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History · Cordaville

Cordaville’s post office opened in 1849, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register.

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1on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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How Cordaville began

When was Cordaville founded?

1849

The Cordaville post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 2,703177 years
Founding year: the first Cordaville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Cordaville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cordaville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1849: 177 years of Cordaville.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cordaville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Cordaville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cordaville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Cordaville is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Southborough in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cordaville had a population of 2,703.

Its first post office opened in 1849. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,650 to 2,703 (+2%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Cordaville, decade by decade

Today5 recent
South Union School2016South Union SchoolAnticipation (view west from Southborough station)2014Anticipation (view west from Southborough station)Fitzgerald's General Store2010Fitzgerald's General StoreCorner of Cordaville and Richards2009Corner of Cordaville and RichardsSouthville and Cordaville, Massachusetts, 18872008Southville and Cordaville, Massachusetts, 1887
On the National Register

1 historic place in Cordaville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cordaville

Nobody well known was born in Cordaville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Joseph MurrayUS surgeon · b. 1919
Eli WhitneyAmerican inventor · b. 1765
Adam SchiffAmerican politician · b. 1960
Dana GouldAmerican stand-up comedian · b. 1964
Kevin SystromAmerican computer programmer and entrepreneur · b. 1983
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Crystal EastmanAmerican lawyer and feminist · b. 1881
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Southborough4 historic placesAHopkinton1 historic placeBAshland3 historic placesB+Westborough8 historic placesA

Questions about Cordaville’s history

What year was Cordaville founded?

The Cordaville post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.