Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to West Chazy

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · West Chazy

West Chazy’s post office opened in 1833, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1895 on.

1833first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
Add an old photoShare a memory
From West Chazy’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How West Chazy began

When was West Chazy founded?

1833

The West Chazy post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 558193 years
Founding year: the first West Chazy post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about West Chazy’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.On the map since 18954 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1966. Watch West Chazy change.Deep rootsA post office since 1833: 193 years of West Chazy.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start West Chazy’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewWest Chazy, N.Y: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

West Chazy on the map, 1895 to 1966

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

West Chazy on the 1895 USGS mapWest Chazy on the 1942 USGS mapWest Chazy on the 1956 USGS mapWest Chazy on the 1966 USGS map1895Mooers 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 West Chazy.

Timeline

West Chazy, 1895 to 1906

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1895On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1899In the archiveWest Chazy, N.Y
  4. 20th century
  5. 1906Born hereRichard Lawrence is born here
The story so far

West Chazy, in brief

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

West Chazy is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Chazy in Clinton County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, West Chazy had a population of 558.

Its first post office opened in 1833. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 529 to 558 (+5%).

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

By decade

West Chazy, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s1 item
West Chazy, N.Y1899West Chazy, N.Y
1900s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
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.

West Chazy, N.Y
Retake this viewWest Chazy, N.Y, 1899

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

Retake this view · +15

Questions about West Chazy’s history

What year was West Chazy founded?

The West Chazy post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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.