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History · Barrelville

Barrelville’s post office opened in 1909, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1898 on.

1909first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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How Barrelville began

When was Barrelville founded?

1909

The Barrelville post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Barrallville (1852) and Pamosa (1903), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 58117 years
Founding year: the first Barrelville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Barrelville’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 Barrelville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18987 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1993. Watch Barrelville change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Barrelville.
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Start Barrelville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Barrelville’s history is told.

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On the map

Barrelville on the map, 1898 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Barrelville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Barrelville on the 1898 USGS mapBarrelville on the 1901 USGS mapBarrelville on the 1949 USGS mapBarrelville on the 1951 USGS mapBarrelville on the 1974 USGS mapBarrelville on the 1981 USGS mapBarrelville on the 1993 USGS map1898Frostburg sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Barrelville.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Barrelville had its own post office from 1909 to 1915. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Barrallville
1852–1867
Pamosa
1903–1909
Barrelville
1909–1915
18501940today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Barrelville, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1909. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 73 to 58 (-21%).

Timeline

Barrelville, 1852 to 1915

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1852Post officeThe Barrallville post office opens
  3. 1867Post officeThe Barrallville post office closes
  4. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1903Post officeThe Pamosa post office opens
  7. 1909Post officeThe Pamosa post office closes
  8. 1909Post officeThe Barrelville post office opens
  9. 1915Post officeThe Barrelville post office closes
By decade

Barrelville, decade by decade

Today2 recent
2020-05-27 17 54 16 View north along Maryland State Route 47 (Barrelville Road) just north of Maryland State Route 36 (…20202020-05-27 17 54 16 View north along Maryland State R…2016-06-25 09 31 56 View north along Maryland State Route 47 (Barrelville Road) just north of Maryland State Route 36 (…20162016-06-25 09 31 56 View north along Maryland State R…

Questions about Barrelville’s history

What year was Barrelville founded?

The Barrelville post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.