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History · Waterview

Waterview’s post office opened in 1921

Below: maps from 1903 on.

1921first post office
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How Waterview began

When was Waterview founded?

1921

The Waterview post office opened in 1921, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 32105 years
Founding year: the first Waterview post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Waterview’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 Waterview are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Waterview’s history is told.

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The story so far

Waterview, in brief

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

Waterview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 40 as of the 2010 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1921. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 40 to 32 (-20%).

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

Timeline

Waterview, 1903 to 1946

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1921Post officeThe Waterview post office opens
  4. 1946Post officeThe Waterview post office closes
By decade

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 map

Waterview on the map, 1903 to 1942

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

Waterview on the 1903 USGS mapWaterview on the 1942 USGS map1903Deal Island 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 Waterview.

Famous people

Famous people close to Waterview

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

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Linda HamiltonAmerican actress · b. 1956
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Alexis DenisofAmerican actor · b. 1966
Erin BurnettAmerican news anchor, currently the anchor of E… · b. 1976
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Jessica Lee RoseNew Zealand-American actress · b. 1987
Paul SarbanesAmerican politician · b. 1933
Hugh Latimer DrydenAmerican aeronautical scientist and civil serva… · b. 1898
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Waterview had its own post office from 1921 to 1946.

Waterview
1921–1946
19201970today

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.

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

Questions about Waterview’s history

What year was Waterview founded?

The Waterview post office opened in 1921, 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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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 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.