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History · Willsboro Point

Willsboro Point’s post office opened in 1871, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

3 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1895 on.

1871first post office
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How Willsboro Point began

When was Willsboro Point founded?

1871

The Willsboro Point post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 382155 years
Founding year: the first Willsboro Point post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Willsboro Point’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 Willsboro Point are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18953 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1956. Watch Willsboro Point change.Old housesHalf of Willsboro Point’s homes were built before 1961.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Willsboro Point’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Willsboro Point on the map, 1895 to 1956

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

Willsboro Point on the 1895 USGS mapWillsboro Point on the 1941 USGS mapWillsboro Point on the 1956 USGS map1895Willsboro 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 Willsboro Point.

The story so far

Willsboro Point, in brief

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

Willsboro Point is a census-designated place (CDP) that occupies a peninsula of the same name in Lake Champlain in the United States. The community is in the town of Willsboro in Essex County, New York. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Willsboro Point had a population of 382. The peninsula is in northeastern Essex County, in the northeastern section of Willsboro, and it extends northward 3.5 miles (5.6 km) into Lake Champlain, with the main body of the lake to the east and Willsboro Bay to the west. The hamlet of Willsboro Point is on the eastern shore of the peninsula, closer to the southern end. It is 4 miles (6 km) north of Willsboro hamlet an…

Its first post office opened in 1871.

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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On the National Register

3 listings protect 13 historic buildings

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

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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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.

Willsboro8 historic placesA+Chesterfield7 historic placesA−

Questions about Willsboro Point’s history

What year was Willsboro Point founded?

The Willsboro Point post office opened in 1871, 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 →

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.