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More historic than 26% of U.S. towns · #152 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it
Most of Maugansville was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1942 on.
The Maugansville post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 26% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Maugansville is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #152 of 261 in Maryland. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Maugansville’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (20% of Maryland towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maugansville’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Maugansville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Maugansville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,295 at the 2000 census.
Its first post office opened in 1882. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,071 to 3,669 (+19%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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2000I-81 northbound at Maugans Avenue exitEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Maugansville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Maugansville.
Nobody well known was born in Maugansville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Maugansville’s post office has been open since 1882.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Maugansville post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Maugansville is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #152 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.
10% of Maugansville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.5 points), against a typical 3.3% for a Maryland town; the median home was built in 1985.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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), 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.
