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History · Tyaskin

Tyaskin’s post office opened in 1856, and 69% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Beaudley. Below: maps from 1903 on.

1856first post office
1on the National Register
69%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Tyaskin began

When was Tyaskin founded?

1856

The Tyaskin post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 226170 years
Founding year: the first Tyaskin post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Tyaskin’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 Tyaskin are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Tyaskin’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19033 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1983. Watch Tyaskin change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tyaskin’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Tyaskin, in brief

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

Tyaskin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 236 as of the 2010 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Beaudley was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Its first post office opened in 1856. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 236 to 226 (-4%).

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

On the map

Tyaskin on the map, 1903 to 1983

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

Tyaskin on the 1903 USGS mapTyaskin on the 1942 USGS mapTyaskin on the 1983 USGS map1903Nanticoke 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 Tyaskin.

Timeline

Tyaskin, 1856 to 1903

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Tyaskin post office opens
  3. 1858Born hereButtercup Dickerson is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Tyaskin

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2001
Beaudley
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Early Republic1
Federal1
BeaudleyEarly Republic

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

Places that used to be

Old corners

Tyaskin’s post office has been open since 1856.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Briar PatchTyaskin Estates

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.

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

Questions about Tyaskin’s history

What year was Tyaskin founded?

The Tyaskin post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Tyaskin?

One place: the Beaudley (listed 2001).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.