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History · Eckhart Mines

Eckhart Mines’ post office opened in 1878, and 37% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1898 on.

1878first post office
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How Eckhart Mines began

When was Eckhart Mines founded?

1878

The Eckhart Mines post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Eckhart Mills (1878), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 858148 years
Founding year: the first Eckhart Mines post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Eckhart Mines’ 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 Eckhart Mines are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18987 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1998. Watch Eckhart Mines change.Old housesHalf of Eckhart Mines’ homes were built before 1949.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eckhart Mines’s history is told.

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On the map

Eckhart Mines on the map, 1898 to 1998

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

Eckhart Mines on the 1898 USGS mapEckhart Mines on the 1901 USGS mapEckhart Mines on the 1949 USGS mapEckhart Mines on the 1951 USGS mapEckhart Mines on the 1974 USGS mapEckhart Mines on the 1981 USGS mapEckhart Mines on the 1998 USGS map1898Frostburg 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 Eckhart Mines.

The story

How Eckhart Mines came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Eckhart Mines.

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In 1780 George Eckhardt secured lots 3644, 3645, 3646, in Allegany County. These lots were patented to him in 1800. He also had surveyed to him lot 3694, which he secured from John Stigler, to whom these lots had been awarded.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Eckhart Mines, 1878 to 1898

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878Post officeThe Eckhart Mills post office opens
  3. 1878Post officeThe Eckhart Mills post office closes
  4. 1878Post officeThe Eckhart Mines post office opens
  5. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Eckhart Mines, decade by decade

Today1 recent
2016-06-25 08 40 25 View north along Maryland State Route 638 (Parkersburg Road) as it crosses Porter Run on a one-lane…20162016-06-25 08 40 25 View north along Maryland State R…
Famous people

Famous people close to Eckhart Mines

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

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Eddie DeezenAmerican actor · b. 1957
Drew HankinsonAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1983
Edward MooneyCatholic cardinal · b. 1882
Lenore KightAmerican swimmer, Olympic silver medalist · b. 1911
Jesse CarletonAmateur golfer · b. 1862
E. O. C. OrdUnited States Army officer · b. 1818
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Eckhart Mines’s post office has been open since 1878. Another post office, Eckhart Mills, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Eckhart Mills
1878–1878
Eckhart Mines
1878–today
18701950today

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.

Frostburg2 historic placesA+ClarysvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Eckhart Mines’ history

What year was Eckhart Mines founded?

The Eckhart Mines post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (1), Wikipedia, 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.