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History · Pecktonville

Pecktonville’s post office opened in 1893

Most of Pecktonville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1957. Below: maps from 1901 on.

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How Pecktonville began

When was Pecktonville founded?

1893

The Pecktonville post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 164133 years
Founding year: the first Pecktonville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Pecktonville’s 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 Pecktonville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19014 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1998. Watch Pecktonville change.Old housesHalf of Pecktonville’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pecktonville’s history is told.

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On the map

Pecktonville on the map, 1901 to 1998

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

Pecktonville on the 1901 USGS mapPecktonville on the 1951 USGS mapPecktonville on the 1971 USGS mapPecktonville on the 1998 USGS map1901Hancock 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 Pecktonville.

The story so far

Pecktonville, in brief

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

Pecktonville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 167 as of the 2010 census. In 1921 Pecktonville was the destination of the Vagabonds, a group of men which took camping trips over ten years and which at the time consisted of inventor Thomas Edison and industrialists Henry Ford and Harvey S. Firestone along with their guest the sitting US president Warren G. Harding.

Its first post office opened in 1893. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 167 in 2010, 164 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Pecktonville, 1893 to 1903

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893Post officeThe Pecktonville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1903Post officeThe Pecktonville post office closes
By decade

Pecktonville, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Pecktonville

Nobody well known was born in Pecktonville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jane Irwin HarrisonFirst Lady of the United States · b. 1804
Newton Diehl Baker Jr.American politician · b. 1871
Harry F. ByrdAmerican politician and newspaper publisher · b. 1887
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Vicky BullettAmerican basketball player · b. 1967
Jennifer ArmentroutAmerican writer of contemporary romance, new ad… · b. 1980
John Joseph KainAmerican Catholic archbishop · b. 1841
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Pecktonville had its own post office from 1893 to 1903.

Pecktonville
1893–1903
18901960today

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

Questions about Pecktonville’s history

What year was Pecktonville founded?

The Pecktonville post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.