Carrollton’s post office opened in 1878, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 34% of U.S. towns · #123 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it
Most of Carrollton was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2005. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 6 buildings. Below: maps from 1919 on.
Founding year: the first Carrollton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Carrollton’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Carrollton is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns, #123 of 253 in Virginia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Carrollton’s overall grade.
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 Carrollton’s 7.1 sits near the middle of its state (50% of Virginia towns have fewer) while its 6 historic buildings outnumber those of 72% 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 (±2.6 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 Carrollton’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Carrollton is named for the Carroll family, prominent landowners of the 19th century. The remaining home of the Carroll family is located at the intersection of Reynolds Drive and Norsworthy Drive, and is considered to have been in deteriorating condition for many years. At one time the home also is said to have served as the Carrollton Country Store.
The Carroll home is one of only a handful of truly historic Carrollton homes. It predates the original Carrollton Post Office, which is now occupied by a locally owned heating business. The old post office is located about 300 feet (100 m) east of the Carroll home on Norsworthy Drive near the western end of the current CDP. Its flagpole still stands.
The Carrollton post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Carrollton rank for history?
Carrollton is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns, #123 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 Carrollton?
One place: the Nike-Ajax Missile Launch Site N-75L (listed 2019).
How old are the homes in Carrollton?
3% of Carrollton’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.6 points), against a typical 1.9% for a Virginia town; the median home was built in 2005.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.
