Moorefield’s post office opened in 1883, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Moorefield School.
How Moorefield began, and where its name came from
When was Moorefield founded?
The Moorefield post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.
How did Moorefield get its name?
Moorefield was named after Jesse A. Moore who owned most of the land in the area of the town at that time.
1 historic place in Moorefield
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Lost post offices
Moorefield had its own post office from 1883 to 1972.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Moorefield’s history
What year was Moorefield founded?
The Moorefield post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Moorefield?
One place: the Moorefield School (listed 1992).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.