1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 1 buildings. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1905 on, and the census since 1860.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Greensboro is more historic than 82% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Greensboro’s overall grade.
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 Greensboro’s 3.8 sits near the middle of its state (60% of Maryland towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±10.3 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 →
What stands out about Greensboro’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost a third of its people between 1890 and 1910, then grew 3-fold.
17 censuses, 1860–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Greensboro’s Wikipedia page.
On the map
Greensboro on the map, 1905 to 1973
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Greensboro. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1905Denton 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 Greensboro.
The story so far
Greensboro, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Greensboro yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Greensboro is a town located on the banks of the Choptank River in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, Greensboro had a population of 1,919. The ZIP code is 21639. The primary phone exchange is 482 and the area code is 410. The town is served by Maryland Routes 480 and 313. Greensboro hosted the Caroline County Softball League, which produced both state and national champions. Willow Grove was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Leonard House was listed in 1988 and Brick House Farm in 2009.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,931 in 2010, 1,919 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Greensboro in 1920
Passages that mention Greensboro, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Caroline County, Maryland, from its beginning1920Read the page →
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ish, remained until 1753, Shortly before the Revolution the three settlements at Tuckahoe Bridge (Hillsboro), Choptauk Bridge (Greensboro) and Nino Bridges (Bridgetown) seem to have been quite thriving and apparenth^ contended for the honor and advantage of having the main church and vestry house in which the rector was to live. The Vestry decided in 1767, as a compromise apparently, that
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History of Caroline County, Maryland, from its beginning1920Read the page →
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An Act to erect a new brido^e over Great Choptank Eiver, in Caroline Connty, passed Jannary 15, 1808, "WHEREAS the old bridge over the Choptank river, at the village of Greensboro, in said county, is in a ruinous condition, and nearly impassable, and as it is found absolutely necessary that a Dew one be built at, or near, the place where the old one stands, therefore, BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, that
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Greensboro, 1800 to 2010
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Greensboro’s post office has been open since 1800.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Maple Village
Gone or out of use
School Number 3school
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Greensboro’s history
How does Greensboro rank for history?
Greensboro is more historic than 82% of U.S. towns. 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.
What is on the National Register in Greensboro?
One place: the Leonard House (listed 1988).
How old are the homes in Greensboro?
29% of Greensboro’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±10.3 points), against a typical 3.3% for a Maryland town; the median home was built in 1970.
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 (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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