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History · Truxton

Truxton’s post office opened in 1810, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Truxton Depot. Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 1820.

1810first post office
1on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
7famous people
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How Truxton began

When was Truxton founded?

1810

The Truxton post office opened in 1810, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Cheningo (1839), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 2,956 in 18202020 census: 997216 years
Founding year: the first Truxton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Truxton’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 Truxton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 3,888 in 1830; 1,133 people lived here in 2010.On the map since 19033 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1955. Watch Truxton change.Deep rootsA post office since 1810: 216 years of Truxton.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Truxton’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Truxton, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0001850190019502000Peak: 3,888

Peaked at 3,888 in 1830; 1,133 people lived here in 2010.

20 censuses, 1820–2010.

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

On the map

Truxton on the map, 1903 to 1955

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

Truxton on the 1903 USGS mapTruxton on the 1944 USGS mapTruxton on the 1955 USGS map1903Cortland 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 Truxton.

The story

How Truxton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Truxton.

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The region that includes Cortland County was part of the Central New York Military Tract.

The first settler arrived around 1793. The town of Truxton was formed from part of the town of Fabius (in Onondaga County) when Cortland County was created in 1808. An addition was made in 1811 to Truxton from the town of Solon. In 1858, the eastern part of Truxton was used to form the town of Cuyler.

The Truxton Depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Truxton in 1859

Passages that mention Truxton, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Truxton. — The town of Truxton was organized from the south half of the military town of Fabius, April 8, 1808. It also embraces four tiers of lots taken from the north part of Solon.
Pioneer history1859 · page 207Read the page →
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Truxton. — The town of Truxton was organized from the south half of the military town of Fabius, April 8, 1808. It also embraces four tiers of lots taken from the north part of Solon.

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The surface of the town of Truxton presents a broken and diversified aspect. The Truxton Flats are, however, very beautiful, rich, and abundant in agricultural elements ; yet they are unquestionably better adapted to the growing of the coarser grains, though wheat is produced to a limited extent.
Pioneer history1859 · page 212Read the page →
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The surface of the town of Truxton presents a broken and diversified aspect. The Truxton Flats are, however, very beautiful, rich, and abundant in agricultural elements ; yet they are unquestionably better adapted to the growing of the coarser grains, though wheat is produced to a limited extent.

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The streams of Truxton afford many excellent millseats, which in most instances are used to good advantage, placing her in the front rank of manufacturing towns in the county. There are five grist-mills, several saw-mills, a large sash and blind factory, a firkin and tub factory, and a Wool Exchang…
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The streams of Truxton afford many excellent millseats, which in most instances are used to good advantage, placing her in the front rank of manufacturing towns in the county. There are five grist-mills, several saw-mills, a large sash and blind factory, a firkin and tub factory, and a Wool Exchange. The latter we propose to briefly notice. In 1809 Jonah Stiles and Alvin Pease erected a grist-mill, the second one in the town.

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Truxton, 1810 to 1904

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1810Post officeThe Truxton post office opens
  3. 1815Born hereRobert Marcellus Stewart is born here
  4. 1825Born hereJohn S. Harris is born here
  5. 1830CensusPopulation peaks at 3,888
  6. 1839Post officeThe Cheningo post office opens
  7. 1872Born hereClarence Perry is born here
  8. 1873Born hereJohn Joseph McGraw is born here
  9. 20th century
  10. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  11. 1904Post officeThe Cheningo post office closes
By decade

Truxton, decade by decade

Today12 recent
Truxton Town Hall2025Truxton Town HallTinker Falls2016Tinker FallsDownstream Of The Falls2016Downstream Of The FallsTruxton Depot2015Truxton DepotFLT M21 11.9 mi - Trail register near Randall Hill Rd2012FLT M21 11.9 mi - Trail register near Randall Hill RdSt. Patrick Oratory2010St. Patrick OratoryUntitled photo2010Untitled photoChrist's Church in the Valley2010Christ's Church in the ValleyTruxton, New York2005Truxton, New YorkTruxton, New York2005Truxton, New YorkTruxton, New York2005Truxton, New YorkTruxton, New York2005Truxton, New York
On the National Register

1 historic place in Truxton

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2008
Truxton Depot
Truxton Depot
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late Victorian1
Truxton DepotLate Victorian

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

Famous people

7 famous people were born in Truxton

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

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John Joseph McGrawBaseball player, baseball manager · b. 1873
Clarence PerryAmerican urban planner · b. 1872
John S. HarrisAmerican politician, Louisiana · b. 1825
Robert Marcellus StewartAmerican politician · b. 1815
Charles A. HillAmerican politician · b. 1833
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Leonard W. BuckPolitician · b. 1834
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Truxton’s post office has been open since 1810. Another post office, Cheningo, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Truxton
1810–today
Cheningo
1839–1904
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CheningoCrains Mills
Gone or out of use
Pelham SchoolschoolSchool Number 14schoolSchool Number 5school
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Truxton
CheningoSaint PatricksTruxton Rural

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

CuylerIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHomer4 historic placesA+Preble2 historic placesASolon1 historic placeA−Fabius1 historic placeA+TullyIts storyB+

Questions about Truxton’s history

What year was Truxton founded?

The Truxton post office opened in 1810, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Truxton?

One place: the Truxton Depot (listed 2008).

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 (12), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.