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History · Beaver Creek

Beaver Creek’s post office opened in 1836, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Beaver Creek was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 11 buildings.

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How Beaver Creek began

When was Beaver Creek founded?

1836

The Beaver Creek post office opened in 1836, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 461190 years
Founding year: the first Beaver Creek post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Beaver Creek’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 Beaver Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1836: 190 years of Beaver Creek.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beaver Creek’s history is told.

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The story so far

Beaver Creek, in brief

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

Beaver Creek is an unincorporated community in eastern Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 251 as of the 2010 census. It is located southeast of Hagerstown and north of Boonsboro near U.S. Route 40 and Maryland Route 66. The community is officially included in the Hagerstown Metropolitan Area (Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area). This town was founded in 1766. Although Beaver Creek is home to several historic landmarks such as Beaver Creek School and the Doub's Mill Historic District, most of the community's development has occurred since the 1990s, with new and upscale housing for professionals from Hagerstown and from the Washington, D.C…

Its first post office opened in 1836. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 251 to 461 (+84%).

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

By decade

Beaver Creek, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Mason-Dixon Dragway MD12018Mason-Dixon Dragway MD12016-07-29 18 55 41 View west along Interstate 70 just west of Exit 35 (Maryland State Route 66) in20162016-07-29 18 55 41 View west along Interstate 70 jus…Untitled photo2011Untitled photoDoub's Mill2008Doub's MillBeaverCreekChurchRoad2007BeaverCreekChurchRoadBeaverCreek2007BeaverCreek
On the National Register

1 listing protects 11 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
11
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Doub's Mill Historic District
Doub's Mill Historic District
Districts
Doub's Mill Historic DistrictDistrict

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Beaver Creek had its own post office from 1836 to 1917.

Beaver Creek
1836–1917
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Doubs MillLongview EstatesWagners Crossroads

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

Questions about Beaver Creek’s history

What year was Beaver Creek founded?

The Beaver Creek post office opened in 1836, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Beaver Creek?

One place: the Doub's Mill Historic District (listed 1979).

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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 (6), 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.