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History · Calverton

Calverton’s post office opened in 1888, and 69% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 69 buildings. Below: maps from 1946 on.

1888first post office
1on the National Register
69%homes built before 1940
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How Calverton began

When was Calverton founded?

1888

The Calverton post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Warrenton Junction (1853) and Owl Run (1859), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 279138 years
Founding year: the first Calverton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Calverton’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 Calverton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.A historic districtThe Calverton Historic District takes in 69 historic buildings.Old housesHalf of Calverton’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Calverton.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Calverton’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the National Register

1 listing protects 69 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
69
each building in a district counts
first listed
2010
Calverton Historic District
Calverton Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Italianate1
Queen Anne1
Colonial Revival1
Bungalow/Craftsman1
Vernacular1
Calverton Historic DistrictItalianate

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

The story so far

Calverton, in brief

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

Calverton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Calverton had a population of 279. The village runs along Virginia State Route 28 and its crossroad, Bristersburg Road. Calverton has a Southern States store, a small country store, and post office. Its ZIP code is 20138. The Calverton Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. Calverton may have been named after Calvert County, Maryland. Gilbert Bastable's family moved to the Warrenton Junction area from Maryland between 1850 and 1860, and Bastable lived in Calvert County prior to returning to Virginia after the Civil War.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 239 to 279 (+17%).

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

Timeline

Calverton, 1853 to 1946

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1853Post officeThe Warrenton Junction post office opens
  3. 1859Post officeThe Warrenton Junction post office closes
  4. 1859Post officeThe Owl Run post office opens
  5. 1888Post officeThe Owl Run post office closes
  6. 1888Post officeThe Calverton post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1946On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Calverton, decade by decade

Today12 recent
9711Bristersburg-960720149711Bristersburg-96079619Bristersburg PO-960420149619Bristersburg PO-96049576Bristersburg-959520149576Bristersburg-95954133Catlett-961420144133Catlett-96144129Catlett Hardware-958320144129Catlett Hardware-95834125Catlett Restaurant-958620144125Catlett Restaurant-9586Virginia State Route 282012Virginia State Route 28Calverton, VA, USA2010Calverton, VA, USACalverton, VA, USA - panoramio (1)2010Calverton, VA, USA - panoramio (1)Calverton Market2010Calverton MarketCalverton Market - panoramio (1)2010Calverton Market - panoramio (1)CALVERTON HISTORIC DISTRICT, FAUQUIER COUNTY2008CALVERTON HISTORIC DISTRICT, FAUQUIER COUNTY
On the map

Calverton on the map, 1946 to 1978

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

Calverton on the 1946 USGS mapCalverton on the 1966 USGS mapCalverton on the 1978 USGS map1946Catlett 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 Calverton.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Calverton’s post office has been open since 1888. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Warrenton Junction
1853–1859
Owl Run
1859–1888
Calverton
1888–today
18501940today

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Catlett1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Calverton’s history

What year was Calverton founded?

The Calverton post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Calverton?

One place: the Calverton Historic District (listed 2010).

Memory lane

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 (12), 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.