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History · Shrub Oak

Shrub Oak’s post office opened in 1829, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

1829first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand. Cropped and color-corrected 2009-12-31 by Daniel Case · CC BY 2.0
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How Shrub Oak began

When was Shrub Oak founded?

1829

The Shrub Oak post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 2,143197 years
Founding year: the first Shrub Oak post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Shrub Oak’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 Shrub Oak are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1829: 197 years of Shrub Oak.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Shrub Oak’s history is told.

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The story so far

Shrub Oak, in brief

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

Shrub Oak is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Shrub Oak had a population of 2,143.

Its first post office opened in 1829. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,011 to 2,143 (+7%).

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 Shrub Oak

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

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Mel GibsonAmerican actor, director, producer and screenwr… · b. 1956
Gore VidalAmerican writer · b. 1925
Stanley TucciAmerican actor and author · b. 1960
Paul ReubensAmerican actor and comedian · b. 1952
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Tom WellingAmerican actor, director, and model · b. 1977
Charles DurningAmerican actor · b. 1923
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lake Mohegan1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJefferson Valley-YorktownIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrompondIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Shrub Oak’s history

What year was Shrub Oak founded?

The Shrub Oak post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 →