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More historic than 35% of U.S. towns · #716 of 758 in New York. What drives it
Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1900.
The Voorheesville post office opened in 1868, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 35% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Voorheesville is more historic than 35% of U.S. towns, #716 of 758 in New York. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
New York towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New York town has 12.3 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Voorheesville’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (10% of New York towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Voorheesville’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Voorheesville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Voorheesville.
From Wikipedia’s history of Voorheesville.
The area was settled by farmers sent by the Rensselaer family. In the 19th century, their descendants rebelled against the patroon system, fomenting a Rent War.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
2026Voorheesville, Albany County
2025Welded rail in Voorheesville August 2025
2025Welded and jointed rail in Voorheesville August 2025
2025Voorheesville Connector track August 2025
2025Portable toilet service truck being towed Voorheesvil…
2025CSX M627 at CP-VO Voorheesville August 2025
2025CP-VO Voorheesville August 2025
2022NY 156 eb at NY 85A, Aug 2022
2021"Station stop is Voorheesville"
2016Camp Pinnacle in the Early morning
2011Thacher Park, Indian Ladder Trail, 2011-10Between 533 and 3,320 people in every census since 1900.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Voorheesville’s Wikipedia page.
The Voorheesville post office opened in 1868, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Voorheesville is more historic than 35% of U.S. towns, #716 of 758 in New York. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
19% of Voorheesville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.1 points), against a typical 27% for a New York town; the median home was built in 1969.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (11), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
