Most of Myersville was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Its Register listing is the Henry Brandenburg House. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1944 on, and the census since 1870.
Founding year: the first Myersville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1904.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Myersville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Myersville is more historic than 61% of U.S. towns. 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 Myersville’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 Myersville’s 17.0 sits above most of its state (73% of Maryland towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% 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 (±2.4 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata gives 1904.
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 Myersville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The town was incorporated in 1904. at this time, Myersville had a population of 150 people.
That same year, Myersville was connected to its neighboring town Hagerstown by the blue ridge trolley.
On January 4, 1919, a large fire destroyed many shops and buildings in the center of town.
in 1981, the town boundaries were expanded for the first time.
The Peter of P. Grossnickel Farm and Henry Brandenburg House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In October 2002, the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were apprehended at a rest stop along westbound I-70 in Myersville. The two were discovered when a truck driver recognized their car from police reports.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Myersville, census by census
Grew from 139 people in 1870 to 1,748 in 2020, more than tenfold.
14 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Myersville’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Old corners and burying grounds
Myersville’s post office has been open since 1848.
Hamlets and corners on the map
AshleyFlook FarmMeadow Ridge
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Myersville
Mount Zion United Methodist ChurchMyersville
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Myersville’s history
What year was Myersville founded?
The Myersville post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1904.
How does Myersville rank for history?
Myersville is more historic than 61% of U.S. towns. 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 Myersville?
One place: the Henry Brandenburg House (listed 2020).
How old are the homes in Myersville?
3% of Myersville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.4 points), against a typical 3.3% for a Maryland town; the median home was built in 1995.
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 (7), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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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