Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The Gilbertsville post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name.
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 Gilbertsville’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Gilbertsville. 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 Gilbertsville.
From Wikipedia’s history of Gilbertsville.
The name Gilbertsville derived from the large number of Gilbert family, descended from Hans George Gilbert who relocated from Hoffenheim, Germany in 1750. He and his sons Bernhard and Johan are buried in the New Hanover Evangelical Lutheran Churchyard. The village was originally a part of McCall's Manor.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Gilbertsville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The villages of this township are Gilbertsville, Engleville, Douglas, and Niantic. These, except Gilbertsville, have never been known other than hamlets and post office points where a few business houses have been and are to-day to be found. Gilbertsville in 1883 had about seventy dwellings and the usual number of shops and stores. From an early day
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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2012Gilbertsville Fire CompanyBetween 3,994 and 5,508 people in every census since 1990.
4 censuses, 1990–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Gilbertsville’s Wikipedia page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Gilbertsville post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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). How TownRatings grades history →
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