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History · West Hills

West Hills’ post office opened in 1826, and 10 of its places are on the National Register

Most of West Hills was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1961.

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How West Hills began

When was West Hills founded?

1826

The West Hills post office opened in 1826, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 5,385200 years
Founding year: the first West Hills post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

10 historic places in West Hills

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

places listed
10
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
20
each building in a district counts

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Melville3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouth Huntington3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCold Spring Harbor10 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWoodburyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuntington Station1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOyster Bay61 historic placesA−Huntington99 historic placesA

Questions about West Hills’ history

What year was West Hills founded?

The West Hills post office opened in 1826, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 →