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History · Strykersville

Strykersville’s post office opened in 1828, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1923 on.

1828first post office
0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Strykersville began

When was Strykersville founded?

1828

The Strykersville post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 682198 years
Founding year: the first Strykersville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Strykersville’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Strykersville.Old housesHalf of Strykersville’s homes were built before 1961.
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Start Strykersville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Strykersville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewStone Bridge (Village); Stone Bridge Bu…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Timeline

Strykersville, 1860 to 1923

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1860Born hereEdward Gaylord Bourne is born here
  3. 1866In the archiveStone Bridge (Village); Stone Bridge Business Directory.; Sloansville Business Directory.…
  4. 20th century
  5. 1917Born hereJim Konstanty is born here
  6. 1923On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Strykersville, in brief

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

Strykersville is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located within the town of Sheldon, with a small southern portion in the Town of Java, in the western part of Wyoming County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Strykersville had a population of 682. It is located on New York State Route 78.

Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 647 to 682 (+5%).

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

By decade

Strykersville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1860s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1860s1 item
Stone Bridge (Village); Stone Bridge Business Directory.; Sloansville Business Directory.; Sloansville (Village); Stryk…1866Stone Bridge (Village); Stone Bridge Business Directo…
On the map

Strykersville on the map, 1923 to 1957

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

Strykersville on the 1923 USGS mapStrykersville on the 1957 USGS map1923Arcade 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 Strykersville.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Stone Bridge (Village); Stone Bridge Business Directory.; Sloansville Business Directory.; Sloansville (Village); Stryk…
Retake this viewStone Bridge (Village); Stone Bridge Business Directory.; Sloansville Business Directory.; Sloansville (Village); Stryk…, 1866

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Strykersville’s page.

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Strykersville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Jim KonstantyAmerican baseball player · b. 1917
Edward Gaylord BourneAmerican historian · b. 1860
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

SheldonIts storyB+

Questions about Strykersville’s history

What year was Strykersville founded?

The Strykersville post office opened in 1828, 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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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.