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More historic than 76% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Glen Haven District No. 4 School and Public Library. Its Register listing is the Glen Haven District No. 4 School and Public Library. Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 1820.
The Scott post office opened in 1821, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, East Scott (1851), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
More historic than 76% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Scott is more historic than 76% of U.S. towns. 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 Scott’s 9.2 sits near the middle of its state (44% of New York towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% 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 Scott’s history is told.
Lost two-thirds of its people between 1830 and 1950, then more than doubled.
20 censuses, 1820–2010.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Scott’s Wikipedia page.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Scott. 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 Scott.
From Wikipedia’s history of Scott.
Scott is within the former Central New York Military Tract. The first white settler arrived around 1799.
The town was formed in 1815 from the town of Preble. The population in 1865 was 1,149.
The town is the birthplace of James Henry Salisbury, who later went on to create the Salisbury Steak.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Scott, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Scott, Massachusetts Militia; Lieutenant Moses Scott, Massachusetts Militia; Lieutenant William Scott, Massachusetts Militia; Lieutenant Ezekiel Scott, Westchester County Militia; Lieutenant Benjamin Scott, New Hampshire; Lieutenant John Scott, New Hampshire; Ensign Jonathan Scott, Connecticut ; Ensign James Scott, 7th Massachusetts Militia.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
History of the Scott Family 55 Scotland, with the erection of the Capitol to be occupied by the Congress of the new nation. The Rev. John Scott, born 1650 died 1726, of the Parish of Dipple in the Presbytery of Elgin, Morayshire, had two sons, Alexander and James, who leaving the old country settled in the Colony of Virginia. Alexander Scott was ordained and
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 hereJames H. Salisbury is born here
Born hereOliver Duff Greene is born here
Born hereHerman Churchill is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyThe country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Scott had its own post office from 1821 to 1912. Another post office, East Scott, 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).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Scott post office opened in 1821, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Scott is more historic than 76% 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.
One place: the Glen Haven District No. 4 School and Public Library (listed 1997).
21% of Scott’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.2 points), against a typical 27% for a New York town; the median home was built in 1975.
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 Wikimedia Commons (3), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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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