Norway in America - New YorkPost office names in USA and Canada with Norwegian origin.Research by Hallvard Slettebø and Dag Henriksbø. This page was updated 2 August 2022 |
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Norway was closely allied to Holland in the 1700’s. Early Norwegian immigrants came across in Dutch ships and settled in the Dutch colony known as New Netherland. The earliest considerable group of Norwegian immigrants who in 1825 arrived on the sloop Restauration settled in Kendall, Orleans Co., New York. No Norwegian post office names are documented here. |
| Bergen, NY |
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Bergen is a town in Genesee Co., NY. The community was named for the city of Bergen, Norway. The Bergen, NY post office opened in 1814 with Colonel W. H. Ward being the first postmaster. The post office is still in operation. The population was 3,120 at the 2010 census. Bergen R.F.D. was established 1901.
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| East Bergen, NY |
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East Bergen is a hamlet in the northeast corner of Bergen town in Genesee Co., NY, and the Bergen part of the name has the same origin as Bergen, NY. The post office was in operation from 1844 to 1863.
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| Norman's Kill, NY |
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Norman’s Kill is a 73 km long creek in Albany Co. It flows southeasterly from its source in the town of Duanesburg near Delanson to its mouth at the Hudson River in the town of Bethlehem. The name is derived from the Dutch word for a Norwegian, who the Dutch called "North Men" or "Normans", and the word kill - Dutch for creek. Originally called "Tawasentha" (a place of the many dead), the Normans Kill (Noormans Kil in Dutch) is named for Albert Andriessen Bradt. He was born c.1610 in Fredrikstad, Norway and was one of the first Scandinavians to the Dutch colony of New Netherland, today’s New York. He was a tobacco planter and as such came to the area of the Normans Kill for that purpose. The tobacco which he planted of several years was never of any great quality, and he proceeded to construct two sawmills along the Normans Kill creek. Albert’s daughter Engeltje Albertse Bradt married Teunis Cornelisz Slingerland in 1654. He was born 1617 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, emigrated 1650 to New Netherlands and operated as a fur trader. One of their descendants, John Albert Slingerland, b. 1768, settled around 1790 in an area south of Norman’s Kill creek in Bethlehem township, Albany Co. A small community grew and got the name Normans Kill in the early 1800s. The community got a boost from 1850 when Albany, Rensselaerville and Schoharie Plank Road Company built a plank road from Albany through the community to Gallupville, Schoharie Co. A post office was established 1852, named Norman`s Kill after the creek and community. William Henry Slingerland, b. 1820 and son of John Albert Slingerland, was first postmaster. The post office changed name 1873 to Slingerland’s, later to Slingerlands and it is still in operation. See below for Normansville, NY. NFT 6/2022. 
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| Normansville, NY |
Normansville is a former hamlet in Albany Co., NY, located on both shores of the Norman’s Kill creek. See Norman’s Kill, NY above for the origin of the name. A post office was established 1891 with Geo. S. Leith postmaster. It closed 1905, superseded by R.D. from Delmar. NFT 6/2022.
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| North Bergen, NY |
North Bergen, NY is a hamlet in northwest corner of the town of Bergen in Genesee Co., NY. The Bergen part of the name has the same origin as Bergen, NY. The North Bergen, NY post office was established 1833. Discontinued 1903, superseded by R.D. from Bergen.
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| Norway, NY |
Norway is a town in Herkimer Co., NY. Norway was formed in 1792 immediately after the creation of Herkimer Co. Obviously named for Norway, but the reason is not known. In 1825, the town's population was 1,168, and only 762 at the 2010 census. The Norway, NY post office was established 1813. It closed 1929, mail to Newport.
Svein Andreassen writes about Norway, NY.
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| Valhalla, NY |
Valhalla is a hamlet located within the town of Mount Pleasant, in Westchester Co., NY. Valhalla is the hall of slain warriors in Norse mythology. The Valhalla, NY post office opened 1861 and it is still in operation. Its population was 3,162 at the 2010 U.S. Census.
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| West Bergen, NY |
West Bergen is a hamlet near the western town line of the town of Bergen in Genesee Co., NY. The Bergen part of the name has the same origin as Bergen, NY. The West Bergen, NY post office opened 1841 and closed 1931 with mail to Bergen.
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