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History · Shenorock

Shenorock’s post office opened in 1936, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register.

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Photo: Kyle Turchick (Krturchi at English Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quick answers

How Shenorock began

When was Shenorock founded?

1936

The Shenorock post office opened in 1936, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,90390 years
Founding year: the first Shenorock post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Shenorock’s 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 Shenorock are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Shenorock’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Shenorock’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Shenorock, in brief

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

Shenorock is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Somers in Westchester County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Shenorock had a population of 1,903. The community is named after Shawanórõckquot, a Wiechquaeskeck sachem.

Its first post office opened in 1936. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,898 in 2010, 1,903 in 2020.

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

By decade

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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On the National Register

1 historic place in Shenorock

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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

Questions about Shenorock’s history

What year was Shenorock founded?

The Shenorock post office opened in 1936, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 →

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