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History · Stottville

Stottville’s post office opened in 1867, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1929 on and the census since 2000.

1867first post office
1on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Stottville began

When was Stottville founded?

1867

The Stottville post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 1,355 in 20002020 census: 1,665159 years
Founding year: the first Stottville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Stottville’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 Stottville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Stottville’s homes were built before 1953.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stottville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Stottville, in brief

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

Stottville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Stottville had a population of 1,665. Stottville is in the southern part of the town of Stockport, south of Stockport Creek, and in the northern section of the town of Greenport.

Its first post office opened in 1867. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,375 to 1,665 (+21%).

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 map

Stottville on the map, 1929 to 1980

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

Stottville on the 1929 USGS mapStottville on the 1953 USGS mapStottville on the 1980 USGS map1929Coxsackie 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 Stottville.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Stottville

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.

People over time

Stottville, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,80020002020Peak: 1,665

Between 1,355 and 1,665 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Stottville’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Stottville

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

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Kristanna LokenAmerican actress · b. 1979
Hannah Van BurenWife of Martin Van Buren · b. 1783
Amos EatonAmerican botanist · b. 1776
Kristine DeBellAmerican actress · b. 1954
John C. SpencerAmerican politician · b. 1788
Marguerite ChapmanAmerican actress · b. 1918
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Claverack25 historic placesA+Greenport7 historic placesA−Lorenz Park2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStockport2 historic placesA−Ghent4 historic placesA

Questions about Stottville’s history

What year was Stottville founded?

The Stottville post office opened in 1867, 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 →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.