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History · Chewsville

Chewsville’s post office opened in 1839, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1912 on.

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Quick answers

How Chewsville began

When was Chewsville founded?

1839

The Chewsville post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 261187 years
Founding year: the first Chewsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Chewsville’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 Chewsville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19126 editions of the USGS map, 1912 to 1999. Watch Chewsville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1839: 187 years of Chewsville.Old housesHalf of Chewsville’s homes were built before 1956.
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Start Chewsville’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Chewsville on the map, 1912 to 1999

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

Chewsville on the 1912 USGS mapChewsville on the 1944 USGS mapChewsville on the 1953 USGS mapChewsville on the 1971 USGS mapChewsville on the 1985 USGS mapChewsville on the 1999 USGS map1912Hagerstown 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 Chewsville.

Timeline

Chewsville, 1839 to 1912

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe Chewsville post office opens
  3. 1889Born hereRussell P. Hartle is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1912On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Chewsville, in brief

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

Chewsville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 261 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1839. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 238 to 261 (+10%).

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

By decade

Chewsville, decade by decade

Today2 recent
2020-06-01 17 30 14 View north along Maryland State Route 62 (Little Antietam Road) at Twin Springs Drive in20202020-06-01 17 30 14 View north along Maryland State R…2016-07-28 16 40 25 View south along Maryland State Route 62 (Twin Springs Drive) at Little Antietam Road in20162016-07-28 16 40 25 View south along Maryland State R…
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Cavetown1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRobinwoodIts storyD

Questions about Chewsville’s history

What year was Chewsville founded?

The Chewsville post office opened in 1839, 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), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.