Kingsville’s post office opened in 1830, and 2 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 67% of U.S. towns · #53 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it
Most of Kingsville was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Its Register listings are the Jericho Covered Bridge and the Jericho Farm. Below: 5 old photos and papers, maps from 1893 on, and the census since 1980.
The Kingsville post office opened in 1830, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, King's Tavern (1829) and Fork Meeting House (1839), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 2,824 in 19802020 census: 4,358196 years
How historic is Kingsville?
B+
More historic than 67% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Kingsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Kingsville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Kingsville is more historic than 67% of U.S. towns, #53 of 261 in Maryland. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Kingsville’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 Kingsville’s 4.3 sits near the middle of its state (62% of Maryland towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.8 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
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 →
What stands out about Kingsville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Kingsville takes its name from Abraham King (1760–1836), who died there on December 15 at the age of 76. King, a native of Willistown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, acquired some 290 acres (1.2 km2) of land from Thomas Kell (a county judge) in and about the site of Kingsville from parts of the original grants of Leaf's Chance, William the Conqueror, Selby's Hope, John's Delight and Onion's Prospect Hill, according to a deed executed May 13, 1816. King lived in the old Hugh Deane-John Paul mansion (later known as the Kingsville Inn and presently as the Lassahn Funeral home on Belair Road) with his wife Elizabeth Taylor, a sister of the Hon. John Taylor of Willistown, who settled in the West and was the Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Mississippi for a number of years. An 1823 assessment of Old District 2 showed "Abraham King with 290 acres of 'William the Conqueror' and $35…
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.
The Kingsville post office opened in 1830, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Kingsville rank for history?
Kingsville is more historic than 67% of U.S. towns, #53 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.
What is on the National Register in Kingsville?
Two places: the Jericho Covered Bridge (listed 1978) and the Jericho Farm (1984).
How old are the homes in Kingsville?
9% of Kingsville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.8 points), against a typical 3.3% for a Maryland town; the median home was built in 1974.
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 Library of Congress (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, 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) 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.
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