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Still Pond’s post office opened in 1854, and 51% of its homes were built before 1940

3 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 70 buildings. Below: maps from 1900 on.

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How Still Pond began

When was Still Pond founded?

1854

The Still Pond post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 131172 years
Founding year: the first Still Pond post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Still Pond’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 Still Pond are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.A historic districtThe Still Pond Historic District takes in 70 historic buildings.On the map since 19004 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1986. Watch Still Pond change.Old housesHalf of Still Pond’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Still Pond’s history is told.

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On the National Register

3 listings protect 73 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Hebron
HebronGeorge Harper StoreStill Pond Historic District
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Architectural styles listings

Commercial1
Mid-19th Century1
Late Victorian1
Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals1
Late 19th and 20th Century American Movements1
HebronBuilding
George Harper StoreCommercial
Still Pond Historic DistrictMid-19th Century

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

On the map

Still Pond on the map, 1900 to 1986

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

Still Pond on the 1900 USGS mapStill Pond on the 1948 USGS mapStill Pond on the 1951 USGS mapStill Pond on the 1986 USGS map1900Betterton 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 Still Pond.

The story so far

Still Pond, in brief

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

Still Pond is a census-designated place in Kent County, Maryland, United States. Still Pond is located at the intersection of Maryland routes 292 and 566 on Still Pond Neck, south-southeast of Betterton and north of Chestertown. Much of the community is included in the Still Pond Historic District and it is notable as the first place in Maryland in which women gained the right to vote. In addition to the Still Pond Historic District, the George Harper Store, Hebron, and Shepherd's Delight are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Still Pond, formerly an unincorporated community without a census-designated place, received one for the 2020 Census listing a population of 131. Des…

Its first post office opened in 1854.

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

Timeline

Still Pond, 1854 to 1900

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Still Pond post office opens
  3. 1864Born hereGeorge Hepbron is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Still Pond, decade by decade

Today4 recent
2022-06-30 16 16 40 View south along Maryland State Route 292 (Still Pond Road) at Maryland State Route 566 (Old Still …20222022-06-30 16 16 40 View south along Maryland State R…2022-06-30 16 00 49 View north along Maryland State Route 292 (Still Pond Road) at Maryland State Route 566 (Old Still …20222022-06-30 16 00 49 View north along Maryland State R…2022-06-30 15 56 44 View east along Maryland State Route 566 (Old Still Pond Road) at Maryland State Route 292 (Still P…20222022-06-30 15 56 44 View east along Maryland State Ro…2017-08-12 17 23 48 View east along Maryland State Route 566 (Old Still Pond Road) at Maryland State Route 292 (Still P…20172017-08-12 17 23 48 View east along Maryland State Ro…
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Still Pond’s post office has been open since 1854.

Gone or out of use
Still Pond Post Officepost office

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

Questions about Still Pond’s history

What year was Still Pond founded?

The Still Pond post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Still Pond?

Three places: the Hebron (listed 1978), the George Harper Store (1982) and the Still Pond Historic District (2009).

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), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.