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History · Carrsville

Carrsville’s post office opened in 1836, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Carrsville began

When was Carrsville founded?

1836

The Carrsville post office opened in 1836, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 346190 years
Founding year: the first Carrsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Carrsville’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 Carrsville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1836: 190 years of Carrsville.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carrsville’s history is told.

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The story

How Carrsville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Carrsville.

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Carrsville was located on the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad, built through the area in the mid-1830s to provide a link between the Roanoke River and the port areas of Norfolk and Portsmouth. The railroad is now part of CSX Transportation.

According to Civil War Encyclopedia, on November 17, 1862, 150 Union soldiers encountered and fought with 400 Confederate cavalry between Carrsville and Holland's corners. No casualties were reported.

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By decade

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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Carrsville

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

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Patton OswaltAmerican actor and comedian · b. 1969
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LaShawn MerrittAmerican track and field athlete · b. 1986
Wanda SykesAmerican comedian, writer, actress and voice ar… · b. 1964
Ruth BrownAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1928
Radia PerlmanAmerican software designer and network engineer · b. 1951
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V. C. AndrewsAmerican novelist · b. 1923
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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Questions about Carrsville’s history

What year was Carrsville founded?

The Carrsville post office opened in 1836, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.