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History · Titusville

Half of Titusville’s homes were built after 1963

Most of Titusville was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1963. Below: maps from 1893 on.

0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Titusville’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 Titusville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18935 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1981. Watch Titusville change.Old housesHalf of Titusville’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Titusville’s history is told.

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On the map

Titusville on the map, 1893 to 1981

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

Titusville on the 1893 USGS mapTitusville on the 1903 USGS mapTitusville on the 1943 USGS mapTitusville on the 1957 USGS mapTitusville on the 1981 USGS map1893Poughkeepsie 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 Titusville.

The story so far

Titusville, in brief

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

Titusville is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of LaGrange, New York, in Dutchess County, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 729.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 811 to 729 (-10%).

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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History across the town line

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Red Oaks MillIts 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.