Bensville’s post office opened in 1817, and 3 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 53% of U.S. towns · #80 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it
Most of Bensville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2002. Its Register listings are the Green's Inheritance, the McPherson's Purchase and the Acquinsicke. Below: maps from 1913 on and the census since 2000.
The Bensville post office opened in 1817, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Duffield (1849), Bolton (1907) and Billingsley (1916), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 7,325 in 20002020 census: 15,288209 years
How historic is Bensville?
B−
More historic than 53% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Bensville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Bensville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Bensville is more historic than 53% of U.S. towns, #80 of 261 in Maryland. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Bensville’s overall grade.
Few Maryland towns list much on the Register (a typical Maryland town has 0.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Bensville’s 12.6 sits above most of its state (71% of Maryland towns have fewer) while its 20 historic buildings outnumber those of 79% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to A−. The pre-1940 share (±0.4 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Bensville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bensville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1913Indian Head 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 Bensville.
The story so far
Bensville, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bensville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Bennsville (spelled Bensville by the United States Census Bureau) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charles County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 15,288. The area is not an official postal designation, but is part of the Waldorf or Pomfret postal area. The Bennsville area is growing with new residential development, encouraged by the extension in the 1990s of Maryland Route 228 which provides quick access to Maryland Route 210. Bennsville has experienced the 2006 opening of North Point High School and the straightening of Middletown Road in 2008.
Its first post office opened in 1817.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Bensville, 1798 to 1914
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Bensville post office opened in 1817, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Bensville rank for history?
Bensville is more historic than 53% of U.S. towns, #80 of 261 in Maryland. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Bensville?
Three places: the Green's Inheritance (listed 1977), the McPherson's Purchase (1985) and the Acquinsicke (1992).
How old are the homes in Bensville?
0.0% of Bensville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.3% for a Maryland town; the median home was built in 2002.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (2), the National Register of Historic Places (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
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