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History · Lusby

Lusby’s post office opened in 1884, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 35% of U.S. towns · #124 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it

Most of Lusby was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Its Register listing is the Middleham Chapel. Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1892 on, and the census since 2000.

1884first post office
1on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Lusby’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Lusby began

When was Lusby founded?

1884

The Lusby post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Mill Creek (1870), Frazier (1887) and Olivet (1893), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 1,666 in 20002020 census: 2,072142 years

How historic is Lusby?

C+

More historic than 35% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Lusby post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Lusby’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lusby is more historic than 35% of U.S. towns, #124 of 261 in Maryland. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Lusby’s overall grade.
Founding era1884, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19404.6% of homes (±5.2) · typical MD town 3.3% · U.S. 8.4%CNational Register1 listing, 3.9 per 10,000 residents · typical MD town 0.9 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 35%
NewerOlder
Maryland towns of 2,500+ (261)Ahead of 53%

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 Lusby’s 3.9 sits near the middle of its state (61% of Maryland towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.2 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 Lusby’s past

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

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lusby, and 9 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 18923 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1942. Watch Lusby change.Mystery photos5 old photos have no date. Neighbors can guess the decade.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Lusby’s post office has been open since 1884. Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Mill Creek
1870–1874
Lusby
1884–today
Frazier
1887–1915
Olivet
1893–1968
Appeal
1916–1943
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AppealCarol CourtCherry HillChesapeake WoodsOld HickoryOld House Cove EstatesOlivetSaint Johns CreekSaint Johns Woods

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

On the map

Lusby on the map, 1892 to 1942

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

Lusby on the 1892 USGS mapLusby on the 1901 USGS mapLusby on the 1942 USGS map1892Drum Point 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 Lusby.

Help out

Start Lusby’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo5 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewGENERAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH - Day-Breed…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Lusby, in brief

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

Lusby is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,835 at the 2010 census. Residents of the Chesapeake Ranch Estates and Drum Point communities also use the Lusby ZIP code designation.

Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,835 to 2,072 (+13%).

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

Timeline

Lusby, 1870 to 1933

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Mill Creek post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Mill Creek post office closes
  4. 1884Post officeThe Lusby post office opens
  5. 1887Post officeThe Frazier post office opens
  6. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 20th century
  8. 1915Post officeThe Frazier post office closes
  9. 1933In the archiveGENERAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH - Day-Breedon House and Farm Buildings, Sollers Road
By decade

Lusby, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s1 item
GENERAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH - Day-Breedon House and Farm Buildings, Sollers Road1933GENERAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH - Day-Breedon House and F…
1940s–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.
Add from your album
Date unknown5 to date
Charles' Gift, State Routes 2 & 4Date?Charles' Gift, State Routes 2 & 4Solomons Island Road (Frame House)Date?Solomons Island Road (Frame House)Day-Breedon House & Farm Buildings, Sollers RoadDate?Day-Breedon House & Farm Buildings, Sollers RoadPreston-on-the-Patuxent, Turner RoadDate?Preston-on-the-Patuxent, Turner RoadGoldstein House, State Routes 2 & 4Date?Goldstein House, State Routes 2 & 4
Today12 recent
2020-05-23 18 16 04 View south along Maryland State Route 765 (HG Trueman Road) just north of Southern Connector Boulev…20202020-05-23 18 16 04 View south along Maryland State R…2020-05-23 17 43 10 View north along Maryland State Route 765 (HG Trueman Road) just south of Southern Connector Boulev…20202020-05-23 17 43 10 View north along Maryland State R…2020-05-23 17 23 32 View north along Maryland State Route 760 (Rousby Hall Road) just south of Maryland State Route 2 a…20202020-05-23 17 23 32 View north along Maryland State R…2020-05-23 17 10 00 View north along Maryland State Route 760 (Rousby Hall Road) just south of Olivet Road and Southern…20202020-05-23 17 10 00 View north along Maryland State R…2020-05-23 17 08 36 View south along Maryland State Route 760 (Rousby Hall Road) at Olivet Road and Southern Connector …20202020-05-23 17 08 36 View south along Maryland State R…2020-05-23 17 06 52 View south along Maryland State Route 760 (Rousby Hall Road) just north of Southern Connector Boule…20202020-05-23 17 06 52 View south along Maryland State R…2020-05-23 17 05 48 View north along Maryland State Route 760 (Rousby Hall Road) at Southern Connector Boulevard and Ol…20202020-05-23 17 05 48 View north along Maryland State R…2019-10-03 12 29 58 View north along Maryland State Route 2 and Maryland State Route 4 (Solomons Island Road) just sout…20192019-10-03 12 29 58 View north along Maryland State R…2019-10-03 12 27 07 View north along Maryland State Route 2 and Maryland State Route 4 (Solomons Island Road) just sout…20192019-10-03 12 27 07 View north along Maryland State R…2016-07-20 11 54 35 Pines and mimosa tree along Maryland State Route 760 (Rousby Hall Road) near Hollywoods Drive in20162016-07-20 11 54 35 Pines and mimosa tree along Maryl…2016-07-20 11 54 11 Pines and mimosa tree along Maryland State Route 760 (Rousby Hall Road) near Hollywoods Drive in20162016-07-20 11 54 11 Pines and mimosa tree along Maryl…2016-07-20 11 40 26 View south along Maryland State Route 760 (Rousby Hall Road) at Maryland State Route 2 and Maryland…20162016-07-20 11 40 26 View south along Maryland State R…
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.

GENERAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH - Day-Breedon House and Farm Buildings, Sollers Road
Retake this viewGENERAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH - Day-Breedon House and Farm Buildings, Sollers Road, 1933

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

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

1 historic place in Lusby

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1975
Middleham Chapel
Buildings
Middleham ChapelBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Lusby, census by census

05001,0001,5002,00020002020Peak: 2,072

Between 1,666 and 2,072 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lusby’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Chesapeake Ranch EstatesIts storyD−Drum PointIts storyDSolomons3 historic placesC

Questions about Lusby’s history

What year was Lusby founded?

The Lusby post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Lusby rank for history?

Lusby is more historic than 35% of U.S. towns, #124 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 Lusby?

One place: the Middleham Chapel (listed 1975).

How old are the homes in Lusby?

5% of Lusby’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.2 points), against a typical 3.3% for a Maryland town; the median home was built in 1995.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (13), the Library of Congress (5), the National Register of Historic Places (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.