A history of Le Roy,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Le Roy from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area was first settled in 1793. The town of Le Roy was established in 1812 as the "Town of Bellona" from part of the town of Caledonia (Livingston County). The name was later changed to "Le Roy" in 1813, after New York City merchant and land speculator Herman LeRoy.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Le Roy’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMain Street, West, Le Roy, N.Y, c. 1858: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Le Roy
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Le Roy, decade by decade
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Jacob LeRoy (1840s) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories 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.