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History · Pylesville

Pylesville’s post office opened in 1850

Most of Pylesville was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981.

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How Pylesville began

When was Pylesville founded?

1850

The Pylesville post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 711176 years
Founding year: the first Pylesville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Pylesville’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 Pylesville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages5 hamlets and corners are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pylesville’s history is told.

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Old corners

Pylesville’s post office has been open since 1850.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Belle Farm HeritageBobs FlowBushs CornerPylesville HeightsSherrill Gardens

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

The story so far

Pylesville, in brief

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

Pylesville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harford County, Maryland, United States. The population is 933.

Its first post office opened in 1850. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 693 to 711 (+3%).

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

By decade

Pylesville, decade by decade

Today6 recent
2020-06-29 16 40 32 View north along Maryland State Route 165 (Pylesville Road) just north of Maryland State Route 543 …20202020-06-29 16 40 32 View north along Maryland State R…2020-06-29 13 07 47 View south along Maryland State Route 624 (Graceton Road) at Saint Marys Road in20202020-06-29 13 07 47 View south along Maryland State R…2016-06-11 18 27 21 View south along Maryland State Route 543 (Ady Road) just south of Old Pylesville Road in20162016-06-11 18 27 21 View south along Maryland State R…2016-06-11 15 45 07 View north along Maryland State Route 624 (Graceton Road) just north of Pylesville Road (Maryland S…20162016-06-11 15 45 07 View north along Maryland State R…2016-06-11 15 42 35 View south along Maryland State Route 624 (Graceton Road) just south of Saint Marys Road in20162016-06-11 15 42 35 View south along Maryland State R…EdenMillWaterfall2010EdenMillWaterfall

Questions about Pylesville’s history

What year was Pylesville founded?

The Pylesville post office opened in 1850, 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 (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.