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History · Pinetown

Pinetown’s post office opened in 1894, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1943 on.

1894first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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How Pinetown began

When was Pinetown founded?

1894

The Pinetown post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 147132 years
Founding year: the first Pinetown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Pinetown, in brief

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

Pinetown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 147 at the 2020 census. The community is located in northern Beaufort County in the Coastal Plain region of North Carolina. It is 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Washington, the county seat.

Its first post office opened in 1894. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 155 to 147 (-5%).

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

By decade

Pinetown, decade by decade

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Dull weather at Pinetown, Marianhill park2026Dull weather at Pinetown, Marianhill park
On the map

Pinetown on the map, 1943 to 1985

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

Pinetown on the 1943 USGS mapPinetown on the 1950 USGS mapPinetown on the 1974 USGS mapPinetown on the 1985 USGS map1943Plymouth sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pinetown.

Questions about Pinetown’s history

What year was Pinetown founded?

The Pinetown post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (1), 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.