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More historic than 12% of U.S. towns · #217 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it
Most of Grasonville was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1904 on, and the census since 2000.
The Grasonville post office opened in 1920, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Fords Store (1875) and Guys (1887), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
More historic than 12% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Grasonville is more historic than 12% of U.S. towns, #217 of 261 in Maryland. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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 Grasonville’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (20% of Maryland towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grasonville’s history is told.
Grasonville’s post office has been open since 1920. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Grasonville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Grasonville.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Grasonville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Grasonville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,193 at the 2000 census.
Its first post office opened in 1920. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,425 in 2010, 3,474 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveLong Point Lodge, U. S. Highway 50, 6 miles north of Bay Bridge (85626)One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
20222022-06-29 12 25 29 View east along Maryland State Ro…
20222022-06-29 09 57 43 View west along U.S. Route 50 and…
20222022-06-29 09 55 24 View west along U.S. Route 50 and…
20222022-06-29 09 55 05 View east along U.S. Route 50 and…
20222022-06-29 09 52 36 View west along U.S. Route 50 and…
20222022-06-29 09 51 33 View west along U.S. Route 50 and…
20222022-06-29 09 50 33 View west along U.S. Route 50 and…
20222022-06-29 09 48 23 View west along U.S. Route 50 and…![American photographer Carol M. Highsmith had big shoes to fill outside some stores in [Grasonville], on the mostly rura…](https://images.townratings.com/story/40408/f9386389026f7799988e-s.jpg)
2018American photographer Carol M. Highsmith had big shoe…
2015USPO Grasonville MD 21638
2008GrasonvilleMorningNo then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Grasonville’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 2,193 and 3,474 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Grasonville’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Grasonville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Grasonville post office opened in 1920, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Grasonville is more historic than 12% of U.S. towns, #217 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.
6% of Grasonville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.3 points), against a typical 3.3% for a Maryland town; the median home was built in 1998.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (11), the Library of Congress (1), 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.
