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History · Buckhall

Buckhall’s post office opened in 1885, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 25% of U.S. towns · #146 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it

Its Register listing is the Moor Green. Most of Buckhall was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1927 on.

1885first post office
1on the National Register
1%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Buckhall began

When was Buckhall founded?

1885

The Buckhall post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Limstrong (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 20,420141 years

How historic is Buckhall?

C

More historic than 25% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Buckhall post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Buckhall’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Buckhall is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #146 of 253 in Virginia. 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 Buckhall’s overall grade.
Founding era1885, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19401.3% of homes (±0.8) · typical VA town 1.9% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register1 listing, 2 historic buildings, 0.9 per 10,000 residents · typical VA town 3.6 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 25%
NewerOlder
Virginia towns of 2,500+ (253)Ahead of 42%

Virginia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Virginia town has 3.6 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Buckhall’s 0.9 sits near the middle of its state (40% of Virginia towns have fewer) while its 2 historic buildings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share (±0.8 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 Buckhall’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Buckhall, and 28 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Buckhall are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Buckhall had its own post office from 1885 to 1915. Another post office, Limstrong, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Buckhall
1885–1915
Limstrong
1891–1908
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Bent Tree EstatesBlandsfordBloom HillBradley ForestChevalleCountry RoadsDeerfieldDozer Mill AcresFostern EstatesFoxridgeHillcrest EstatesHunters SquareHynson KnollsJohnson WoodsLake JacksonLake Occoquan ShoresLimstrongLongviewMockingbird RidgeMontyvilleMontyville EstatesMoor Green EstatesMorningsideOccoquan River Hills
Gone or out of use
Bradley SchoolschoolBuckhall ChurchchurchHemlock LodgebuildingWoodyards Fordcrossing
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Buckhall
Buckhall CommunityHixson

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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Start Buckhall’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Buckhall’s history is told.

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The story so far

Buckhall, in brief

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

Buckhall is an unincorporated community in the census-designated place (CDP) of the same name, in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. Its population was 20,420 as of the 2020 Census.

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 16,293 to 20,420 (+25%).

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

Timeline

Buckhall, 1885 to 1927

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe Buckhall post office opens
  3. 1891Post officeThe Limstrong post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1908Post officeThe Limstrong post office closes
  6. 1915Post officeThe Buckhall post office closes
  7. 1927On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Buckhall, decade by decade

Today11 recent
2019-10-18 13 38 28 View north along Virginia State Route 234 (Prince William Parkway) from the overpass for Virginia S…20192019-10-18 13 38 28 View north along Virginia State R…2019-10-18 13 38 07 View south along Virginia State Route 234 (Prince William Parkway) from the overpass for Virginia S…20192019-10-18 13 38 07 View south along Virginia State R…2019-10-17 11 03 42 View west along Virginia State Route 294 (Prince William Parkway) just south of Liberia Avenue and …20192019-10-17 11 03 42 View west along Virginia State Ro…2019-10-17 09 33 53 View north along Virginia State Route 234 (Dumfries Road) just south of Virginia State Route 294 (P…20192019-10-17 09 33 53 View north along Virginia State R…2019-07-22 15 56 22 View east along Virginia State Route 294 (Prince William Parkway), Virginia State Route 612 (Yates …20192019-07-22 15 56 22 View east along Virginia State Ro…2019-07-22 15 55 54 View east down the Occoquan River and along Virginia State Route 294 (Prince William Parkway) from …20192019-07-22 15 55 54 View east down the Occoquan River…2016-10-11 13 11 07 View south along Virginia State Route 234 Business (Dumfries Road) at Bradley Manor Place in Buckha…20162016-10-11 13 11 07 View south along Virginia State R…2016-10-11 12 12 58 View north along Virginia State Route 234 Business (Dumfries Road) at Virginia State Route 234 (Pri…20162016-10-11 12 12 58 View north along Virginia State R…2016-10-11 12 04 25 View west along Virginia State Route 294 (Prince William Parkway) at Larksong Court in Buckhall, Pr…20162016-10-11 12 04 25 View west along Virginia State Ro…2016-10-11 11 09 43 View east along Virginia State Route 294 (Prince William Parkway) at Hastings Drive in Buckhall, Pr…20162016-10-11 11 09 43 View east along Virginia State Ro…2016-10-11 08 10 34 View south along Virginia State Route 234 (Prince William Parkway) between Virginia State Route 28 …20162016-10-11 08 10 34 View south along Virginia State R…
On the map

Buckhall on the map, 1927 to 1994

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

Buckhall on the 1927 USGS mapBuckhall on the 1940 USGS mapBuckhall on the 1951 USGS mapBuckhall on the 1966 USGS mapBuckhall on the 1971 USGS mapBuckhall on the 1984 USGS mapBuckhall on the 1994 USGS map1927Quantico 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 Buckhall.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Buckhall

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Moor Green
Moor Green
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Federal1
Moor GreenFederal

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Buckhall

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

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C. J. SapongAmerican soccer player · b. 1988
Byron SaxtonAmerican professional wrestling announcer · b. 1981
G
Griffin YowAmerican soccer player · b. 2002
C
Chaney KleyAmerican actor · b. 1972
Denver RigglemanAmerican businessman and politician from Virgin… · b. 1970
Wilmer McLeanAmerican businessman, involved in the American … · b. 1814
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Manassas5 historic placesC+Manassas Park3 historic placesDYorkshireIts storyD−

Questions about Buckhall’s history

What year was Buckhall founded?

The Buckhall post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Buckhall rank for history?

Buckhall is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #146 of 253 in Virginia. 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 Buckhall?

One place: the Moor Green (listed 1978).

How old are the homes in Buckhall?

1% of Buckhall’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 1.9% for a Virginia town; the median home was built in 1996.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (11), the National Register of Historic Places (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.