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Schoharie County, New York

143 topographic sheets cover 74 settlements here, and 52 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

52 National Register listings published here, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

New York within the United States
Schoharie County within New York
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What the record shows

  • 1,462 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 52 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 39 buildings, 11 districts, 1 structure and 1 site.
  • 11 of the 52 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 74 populated places in this county; 74 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

52

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
American Hotelbuilding197575001228
Bates Christian Churchbuilding2023100009194
Becker Stone Housebuilding197979001630
Becker-Westfall Housebuilding197979001631
Bellinger-Dutton Housebuilding200505001380
Dr. Christopher S. Best House and Officebuilding200101000849
Marshall D. Bice Housebuilding2017100001072
Bramanville Millbuilding197676001276
Breakabeen Historic Districtdistrict197474001304
Bunn-Tillapaugh Feed Millbuilding200606000894
Bute-Warner-Truax Farmdistrict198585001611
Cobleskill Historic Districtdistrict197878001910
Colyer House, Thebuilding200808000025
First Presbyterian Church of Jeffersonbuilding201212000481
Forks in the Road Schoolhousebuilding200505000665
Gallupville Evangelical Lutheran Churchbuilding200202001652
Gallupville Housebuilding197979001629
Gallupville Methodist Churchbuilding200101000584
Christian Hess House and Shoemaker's Shopbuilding201515000369
Peter A. Hilton Housebuilding200404001063
House at 461 Spruce Lake Roadbuilding201514001130
Jefferson Historic Districtdistrict2025100011783
Daniel Webster Jenkins Housebuilding2018100002387
Lansing Manor Housedistrict197373001268
Lasell Hallbuilding200201001444
Johannes Jr. Lawyer Housebuilding201616000039
John Lehman Housebuilding201211001008
Livingstonville Community Churchbuilding200807001370
Jacob T. Miers Housebuilding201515000857
North Blenheim Historic Districtdistrict197474001303
Old Blenheim Bridgestructure196666000570
Old Lutheran Parsonagebuilding197272000913
Old Stone Fortbuilding200202001643
Parker 13-Sided Barnbuilding198484002967
Richmondville United Methodist Churchbuilding200606000575
Schoharie County Courthouse Complexbuilding199595001010
Schoharie Valley Railroad Complexdistrict197272000914
Schoharie Village Historic Districtdistrict2019100003624
Sharon Springs Historic Districtdistrict199494000541
South Gilboa Railroad Stationbuilding200000000090
St. John's Lutheran Churchbuilding200808000864
St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Churchbuilding200606000572
St. Paul's Lutheran Church Historic Districtdistrict201414000584
Abraham Sternberg Housebuilding201010000726
Sternbergh Housebuilding198585000629
Stewart House and Howard-Stewart Family Cemeterybuilding201212000261
Terpenning-Johnson House and Cemeterydistrict201312001260
US Post Office-Middleburghbuilding198988002352
Upper Middleburgh Cemeterysite200303001144
Col. Peter Vroman Housebuilding2019100003630
West Fulton Methodist Churchbuilding201312001261
George Westinghouse Jr. Birthplace and Boyhood Homebuilding198686000489

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

2

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1883 - Cobleskill, N.Y., 1883
Bird's-eye view (1883) - Cobleskill, N.Y., 1883. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1856 - Map of Schoharie Co., New York
Land ownership map (1856) - Map of Schoharie Co., New York. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

7 of 9 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 9 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Hotel Augustan, Cobleskill, N. Y., N. Y. Route 7, Schohanna Trail, Boston Public Library - undated
Hotel Augustan, Cobleskill, N. Y., N. Y. Route 7, Schohanna Trail. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Sego-Sago Park, Cobleskill, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Sego-Sago Park, Cobleskill, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
A map of a tract of land granted on the 30th May 1769 to Jacob H. Ten Eyck and three other persons laid into lots, MacLean Collection Map Library - undated
A map of a tract of land granted on the 30th May 1769 to Jacob H. Ten Eyck and three other persons laid into lots. Bleecker, John R., 1713-1800, MacLean Collection Map Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Main Street, Cobleskill, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Main Street, Cobleskill, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
State Agriculture College, Cobleskill, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
State Agriculture College, Cobleskill, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
High school, Cobleskill, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
High school, Cobleskill, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
High school, Cobleskill, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
High school, Cobleskill, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

31 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 801 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 31 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-03, scale 1:60000
1960-05-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-03, scale 1:60000
1960-05-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-03, scale 1:60000
1960-05-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-05-11, scale 1:80000
1978-05-11, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-05-11, scale 1:80000
1978-05-11, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-05-11, scale 1:80000
1978-05-11, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-07, scale 1:80000
1981-04-07, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-07, scale 1:80000
1981-04-07, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-07, scale 1:80000
1981-04-07, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-07, scale 1:80000
1981-04-07, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-07-01, scale 1:28000
1989-07-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-07-01, scale 1:28000
1989-07-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-07-01, scale 1:28000
1989-07-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-07-01, scale 1:28000
1989-07-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1990-04-01, scale 1:28000
1990-04-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2001-04-28, scale 1:14400
2001-04-28, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2001-04-28, scale 1:14400
2001-04-28, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2001-04-28, scale 1:14400
2001-04-28, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2001-04-28, scale 1:14400
2001-04-28, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-16, scale 1:24000
1952-04-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-16, scale 1:24000
1952-04-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-21, scale 1:60000
1959-10-21, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-21, scale 1:60000
1959-10-21, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-21, scale 1:60000
1959-10-21, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-21, scale 1:60000
1959-10-21, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-03, scale 1:60000
1960-05-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-05-11, scale 1:80000
1978-05-11, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-05-01, scale 1:28000
1988-05-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-05-01, scale 1:28000
1988-05-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-05-01, scale 1:28000
1988-05-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-05-01, scale 1:28000
1988-05-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

18 stations, 12 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

33 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 48-1Blenheim town
  • 48-2Broome town
  • 48-3Carlisle town
  • 48-4Cobleskill town: Cobleskill village: Cobleskill village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Delaware & Hudson Railroad, Main; Grand, N. Grand
  • 48-5Cobleskill village - That part Bounded by Village limits; N. Grand, Grand; W. Main, Delaware & Hudson Railroad; Village limits
  • 48-6Cobleskill village - That part Bounded by Delaware & Hudson Railroad, W. Main; S. Grand; Village limits; Village limits
  • 48-7Cobleskill village - That part Bounded by Main, Delaware & Hudson Railroad; Village limits; Village limits; S. Grand
  • 48-8Cobleskill town - That part north of Cobleskill Creek, outside Cobleskill village
  • 48-9Cobleskill town - That part south of Cobleskill Creek, outside Cobleskill village
  • 48-10Conesville town
  • 48-11Esperance town: Esperance village
  • 48-12Esperance town - That part outside Esperance village
  • 48-13Fulton town: Fulton town - That part north of Schoharie and Panther Creeks and east of House Creek
  • 48-14Fulton town - That part south of Schoharie and Panther Creeks and west of House Creek
  • 48-15Gilboa town: Gilboa town - That part east of Schoharie Creek and Gilboa Reservoir
  • 48-16Gilboa town - That part west of Schoharie Creek and Gilboa Reservoir
  • 48-17N/A
  • 48-18Jefferson town - That part west of State Highway 10 and County Highway 34 in Jefferson Community and unimproved town road running past Ives and Lewis farms to improved town road passing Gregory farm to southern town line
  • 48-19N/A
  • 48-20Middleburg town - That part east of State Highways 30 and 145, outside Middleburg village
  • 48-21N/A
  • 48-22Richmondville town: Richmondville village
  • 48-23Richmondville town - That part outside Richmondville village
  • 48-24Schoharie town: Schoharie village
  • 48-25Schoharie town - That part east of Schoharie Creek, outside Schoharie village
  • 48-26Schoharie town - That part west of Schoharie Creek, outside Schoharie village
  • 48-27Seword town: Seward town - That part east of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad
  • 48-28Seward town - That part west of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad
  • 48-29Sharon town: Sharon Springs village
  • 48-30N/A
  • 48-31Sharon town - That part south of U. S. Highway 20, outside Sharon Springs village
  • 48-32Summit town
  • 48-33Wright town

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

594 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 594 of them, burning about 849 acres. 38 started naturally and 77 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined245
Debris and open burning126
Arson/incendiarism77
Equipment and vehicle use41
Natural38
Smoking26
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Other causes1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 May 1999Debris and open burning40 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
19 April 2015Debris and open burning39 acresNew York Forest RangersLLAMA RD FIRE
30 April 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
1 May 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
6 April 1999Equipment and vehicle use19 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
6 April 1999Equipment and vehicle use18 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
3 April 2019Other causes18 acresNew York Forest RangersCOLE HOLLOW FIRE
14 April 1998Debris and open burning15 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1962 to 2025

60 of 354 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 354 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 25 injuries and about $29,039,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind236
Hail42
Flash Flood39
Flood31
Tornado3
Heavy Rain1
Funnel Cloud1
Debris Flow1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1989Tornado (F4)not stated20 hurt, $25,000,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCharlotteville5 hurt, $100,000no account filed
June 2013Flash FloodMiddleburg$1,000,000Several roads throughout Middleburgh were closed or washed out due to flash flooding. Nearly 450 children at a school were stranded due to the flooding, as several small streams overflowed their banks. Much of Route 145 (Main Street) was closed. Debris clogged small streams and many basements had water in them.
September 1999Flash FloodCountywide$850,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCountywide$500,000no account filed
May 1992Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
November 1996Flash FloodCobleskill$150,000no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindEsperance$100,000no account filed
November 1996Flash FloodEsperance$100,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindGallupville$100,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindConesville$55,000no account filed
December 2020FloodNorth Blenheim$50,000Route 30 and Bear Ladder Road were closed due to several feet of water over the roadways from the flooded Schoharie Creek.
July 2008Flash FloodSchoharie$50,000Numerous roads were closed across Schoharie County due to flash flooding. These included, but were not limited to, Creek Road to Esperance and to the Montgomery County line, Treadlemire Road to Middleburgh, Junction Road, Zicha Road, Sanatarium Road to Esperance and Schoharie, Benninger Road, Barton Hill Road, Sheldon Road, and portions of Route 30.
January 1998Flash FloodCountywide$50,000On January 8 and 9, mild weather along with significant rain and snowmelt resulted in small stream flooding across Schoharie County. Several roads throughout the county were closed due to flooding.
June 2000Flash FloodCountywide$50,000no account filed
September 1999Flash FloodGallupville$50,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWarnerville$50,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindEsperance$35,000no account filed
December 2023FloodWest Conesille$25,000The Schoharie Creek at Prattsville rose above flood stage during the morning hours on December 18, reaching moderate flood stage during the late morning hours before falling below flood stage by the afternoon hours. This resulted in water overflowing onto State Route 23 and flooding of basements and lowlands.
July 1996Flash FloodTown Of Middleburg$25,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLawyersville$25,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCharlotteville$22,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindJefferson$22,000no account filed
December 2000Flash FloodSummit$22,000no account filed
April 2022FloodCharlotteville$20,000Flooding occurred in multiple areas within Schoharie County including Seward, Richmondville, Cobleskill, Breakabeen and Gilboa, causing roads to close. Heavy rainfall led to a mudslide on Flat Creek Road near Gilboa.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindRichmondville$20,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindFranklinton$20,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindRichmondville$17,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$15,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGilboa$15,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBreakabeen$15,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSchoharie$15,000no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindCharlotteville$13,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNorth Blenheim$10,000A roof was blown off a home, and trees were blown down.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSchoharie$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$10,000no account filed
January 1996Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindSchoharie$10,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindSummit$10,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindEsperance$10,000no account filed
December 1996Flash FloodCountywide$10,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$9,000no account filed
June 2000HailRichmondville$9,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNorth Blenheim$8,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$7,000no account filed
August 2023Debris FlowWarnerville$5,000Images and video were received of mud, water, rocks and other debris flowing over West Fulton Road near Warnerville. The road looked to be impassable.
December 2023FloodMiddleburg$5,000Timothy Murphy Park was flooded due to the Schoharie Creek overflowing its banks.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$5,000A weak warm front moving north from eastern New York produced an isolated severe thunderstorm in Schoharie County. The storm downed power lines in the town of Middleburgh.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindGallupville$5,000no account filed
June 2000HailJefferson$5,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindLawyersville$5,000no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindJefferson$5,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$5,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$4,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$4,000no account filed
February 1997Thunderstorm WindJefferson$4,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$3,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindSummit$3,000no account filed
December 2023FloodMiddleburg$2,000Flooding was observed along Coons Road near Middleburgh.

Mines and quarries

12 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 12 workings inside this county. 5 still produce and 7 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken5
Limestone, General4
Strontium2
Barium-Barite2
Sulfur1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Schoharie Pyrite DepositSulfur, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Schoharie Strontianite DepositStrontium, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Schoharie Strontianite OccurrenceStrontiumOccurrence
Cobleskill Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Howes Cave Number 6 QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Masick Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Schoharie No. 3 Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cobleskill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Howe's Cave Quarry No. 19Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Howes Cave Number 6 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Masick QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schoharie No. 3 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every populated place in the county

74

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.