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History · Bloxom

Bloxom’s post office opened in 1855, and 44% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1942 on and the census since 1960.

1855first post office
0on the National Register
44%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Bloxom began

When was Bloxom founded?

1855

The Bloxom post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 349 in 19602020 census: 387171 years
Founding year: the first Bloxom post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Bloxom’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 Bloxom are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Bloxom’s homes were built before 1960.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bloxom’s history is told.

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The story so far

Bloxom, in brief

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

Bloxom is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bloxom had a population of 387.

Its first post office opened in 1855. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 387 in 2010, 387 in 2020.

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

By decade

Bloxom, decade by decade

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On the map

Bloxom on the map, 1942 to 1968

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

Bloxom on the 1942 USGS mapBloxom on the 1968 USGS map1942Mappsville 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 Bloxom.

People over time

Bloxom, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 407

Between 349 and 407 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

NelsoniaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Bloxom’s history

What year was Bloxom founded?

The Bloxom post office opened in 1855, 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 (10), 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.