New York:
First Post Offices with
Rural Free Delivery
Elba 10/15/1896
Antwerp 05/02/1898
Highland 05/02/1898
Philadelphia 05/02/1898
Watertown 05/02/1898
Baldwinsville 07/05/1898
Barker 10/03/1898
Rhinebeck 10/03/1898
Hamlet 10/10/1898
Perrysburg 10/10/1898
New York:
Dates That First Rural Routes Were
Established at Post Offices,
through 1904
Adams 01/01/1904
Adams Basin 11/01/1901
Adams Center 07/01/1903
Adams Center 08/15/1903
Addison 12/02/1901
Afton 09/01/1903
Akin 03/01/1904
Akron 08/01/1901
Albion 12/01/1900
Alden 05/01/1902
Alexander 09/02/1901
Alfred Station 12/01/1903
Allegany 03/02/1903
Almond 03/01/1902
Alpine 09/01/1902
Altamont 05/16/1904
Altmar 10/01/1902
Altona 07/01/1903
Amenia 10/01/1903
Amsterdam 11/01/1901
Andover 10/01/1903
Angelica 03/01/1902
Angola 09/02/1901
Antwerp 05/02/1898
Appleton 11/15/1901
Arcade 11/01/1900
Argyle 02/15/1904
Arkport 03/01/1902
Arlington 05/01/1902
Ashville 11/15/1900
Athens 11/02/1903
Attica 07/01/1903
Atwater 09/01/1903
Auburn 11/01/1900
Aurora 09/01/1903
Ava 09/01/1904
Avoca 10/01/1902
Avon 11/01/1904
Bainbridge 10/01/1903
Baldwinsville 07/05/1898
Ballston Lake 11/02/1903
Ballston Spa 07/01/1903
Bangall 10/01/1902
Barker 10/03/1898
Barnards Crossing 08/15/1900
Barneveld 07/01/1903
Barton 07/01/1903
Basom 07/01/1902
Batavia 12/15/1900
Bath 11/01/1900
Beaver Dams 04/01/1904
Belmont 03/01/1902
Bemuspoint 12/15/1900
Bergen 01/15/1901
Berkshire 12/01/1902
Bern 07/01/1903
Bernhards Bay 07/01/1902
Binghamton 07/01/1902
Black River 01/01/1904
Blackcreek 03/01/1902
Blasdell 03/02/1903
Bliss 03/15/1900
Bloomville 04/01/1904
Blossvale 04/01/1903
Bluff Point 10/01/1901
Bolivar 04/01/1902
Bolton Landing 07/01/1903
Bombay 11/01/1904
Boonville 03/01/1902
Bouckville 11/02/1903
Bradford 10/01/1903
Brainard 09/15/1903
Branchport 02/15/1901
Brewerton 04/01/1903
Brewster 07/05/1899
Brighton 03/01/1902
Bristol Center 10/01/1903
Broadalbin 06/15/1904
Broadalbin 07/01/1903
Brockport 05/01/1900
Brocton 11/15/1900
Brokenstraw 09/15/1902
Brookton 07/01/1902
Brookton 09/01/1902
Brushton 12/01/1903
Burdett 11/16/1903
Burke 07/01/1903
Burt 11/15/1901
Buskirk Bridge 09/15/1903
Byron 02/15/1901
Caledonia 09/01/1903
Cambridge 03/01/1902
Camden 11/01/1900
Cameron 12/02/1901
Cameron Mills 10/01/1902
Camillus 02/01/1900
Campbell 10/01/1902
Canaan Four Corners 04/01/1902
Canajoharie 11/01/1901
Canandaigua 12/01/1900
Canaseraga 08/01/1904
Canastota 12/01/1900
Candor 07/01/1903
Caneadea 03/01/1902
Canisteo 03/01/1902
Canton 09/02/1901
Cape Vincent 07/01/1903
Carmel 04/01/1904
Carthage 10/15/1900
Cassadaga 01/02/1901
Cassville 12/02/1901
Castile 10/15/1900
Castleton 08/01/1902
Castorland 12/01/1902
Cato 02/02/1903
Catskill 05/01/1903
Cattaraugus 03/02/1903
Cayuga 01/01/1902
Cayuta 05/16/1904
Cazenovia 10/01/1903
Central Bridge 09/01/1904
Central Square 07/01/1903
Chafee 05/01/1902
Champlain 10/01/1903
Charlotte 01/01/1902
Chateaugay 07/01/1903
Chatham 03/01/1902
Chazy 12/15/1900
Chenango Forks 04/01/1904
Cherrycreek 09/15/1902
Chili 04/01/1901
Chili Station 07/01/1902
Chittenango 10/01/1903
Chittenango Station 04/01/1903
Churchville 11/15/1900
Churubusco 11/01/1904
Cincinnatus 02/02/1903
Clarence 05/01/1902
Clarence Center 05/01/1902
Clarkson 01/01/1902
Clay 10/15/1903
Clayton 07/01/1903
Clayville 08/01/1902
Clifton Springs 11/15/1900
Clinton 04/02/1900
Clinton Corners 10/01/1903
Clyde 11/01/1901
Clymer 09/15/1902
Coeymans Hollow 11/15/1904
Cohoes 04/01/1901
Coldbrook 11/02/1903
Colden 12/01/1902
Coldspring 09/01/1902
Collins 01/15/1902
Collins Center 01/15/1902
Colosse 01/15/1904
Conesus 04/01/1904
Conewango Valley 09/15/1902
Conewango Valley 07/01/1903
Constable 06/15/1904
Constableville 07/05/1899
Constantia 10/01/1903
Coopers Plains 11/15/1904
Cooperstown 10/01/1903
Copenhagen 07/01/1903
Corfu 03/01/1902
Corning 12/15/1900
Cortland 12/01/1900
Coshocton 10/01/1902
Cowlesville 03/02/1903
Coxsackie 11/01/1904
Cranesville 01/01/1904
Crittenden 01/15/1902
Croghan 05/16/1904
Croton On Hudson 01/01/1904
Cuba 03/01/1902
Cuyler 10/01/1903
Dalton 03/01/1902
Dansville 02/01/1902
Darien 02/01/1902
Darien Center 11/01/1900
De Kalb Junction 08/01/1901
Deansboro 02/01/1902
Deerfield 04/01/1902
Delancey 04/01/1904
Delanson 10/01/1903
Delevan 03/02/1903
Delhi 05/01/1903
Delmar 03/01/1902
Demster 09/01/1904
Depew 05/14/1900
Derby 09/02/1901
Deruyter 10/15/1904
Dewittville 09/15/1902
Dickinson Center 06/01/1904
Dormansville 11/01/1904
Dover Plains 10/01/1903
Dresden 08/01/1904
Dryden 12/15/1902
Duanesburg 11/15/1904
Dundee 07/01/1901
Dunkirk 09/15/1902
Durhamville 07/01/1903
Eagle Bridge 12/01/1902
Earlville 08/01/1902
East Aurora 10/01/1903
East Berne 08/01/1901
East Bethany 09/02/1901
East Bloomfield 02/02/1903
East Chatham 04/16/1900
East Concord 12/01/1902
East Greenbush 09/15/1903
East Hamlin 11/01/1902
East Nassau 09/15/1903
East Otto 12/01/1903
East Palmyra 10/01/1901
East Pembroke 02/01/1902
East Schodack 09/15/1903
East Syracuse 08/01/1902
Ebenezer 09/01/1903
Eden 07/01/1902
Edmeston 09/01/1904
Elba 10/15/1896
Elbridge 09/02/1901
Ellenburg Center 10/15/1903
Ellenburg Depot 02/15/1904
Ellicottville 02/15/1904
Elmira 06/04/1900
Ensenore 02/02/1903
Esperance 02/15/1904
Evans Mills 11/01/1901
Fabius 11/01/1904
Fairport 07/01/1902
Falconer 08/15/1900
Farmer 03/01/1902
Farmersville Station 10/01/1903
Fayetteville 04/01/1903
Fernwood 07/01/1903
Fillmore 10/15/1900
Fishkill 10/01/1903
Flycreek 08/01/1904
Fonda 03/01/1904
Forest 02/15/1904
Forestport 09/01/1904
Forestville 07/16/1900
Forks 01/15/1902
Fort Edward 09/15/1903
Fort Plain 03/01/1902
Frankfort 06/01/1901
Franklin 09/15/1903
Franklinville 03/02/1903
Fredonia 09/01/1900
Freehold 11/01/1904
Freeville 07/01/1902
Frewsburg 12/15/1900
Friendship 10/15/1903
Fulton 07/01/1903
Fultonville 07/01/1902
Gage 10/01/1901
Gainesville 02/01/1901
Galway 11/15/1904
Gansevoort 02/01/1904
Gardenville 12/15/1902
Gardiner 04/01/1904
Garrison 04/01/1902
Gasport 11/15/1901
Gates 02/15/1901
Geneseo 11/15/1904
Geneva 12/01/1900
Genoa 02/02/1903
Germantown 08/01/1899
Getzville 05/01/1902
Ghent 04/01/1902
Glenmont 01/15/1904
Glenmore 01/15/1904
Glens Falls 04/01/1903
Glenwood 05/01/1902
Gloversville 03/01/1902
Gouverneur 01/01/1904
Gowanda 07/01/1901
Grand Island 12/01/1902
Great Valley 03/02/1903
Greene 11/01/1901
Greenfield Center 11/01/1904
Greenville 07/01/1903
Greenwich 03/01/1902
Groton 08/01/1902
Groveland Station 10/15/1903
Guilford 07/01/1903
Hagaman 01/01/1902
Hague 11/01/1900
Halls Corners 03/01/1901
Hamburg 07/15/1902
Hamilton 08/01/1902
Hamlet 10/10/1898
Hamlin 05/01/1902
Hammond 08/01/1899
Hammondsport 11/15/1900
Hannibal 07/01/1903
Harford 12/01/1904
Harkness 07/01/1903
Harpursville 11/01/1900
Harrisville 02/01/1902
Hastings 10/15/1903
Hector 01/15/1904
Hemlock 09/15/1904
Henrietta 08/15/1900
Herkimer 12/02/1901
Heuvelton 11/01/1900
Hicksville 12/15/1904
Highland 05/02/1898
Hillsdale 07/01/1903
Hilton 11/01/1902
Himrod 07/01/1902
Hinsdale 11/15/1904
Holcomb 11/15/1904
Holland 05/01/1902
Holland Patent 07/01/1902
Holley 06/02/1902
Holmes 10/01/1903
Homer 10/01/1903
Honeoye Falls 01/01/1902
Hoosick Falls 07/01/1902
Hopewell Junction 05/01/1903
Hornellsville 11/01/1900
Horseheads 04/01/1902
Houghton 03/01/1902
Hubbardsville 10/01/1903
Hudson 05/16/1904
Hunt 10/01/1900
Huntington 07/01/1902
Hydepark 10/01/1900
Ilion 03/15/1901
Ira 09/01/1903
Irondequoit 10/02/1899
Irving 09/02/1901
Ischua 11/02/1903
Ithaca 07/01/1902
Jackson Corners 10/01/1903
Jamestown 08/15/1900
Jamesville 12/01/1903
Jasper 09/15/1903
Java Center 04/01/1904
Jerusalem 07/01/1903
Johnsonburg 11/02/1903
Johnsonville 08/01/1902
Johnstown 05/01/1903
Jordan 08/01/1901
Kanona 04/01/1902
Keeseville 12/01/1904
Kendall 09/15/1903
Kenmore 10/17/1898
Kennedy 11/15/1900
Kent 07/01/1902
King Ferry 02/02/1903
Kirkville 10/01/1901
Kirkwood 04/15/1904
Knowlesville 09/15/1903
La Salle 11/15/1901
Lacona 07/01/1903
Lafargeville 01/01/1904
Lafayette 10/01/1903
Lagrangeville 02/01/1901
Lakeview 06/01/1899
Lancaster 01/15/1902
Laurens 09/01/1904
Lawton Station 01/15/1902
Lebanon 10/01/1903
Lee Center 11/02/1903
Leroy 05/01/1901
Lestershire 04/01/1904
Lewiston 11/15/1901
Lima 07/01/1903
Limerick 11/01/1900
Linden 11/01/1901
Lindley 09/15/1904
Linwood 12/01/1902
Lisbon Center 10/01/1901
Little Falls 07/01/1901
Little Valley 03/02/1903
Liverpool 04/01/1903
Livonia 09/01/1903
Locke 02/02/1903
Lockport 08/15/1899
Lodi 11/01/1900
Lowman 04/01/1904
Lowville 07/01/1903
Ludlowville 12/15/1902
Lyndonville 09/15/1903
Lyon Falls 01/15/1904
Lyons 06/04/1900
Lysander 09/15/1904
Macedon 02/01/1902
Machias 03/02/1903
Madison 08/01/1902
Madrid 10/15/1903
Madrid Springs 10/15/1903
Mahopac 04/15/1904
Mallory 05/02/1904
Malone 02/15/1904
Manlius 06/04/1900
Mannsville 07/01/1903
Marathon 02/01/1901
Marcellus 10/15/1900
Marcy 01/01/1902
Marietta 11/01/1904
Marilla 09/02/1901
Marion 10/01/1901
Marlboro 07/01/1903
Martinsville 11/15/1901
Martville 02/02/1903
Massena 10/01/1901
Mayfield 07/01/1903
Maynard 09/01/1903
Mayville 09/15/1902
McGraw 11/01/1900
Mechanicsville 10/01/1903
Medina 05/01/1902
Melrose 08/01/1902
Memphis 02/15/1901
Mexico 07/01/1902
Middleport 05/01/1900
Middlesex 07/01/1902
Middletown 02/01/1904
Millbrook 10/01/1903
Millerton 10/01/1903
Milton 10/01/1902
Mohawk 11/01/1900
Moira 07/01/1904
Monsey 04/15/1904
Montgomery 10/15/1903
Montour Falls 03/02/1903
Mooers 03/01/1902
Mooers Forks 03/01/1902
Moravia 02/01/1902
Morganville 07/01/1902
Morrisonville 11/01/1902
Morristown 12/01/1898
Morrisville 12/15/1903
Morton 09/15/1903
Moscow 03/01/1902
Mount Kisco 09/01/1902
Mount Morris 03/01/1902
Mount Vision 11/15/1904
Munnsville 10/01/1903
Naples 12/15/1900
Nassau 12/01/1902
Natural Bridge 02/01/1902
New Baltimore Station 09/15/1904
New Berlin 03/01/1901
New City 04/15/1904
New Hamburg 10/01/1903
New Hartford 07/01/1902
Newark 09/05/1899
Newburgh 07/01/1902
Newfane 11/15/1901
Newfield 11/15/1900
Newhaven 04/15/1904
Newport 07/01/1903
Nichols 01/01/1904
Nineveh 11/02/1903
Niverville 02/15/1904
Norfolk 07/15/1904
North Bangor 07/01/1903
North Clymer 09/15/1902
North Collins 01/15/1902
North Rose 07/01/1902
North Stockholm 12/15/1903
North Tonawanda 11/15/1901
Norwich 04/01/1902
Norwood 07/01/1903
Nunda 03/01/1902
Oakfield 07/01/1902
Odessa 03/02/1903
Ogdensburg 11/01/1900
Old Chatham 07/01/1902
Olean 03/02/1903
Oneida 10/01/1903
Oneonta 08/01/1902
Ontario 06/04/1900
Orchard Park 11/01/1901
Oriskany 02/01/1902
Oriskany Falls 07/01/1901
Orleans Four Corners 07/01/1903
Oswego 07/01/1902
Oswego Falls 02/01/1902
Otego 09/15/1900
Ovid 03/02/1903
Owasco 09/01/1903
Owego 07/15/1904
Oxford 11/01/1901
Painted Post 05/01/1902
Palatine Bridge 11/01/1904
Palmyra 09/02/1901
Parish 02/01/1902
Patterson 08/01/1902
Pattersonville 03/01/1902
Pavilion 03/01/1902
Pawling 10/01/1903
Peekskill 04/01/1903
Pembroke 02/01/1902
Penfield 11/01/1900
Pennellville 05/02/1904
Penyan 03/15/1900
Perry 11/15/1900
Perrysburg 10/10/1898
Peru 04/01/1904
Phelps 09/05/1899
Philadelphia 05/02/1898
Phoenix 07/01/1903
Pierrepont Manor 07/01/1903
Pine City 09/01/1904
Pine Plains 06/02/1902
Pittsford 10/15/1900
Plattsburg 10/15/1900
Pleasant Valley 10/01/1903
Pomona 07/01/1903
Pompey 11/01/1904
Poolville 10/01/1903
Port Byron 01/01/1902
Port Chester 09/15/1899
Port Leyden 08/01/1902
Portageville 09/15/1900
Porterville 07/15/1902
Portland 02/15/1901
Portville 11/16/1903
Potsdam 07/01/1903
Poughkeepsie 08/01/1902
Poughquag 10/01/1903
Prattsburg 07/01/1901
Prattsville 09/01/1903
Pulaski 11/01/1900
Pultneyville 07/01/1902
Putnam Station 11/15/1904
Randolph 03/02/1903
Ransomville 11/15/1901
Rathbone 10/01/1902
Ravena 05/16/1904
Red Creek 07/01/1902
Red Hook 10/01/1903
Redwood 02/01/1902
Remsen 07/01/1903
Rensselaer Falls 10/15/1900
Rexford Flats 07/15/1904
Rhinebeck 10/03/1898
Richfield Springs 07/01/1903
Richford 08/15/1904
Richland 11/16/1903
Richville 10/01/1903
Ripley 12/15/1900
Riverhead 04/03/1899
Rochester Junction 01/01/1902
Rock Stream 02/02/1903
Rome 10/15/1900
Romulus 12/02/1901
Rosiere 07/01/1903
Roslyn 10/15/1903
Rush 11/01/1902
Rushville 07/01/1902
Sacket Harbor 07/01/1902
Saint Johnsville 12/01/1903
Saint Lawrence 02/15/1904
Salamanca 11/01/1900
Salem 04/15/1904
Saltpoint 07/01/1902
Sanborn 11/15/1901
Sandycreek 07/01/1903
Sandyhill 04/15/1904
Saratoga Springs 11/01/1902
Sardinia 08/01/1901
Saugerties 08/15/1900
Sauquoit 07/01/1901
Savannah 07/01/1902
Savona 07/01/1902
Schaghticoke 03/01/1902
Schenectady 09/02/1901
Schodack Landing 01/01/1904
Schuylerville 10/15/1903
Scio 10/01/1903
Scottsville 11/01/1902
Seely Creek 12/01/1903
Selkirk 04/02/1900
Seneca Falls 10/01/1903
Sennett 09/01/1903
Seward 11/01/1904
Sharon Springs 03/01/1904
Sherburne 03/01/1901
Sherman 09/15/1902
Shortsville 02/02/1903
Shushan 09/15/1903
Silver Creek 07/16/1900
Silver Springs 09/15/1900
Sinclairville 09/15/1902
Skaneateles 11/01/1901
Slingerlands 02/01/1902
Sloan 07/15/1904
Sodus 11/01/1900
Sodus Point 08/15/1904
Solsville 07/01/1902
South Bethlehem 11/15/1904
South Butler 07/01/1902
South Byron 02/15/1901
South Dayton 09/01/1900
South Granby 05/16/1904
South Hammond 07/15/1904
South Hammond 09/01/1904
South New Berlin 08/01/1904
South Wales 03/01/1902
Spencer 02/02/1903
Spencerport 01/02/1901
Spragueville 04/01/1902
Springville 07/15/1902
Springwater 05/01/1903
Staatsburg 09/01/1902
Stafford 01/15/1901
Stanfordville 10/01/1903
Stanley 04/16/1900
Sterling Station 09/01/1903
Stillwater 07/01/1903
Stittville 08/01/1902
Stockbridge 10/01/1903
Stormville 10/01/1903
Strykersville 11/02/1903
Swormville 05/01/1902
Syracuse 11/01/1901
Taberg 01/15/1904
Tarrytown 12/15/1904
Theresa 10/01/1900
Tiashoke 08/01/1902
Tivoli 10/01/1903
Tonawanda 05/01/1902
Townline 07/15/1902
Troupsburg 09/15/1903
Troy 08/01/1902
Trumansburg 12/15/1902
Truxton 10/01/1902
Tully 10/15/1903
Tunnel 12/01/1903
Tuscarora 03/01/1902
Union Springs 01/01/1902
Union Square 12/01/1902
Valatie 07/01/1903
Valley Falls 07/01/1902
Valois 01/15/1904
Vanetten 09/15/1903
Varysburg 11/02/1903
Verbank 10/01/1903
Vernon 10/15/1900
Vernon Center 06/01/1901
Verona 07/01/1903
Verona Station 07/01/1903
Victor 12/01/1900
Voorheesville 07/01/1903
Walden 04/01/1903
Wales Center 09/01/1904
Walton 04/15/1901
Walworth 11/01/1900
Wappingers Falls 10/01/1903
Warner 12/01/1902
Warsaw 09/15/1900
Wassaic 10/01/1903
Waterford 10/01/1903
Waterloo 03/15/1901
Waterport 09/15/1903
Watertown 05/02/1898
Waterville 04/02/1900
Watkins 01/01/1902
Waverly 07/01/1903
Wayland 07/01/1902
Wayne 01/26/1904
Wayville 06/01/1904
Webster 05/01/1900
Weedsport 11/01/1902
Wellsbridge 09/01/1904
Wellsburg 03/02/1903
Wellsville 10/15/1903
West 02/01/1904
West Albany 04/01/1901
West Berne 05/16/1904
West Bloomfield 11/15/1904
West Camden 07/01/1903
West Chazy 07/01/1901
West Coxsackie 10/15/1903
West Danby 08/01/1902
West Falls 02/02/1903
West Henrietta 08/15/1900
West Leyden 07/01/1904
West Monroe 02/01/1902
West Rush 11/01/1902
West Sand Lake 10/15/1904
West Seneca 11/01/1898
West Troy 04/01/1901
West Valley 02/15/1904
West Vienna 07/01/1903
West Webster 11/01/1902
Westbranch 01/15/1904
Westernville 09/01/1904
Westfield 10/15/1900
Whallonsburg 11/15/1904
Whitehall 09/01/1903
Whiteplains 04/16/1900
Whitesboro 03/01/1902
Whitney Crossings 05/01/1902
Williamson 07/01/1902
Williamstown 11/16/1903
Willink 10/01/1903
Willliamsville 05/01/1902
Willseyville 10/15/1903
Wilson 11/15/1901
Windham 12/01/1904
Wings Station 05/01/1902
Winthrop 07/15/1904
Wolcott 07/01/1902
Woodhull 03/01/1902
Woodville 11/01/1904
Wynantskill 09/15/1903
Wyoming 08/01/1903
Youngstown 11/15/1901
HISTORIAN
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
APRIL 2008