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History · Rock Point

Rock Point’s post office opened in 1883

Most of Rock Point was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1964. Below: maps from 1894 on.

1883first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Rock Point began

When was Rock Point founded?

1883

The Rock Point post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 82143 years
Founding year: the first Rock Point post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Rock Point’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 Rock Point are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18946 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1974. Watch Rock Point change.Old housesHalf of Rock Point’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rock Point’s history is told.

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On the map

Rock Point on the map, 1894 to 1974

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

Rock Point on the 1894 USGS mapRock Point on the 1902 USGS mapRock Point on the 1911 USGS mapRock Point on the 1920 USGS mapRock Point on the 1943 USGS mapRock Point on the 1974 USGS map1894Wicomico 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 Rock Point.

The story so far

Rock Point, in brief

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

Rock Point is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Charles County, Maryland, United States.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 107 to 82 (-23%).

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

By decade

Rock Point, decade by decade

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2016-08-28 10 05 31 View west along Rock Point Road at Cedar Lane in20162016-08-28 10 05 31 View west along Rock Point Road a…2016-08-28 10 04 16 View west at the east end of Rock Point Road in20162016-08-28 10 04 16 View west at the east end of Rock…2016-08-28 10 03 55 View east at the east end of Rock Point Road in20162016-08-28 10 03 55 View east at the east end of Rock…2016-08-28 10 02 20 View east along Rock Point Road at Cedar Lane in20162016-08-28 10 02 20 View east along Rock Point Road a…
Famous people

Famous people close to Rock Point

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

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Alfred GoughAmerican screenwriter and producer · b. 1967
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Justin AndersonAmerican basketball player · b. 1993
Jerome AdamsSurgeon General of the United States from 2017 … · b. 1974
Benedict Joseph FenwickAmerican Catholic bishop · b. 1782
John B. MagruderConfederate Army general · b. 1807
T.J. CarterAmerican basketball player · b. 1985
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Rock Point’s post office has been open since 1883.

Gone or out of use
Rock Point Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Cobb IslandIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Rock Point’s history

What year was Rock Point founded?

The Rock Point post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.