Hector’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Hector. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The region became part of the Central New York Military Tract, land used to pay soldiers of the American Revolution.
The area was first settled around 1790, but the first permanent settler arrived in 1791.
The town of Hector was formed in Cayuga County in 1802 from part of the town of Ovid. However, Hector (including the hamlet of Reynoldsville) was part of the adjacent Seneca County from 1804 to 1817.[1] Hector became part of Tompkins County when the county was created in 1817, and then became part of Schuyler County in 1854 in the part contributed by Tompkins County.
The First Presbyterian Church of Hector was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Hector’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hector’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHector (Township); Town of Hector…, 1874: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Hector
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Hector, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Hector (Township); Town of Hector Business Notices.; Reynoldsville Business Notices.; Reynoldsville (Village) (1874) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.