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History · Maysville

Maysville’s post office opened in 1875, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1942 on and the census since 1900.

1875first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Maysville began

When was Maysville founded?

1875

The Maysville post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Cross Roads (1827), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 98 in 19002020 census: 818151 years
Founding year: the first Maysville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Maysville’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 Maysville 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 Maysville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Maysville, in brief

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

Maysville is a town in Jones County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1875. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,019 to 818 (-20%).

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

Timeline

Maysville, 1827 to 1978

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1827Post officeThe Cross Roads post office opens
  3. 1835Post officeThe Cross Roads post office closes
  4. 1875Post officeThe Maysville post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1942On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1961Born hereLouie Meadows is born here
  8. 1978Born hereTarvis Williams is born here
By decade

Maysville, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Maysville Town Hall (NC)2026Maysville Town Hall (NC)Maysville Downtown Square2026Maysville Downtown SquareDowntown2026DowntownDowntown2026DowntownMaysville, North Carolina2015Maysville, North Carolina
On the map

Maysville on the map, 1942 to 1994

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

Maysville on the 1942 USGS mapMaysville on the 1984 USGS mapMaysville on the 1994 USGS map1942Maysville 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 Maysville.

People over time

Maysville, census by census

02004006008001,0001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,019

Between 98 and 1,019 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Maysville’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Maysville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Tarvis WilliamsAmerican basketball player · b. 1978
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Louie MeadowsAmerican baseball player · b. 1961
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Maysville’s post office has been open since 1875. Another post office, Cross Roads, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Cross Roads
1827–1835
Maysville
1875–today
18201920today

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

Questions about Maysville’s history

What year was Maysville founded?

The Maysville post office opened in 1875, 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 Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.