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History · Indian Springs

Indian Springs’ post office opened in 1854

Most of Indian Springs was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1951 on.

1854first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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Quick answers

How Indian Springs began

When was Indian Springs founded?

1854

The Indian Springs post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 68172 years
Founding year: the first Indian Springs post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Indian Springs’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Indian Springs’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewClockface gasoline pump, Route 40: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Indian Springs, in brief

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

Indian Springs is an unincorporated community in western Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 64 as of the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1854. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 64 to 68 (+6%).

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

Timeline

Indian Springs, 1854 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Indian Springs post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Indian Springs post office closes
  5. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1980In the archiveClockface gasoline pump, Route 40
By decade

Indian Springs, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s2 items
Clockface gasoline pump, Route 401980Clockface gasoline pump, Route 40Clockface gasoline pump, close up view, Route 401980Clockface gasoline pump, close up view, Route 40
1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 recent
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On the map

Indian Springs on the map, 1951 to 1971

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

Indian Springs on the 1951 USGS mapIndian Springs on the 1971 USGS map1951Cherry Run sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Indian Springs.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Clockface gasoline pump, Route 40
Retake this viewClockface gasoline pump, Route 40, 1980

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Indian Springs’ page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Indian Springs

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

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Jane Irwin HarrisonFirst Lady of the United States · b. 1804
LA KnightAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1982
Newton Diehl Baker Jr.American politician · b. 1871
Dennis ScottAmerican basketball player · b. 1968
Harry F. ByrdAmerican politician and newspaper publisher · b. 1887
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Vicky BullettAmerican basketball player · b. 1967
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Indian Springs had its own post office from 1854 to 1903.

Indian Springs
1854–1903
18501940today

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

Questions about Indian Springs’ history

What year was Indian Springs founded?

The Indian Springs post office opened in 1854, 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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Sources

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 (3), 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.