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereKirkland C. Barker is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Schuyler. 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 Schuyler.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Schuyler post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Schuyler is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns, #696 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.
10% of Schuyler’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 1986.
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).
From 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.
