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History · Seneca Knolls

Half of Seneca Knolls’ homes were built after 1958

Most of Seneca Knolls was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1958. Below: maps from 1900 on.

0on the National Register
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What stands out about Seneca Knolls’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Seneca Knolls are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19003 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1955. Watch Seneca Knolls change.Old housesHalf of Seneca Knolls’ homes were built before 1958.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Seneca Knolls’s history is told.

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On the map

Seneca Knolls on the map, 1900 to 1955

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Seneca Knolls. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Seneca Knolls on the 1900 USGS mapSeneca Knolls on the 1943 USGS mapSeneca Knolls on the 1955 USGS map1900Baldwinsville 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 Seneca Knolls.

The story so far

Seneca Knolls, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Seneca Knolls yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Seneca Knolls is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Seneca Knolls had a population of 1,992. Seneca Knolls is in the eastern part of the town of Van Buren.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,011 in 2010, 1,992 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Seneca Knolls

Nobody well known was born in Seneca Knolls itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Tom CruiseAmerican actor and film producer · b. 1962
Robert F. EngleAmerican economist and Nobel laureate · b. 1942
Carl WoeseAmerican microbiologist · b. 1928
Rod SerlingAmerican screenwriter · b. 1924
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Bobcat GoldthwaitAmerican comedian, actor, film director and scr… · b. 1962
Eric CarleAmerican author and illustrator for children · b. 1929
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Village GreenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.