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History · Bishopville

Bishopville’s post office opened in 1856

Most of Bishopville was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979.

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How Bishopville began

When was Bishopville founded?

1856

The Bishopville post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Wilson (1879), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 499170 years
Founding year: the first Bishopville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Bishopville’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 Bishopville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bishopville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Bishopville, in brief

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

Bishopville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place 10 miles (16 km) north of Berlin, Maryland, United States. The community is just south of the Delaware state line. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, Bishopville had a population of 531. Bishopville arose at the site of a mill on and crossing of the Bishopville Prong of the St. Martin's River. The crossing, the main road through the community, is now Maryland Route 367.

Its first post office opened in 1856. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 531 to 499 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Bishopville, 1856 to 1881

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Bishopville post office opens
  3. 1879Post officeThe Wilson post office opens
  4. 1881Post officeThe Wilson post office closes
By decade

Bishopville, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Bishopville

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

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Linda HamiltonAmerican actress · b. 1956
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Alexis DenisofAmerican actor · b. 1966
John M. ClaytonAmerican lawyer and politician · b. 1796
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Jessica Lee RoseNew Zealand-American actress · b. 1987
Paul SarbanesAmerican politician · b. 1933
William AllandActor, producer, writer and director · b. 1916
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Bishopville’s post office has been open since 1856. Another post office, Wilson, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bishopville
1856–today
Wilson
1879–1881
18501940today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Bishopville’s history

What year was Bishopville founded?

The Bishopville post office opened in 1856, 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 (6), 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.