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History · Fluvanna

Fluvanna’s post office opened in 1908

Most of Fluvanna was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1959. Below: maps from 1969 on.

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How Fluvanna began

When was Fluvanna founded?

1908

The Fluvanna post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 78118 years
Founding year: the first Fluvanna post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Fluvanna’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 Fluvanna are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Fluvanna’s homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fluvanna’s history is told.

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The story so far

Fluvanna, in brief

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

Fluvanna is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Scurry County, Texas, United States. It lies just south of the Llano Estacado, high atop the caprock, where Farm to Market Road 1269 and Farm to Market Road 612 intersect. Fluvanna is named for a surveyor's home county — Fluvanna County, Virginia. Fluvanna was established by realty promoters who knew where the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway would terminate to satisfy its charter's 50-miles-of-line requirement. Fluvanna's importance lessened when the railroad closed the station in 1941 and major highways bypassed the area. As of the 2020 census, Fluvanna had a population of 78. The post office has closed in Fluv…

Its first post office opened in 1908.

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

By decade

Fluvanna, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Fluvanna Texas Post Office 20102010Fluvanna Texas Post Office 2010FM1269 FluvannaTX 20072007FM1269 FluvannaTX 2007GreenMountainWindFarm Fluvanna 20042004GreenMountainWindFarm Fluvanna 2004GreenMountainWindFarm Fluvanna 2004 (cropped)2004GreenMountainWindFarm Fluvanna 2004 (cropped)Fluvanna 20012001Fluvanna 2001
On the map

Fluvanna on the map, 1969 to 1986

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

Fluvanna on the 1969 USGS mapFluvanna on the 1986 USGS map1969Fluvanna sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Fluvanna

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

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Powers BootheAmerican actor · b. 1948
Dick JonesAmerican actor and singer · b. 1927
Charlene HoltAmerican actress · b. 1928
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Barry TubbAmerican actor · b. 1963
Ernie CaseAmerican football player · b. 1920
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Adrian GregoryAmerican softball coach · b. 1982

Questions about Fluvanna’s history

What year was Fluvanna founded?

The Fluvanna post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (5), 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.