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History · Marlboro Meadows

4 of Marlboro Meadows’ places are on the National Register

More historic than 50% of U.S. towns · #90 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it

Most of Marlboro Meadows was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1892 on.

4on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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About Marlboro Meadows’ history

How historic is Marlboro Meadows?

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More historic than 50% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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History grade

What drives Marlboro Meadows’ History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Marlboro Meadows is more historic than 50% of U.S. towns, #90 of 261 in Maryland. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Marlboro Meadows’ overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19402.5% of homes (±1.9) · typical MD town 3.3% · U.S. 8.4%C−National Register4 listings, 16 historic buildings, 40.7 per 10,000 residents · typical MD town 0.9 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 50%
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Maryland towns of 2,500+ (261)Ahead of 66%

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 Marlboro Meadows’ 40.7 sits above most of its state (79% of Maryland towns have fewer) while its 16 historic buildings outnumber those of 78% 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 (±1.9 points) is firm at this size.

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 Marlboro Meadows’ past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Marlboro Meadows are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18925 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1970. Watch Marlboro Meadows change.Landmarks on the Register4 places on the National Register.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marlboro Meadows’s history is told.

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On the map

Marlboro Meadows on the map, 1892 to 1970

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

Marlboro Meadows on the 1892 USGS mapMarlboro Meadows on the 1905 USGS mapMarlboro Meadows on the 1944 USGS mapMarlboro Meadows on the 1957 USGS mapMarlboro Meadows on the 1970 USGS map1892Owensville 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 Marlboro Meadows.

On the National Register

4 historic places in Marlboro Meadows

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

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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first listed
1972
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant, built 1750Bowling HeightsCompton BassettAshland, built 1867
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

High Victorian Gothic1
Italianate1
Mount PleasantBuilt 1750
Bowling HeightsHigh Victorian Gothic
Compton BassettBuilding
AshlandItalianate · Built 1867

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

The story so far

Marlboro Meadows, in brief

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

Marlboro Meadows is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,655. It was newly delineated for the 2010 census prior to which the area was part of the Greater Upper Marlboro census-designated place.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,672 in 2010, 3,655 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Marlboro Meadows, 1750 to 1892

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1750BuiltMount Pleasant is built
  3. 19th century
  4. 1867BuiltAshland is built
  5. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Marlboro Meadows, decade by decade

Today6 recent
2019-10-02 14 37 14 View south along Maryland State Route 4 (Stephanie Roper Highway) at the exit for U.S. Route 301 NO…20192019-10-02 14 37 14 View south along Maryland State R…2019-10-01 10 40 21 View north along Maryland State Route 4 (Stephanie Roper Highway) at the exit for U.S. Route 301 NO…20192019-10-01 10 40 21 View north along Maryland State R…2019-08-29 16 37 30 View north along U.S. Route 301 (Robert Crain Highway) from the overpass for Maryland State Route 4…20192019-08-29 16 37 30 View north along U.S. Route 301 (…2019-08-23 08 35 45 View south along U.S. Route 301 (Robert Crain Highway) at the exit for Maryland State Route 4 NORTH…20192019-08-23 08 35 45 View south along U.S. Route 301 (…2016-09-11 09 20 24 View north up the Patuxent River from the Maryland State Route 4 (Stephanie Roper Highway) bridge c…20162016-09-11 09 20 24 View north up the Patuxent River …2016-09-11 09 13 41 View south along Maryland State Route 726 (Green Landing Road) at Marlboro Pike in Marlboro Meadows…20162016-09-11 09 13 41 View south along Maryland State R…
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Wells Corner

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Brock Hall1 historic placeC−Upper Marlboro6 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCroom6 historic placesBQueenslandIts storyD

Questions about Marlboro Meadows’ history

How does Marlboro Meadows rank for history?

Marlboro Meadows is more historic than 50% of U.S. towns, #90 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 Marlboro Meadows?

4 listings: 4 buildings, among them the Mount Pleasant (listed 1972, the first). 16 historic buildings in all.

How old are the homes in Marlboro Meadows?

3% of Marlboro Meadows’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.9 points), against a typical 3.3% for a Maryland town; the median home was built in 1976.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.