The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The early community was known as "Longs Corners". The name "Corfu" was adopted when a post office was established. The village of Corfu was incorporated in 1868.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Be one of the first
Start Corfu’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Corfu’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Corfu
See all 12 →
By decade
Corfu, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumToday6 photos
CommonsEast Main Street in2021
CommonsFLT CT08 7.3 mi - Signs at parking lot at N end Darien Lake…2011
CommonsFLT CT08 7.3 mi - Picnic tables and kiosk at parking lot at…2011
CommonsFLT CT08 11.85 mi - Puncheon, 2 4x4x8' deck, 4x4 sills2011
CommonsFLT CT08 11.8 mi - Puncheon, 2 4x4x8' deck, 4x4 sills2011
CommonsHome - panoramio - marybeth132007National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Corfu is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Corfu has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mount Pleasant in Pembroke, 4.7 miles away.
Corfu and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Corfu. Tap a dot.
How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Mount Pleasant’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Corfu?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Corfu’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.