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History · Cavetown

Cavetown’s post office opened in 1815, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Willows, The.

1815first post office
1on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Cavetown began

When was Cavetown founded?

1815

The Cavetown post office opened in 1815, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,446211 years
Founding year: the first Cavetown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Cavetown

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
10
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Willows, The
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Federal1
Willows, TheFederal

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

Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Cavetown’s post office has been open since 1815.

Hamlets and corners on the map
BeaverbrookGreenvale VillageHavenwood HillsHoliday AcresHoliday Farms
1cemetery inside Cavetown
Christ Reformed

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

SmithsburgIts storyB−ChewsvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Cavetown’s history

What year was Cavetown founded?

The Cavetown post office opened in 1815, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Cavetown?

One place: the Willows, The (listed 1973).

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 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.