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The George W. Wall House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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History · Wallburg
Wallburg’s post office opened in 1892, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 21% of U.S. towns · #201 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
Most of Wallburg was built recently: 0.2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Its Register listing is the George W. Wall House. Its Register listing is the George W. Wall House. Below: maps from 1950 on.
1892first post office
1on the National Register
0.2%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Quick answers
How Wallburg began
When was Wallburg founded?
1892
The Wallburg post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 3,051134 years
How historic is Wallburg?
C−
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 21% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Wallburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Wallburg’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Wallburg is more historic than 21% of U.S. towns, #201 of 290 in North Carolina. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Wallburg’s overall grade.
Founding era1892, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.2% of homes (±0.4) · typical NC town 4.1% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register1 listing, 3.2 per 10,000 residents · typical NC town 12.5 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 21%
NewerOlder
North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 31%
North Carolina towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical North Carolina town has 12.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Wallburg’s 3.2 sits near the middle of its state (43% of North Carolina towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. The pre-1940 share (±0.4 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Wallburg’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Wallburg’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wallburg’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Wallburg, 1892 to 2005
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1892Post officeThe Wallburg post office opens
- 20th century
- 1950
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 21st century
- 2005Born hereBrady Hepner is born here
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
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Wallburg on the map, 1950 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Wallburg. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1950Winston-Salem East sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Wallburg.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Wallburg
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1984
George W. Wall House
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Queen Anne Revival1
All 1 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Questions about Wallburg’s history
What year was Wallburg founded?
The Wallburg post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Wallburg rank for history?
Wallburg is more historic than 21% of U.S. towns, #201 of 290 in North Carolina. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Wallburg?
One place: the George W. Wall House (listed 1984).
How old are the homes in Wallburg?
0.2% of Wallburg’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 4.1% for a North Carolina town; the median home was built in 1987.
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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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.