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History · Augusta Springs

Augusta Springs’ post office opened in 1828, and 47% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1921 on.

1828first post office
0on the National Register
47%homes built before 1940
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How Augusta Springs began

When was Augusta Springs founded?

1828

The Augusta Springs post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 236198 years
Founding year: the first Augusta Springs post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Augusta Springs’ 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 Augusta Springs are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Augusta Springs.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Augusta Springs’s history is told.

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Timeline

Augusta Springs, 1828 to 1943

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Augusta Springs post office opens
  3. 1837Post officeThe Augusta Springs post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1901Post officeThe Augusta Springs post office opens
  6. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Augusta Springs, in brief

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

Augusta Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Augusta Springs had a population of 236.

Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 257 to 236 (-8%).

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

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

Augusta Springs on the map, 1943 to 1978

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

Augusta Springs on the 1943 USGS mapAugusta Springs on the 1967 USGS mapAugusta Springs on the 1978 USGS map1943Craigsville 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 Augusta Springs.

Every building

Augusta Springs, building by building, 1921

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Augusta Springs fire insurance map, 1921, sheet 11921Sheet 1 of 2
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Famous people

Famous people close to Augusta Springs

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

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Woodrow Wilson28th President of the United States · b. 1856
Francis CollinsAmerican geneticist and director of the Nationa… · b. 1950
Pat RobertsonAmerican media mogul and minister · b. 1930
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Cy TwomblyAmerican painter, sculptor and photographer · b. 1928
Hilary HahnAmerican classical violinist · b. 1979
Kate SmithAmerican singer · b. 1907
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Augusta Springs had its own post office from 1828 to 1837.

Augusta Springs
1828–1837
Augusta Springs
1901–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Augusta Springs’ history

What year was Augusta Springs founded?

The Augusta Springs post office opened in 1828, 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.