Founding year: the first Schuylerville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Schuylerville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Schuylerville is more historic than 92% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Schuylerville’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 Schuylerville’s 25.5 sits near the middle of its state (59% of New York towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% 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 (±7.0 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
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 →
What stands out about Schuylerville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Schuylerville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1900Schuylerville 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 Schuylerville.
Inhabited by Native Americans as late as 820 A.D., the region was eventually settled by Dutch settlers from Albany in 1691, who called the region Fort Saratoga. These settlers included the influential Schuyler family. Conflicts occurred among the French, Mohawk, Mohican, Dutch, and English peoples. The peace of 1763 between France and England resulted in this area being available for settlement. Homes and mills were built by European Americans, including General Phillip Schuyler's flax mill in 1767 (the first of its kind in the American colonies).
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 year, then a sheet.
Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Schuylerville, 1878–1893
Passages that mention Schuylerville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Saratoga County, New York, with illustrations biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers1878 · page 276Read the page →
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Burgoyne pressed closely upon the retreating forces of the Americans. On the 28th of July, Schuyler's army was at Moses Kill, eight miles above Schuylerville, and two days later it had reached what is now Schuylerville itself On the 2d day of August the army of Schuyler moved yet farther down the valley, and encamped in the present town of Stillwater. Meanwhile the British army arrived at the high grounds, less than two miles above the village of
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History of Saratoga County, New York1893 · page 192Read the page →
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Samuel Smith. In 1792 fifty acres of land were purchased by the society north of the present village of Schuylerville, and a parsonage was erected thereon. In 1821 the society resolved to build two churches, one at Schuylerville, the other at Bacon Hill. In the year 1822 the old meeting house of historic memory at Schuylerville was taken down, and the
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History of Saratoga County, New York1893 · page 446Read the page →
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The natural business activity of Mr. Ames was manifested in* many ways not referred to in this sketch. While living at Schuylerville he assisted in the organization of the Schuylerville National bank, drew its charter, and served as director and president of the bank during the remainder of his residence in that village. He laid out Prospect Hill cemetery
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Schuylerville, 1800 to 1916
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
The Schuylerville post office opened in 1820, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Schuylerville rank for history?
Schuylerville is more historic than 92% of U.S. towns. 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.
How old are the homes in Schuylerville?
51% of Schuylerville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.0 points), against a typical 27% for a New York town; the median home was built in 1938.
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 (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) 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.
c. 1860