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History · Cheriton

Cheriton’s post office opened in 1902, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them the Eyre Hall, a National Historic Landmark. Below: 23 old photos and papers, maps from 1942 on, and the census since 1960.

1902first post office
1on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
23old photos & papers
1famous people
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From Cheriton’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Cheriton began

When was Cheriton founded?

1902

The Cheriton post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Cherry Stone (1851) and Cherriton (1885), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 761 in 19602020 census: 486124 years
Founding year: the first Cheriton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Cheriton’s past

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

A town in old photos23 old photos, postcards and papers.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Cheriton.A National Historic Landmark1 place on the National Register, including Eyre Hall, a National Historic Landmark.Old housesHalf of Cheriton’s homes were built before 1957.
★ What stands out · By decade

Cheriton, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s23 items
Barracks for migratory agricultural workers at Webster Canning Company1940Barracks for migratory agricultural workers at Webste…Barracks for Negro migratory agricultural workers at Webster Canning Company1940Barracks for Negro migratory agricultural workers at …Living quarters for migratory agricultural workers at Webster Canning Company1940Living quarters for migratory agricultural workers at…Living quarters for migratory agricultural workers at Webster Canning Company1940Living quarters for migratory agricultural workers at…Migratory agricultural workers grading cabbages at the Webster Canning Company1940Migratory agricultural workers grading cabbages at th…Cabbages in Webster Canning Company1940Cabbages in Webster Canning CompanyBarbed wire-enclosed barracks for migratory labors at Webster Canning Company1940Barbed wire-enclosed barracks for migratory labors at…Window for ventilation at barracks for migratory workers at Webster Canning Company1940Window for ventilation at barracks for migratory work…A cookhouse in the barracks for migratory workers at Webster Canning Company1940A cookhouse in the barracks for migratory workers at …Barbed wire-surrounded barracks for Florida Negro migrants working at Webster Canning Company1940Barbed wire-surrounded barracks for Florida Negro mig…Barbed wire-surrounded barracks for Florida Negro migrants working at Webster Canning Company1940Barbed wire-surrounded barracks for Florida Negro mig…Entrance to Webster Canning Company at Cheriton, Virginia. On payday a policeman hands out the pay1940Entrance to Webster Canning Company at Cheriton, Virg…Inside the Webster Canning Company1940Inside the Webster Canning CompanyUntitled photo, possibly related to: Living quarters for migratory agricultural workers at Webster Canning Company1940Untitled photo, possibly related to: Living quarters …Untitled photo, possibly related to: Living quarters for migratory agricultural workers at Webster Canning Company1940Untitled photo, possibly related to: Living quarters …Untitled photo, possibly related to: Migratory agricultural workers grading cabbages at the Webster Canning Company1940Untitled photo, possibly related to: Migratory agricu…Migratory agricultural workers grading cabbages at the Webster Canning Company1940Migratory agricultural workers grading cabbages at th…Migratory agricultural workers grading cabbages at the Webster Canning Company1940Migratory agricultural workers grading cabbages at th…Migratory agricultural workers grading cabbages at the Webster Canning Company1940Migratory agricultural workers grading cabbages at th…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Window for ventilation at barracks for migratory workers at Webster Canning Company1940Untitled photo, possibly related to: Window for venti…Untitled photo, possibly related to: A cookhouse in the barracks for migratory workers at Webster Canning Company1940Untitled photo, possibly related to: A cookhouse in t…Untitled photo, possibly related to: A cookhouse in the barracks for migratory workers at Webster Canning Company1940Untitled photo, possibly related to: A cookhouse in t…Untitled photo, possibly related to: A cookhouse in the barracks for migratory workers at Webster Canning Company1940Untitled photo, possibly related to: A cookhouse in t…
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Cheriton’s post office has been open since 1902. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Cherry Stone
1851–1885
Cherriton
1885–1902
Cheriton
1902–today
18501940today

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Cheriton

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmark
1
Eyre Hall
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1969
Eyre Hall
Buildings★ landmark
★ Landmark
Eyre HallBuilding

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

The story

How Cheriton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cheriton.

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Eyre Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on March 2, 2012.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cheriton, 1851 to 2012

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe Cherry Stone post office opens
  3. 1885Post officeThe Cherry Stone post office closes
  4. 1885Post officeThe Cherriton post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1902Post officeThe Cherriton post office closes
  7. 1902Post officeThe Cheriton post office opens
  8. 1920Born hereHenry Wise, Jr. is born here
  9. 1940In the archiveBarracks for migratory agricultural workers at Webster Canning Company
  10. 1942On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  11. 21st century
  12. 2012LandmarkEyre Hall named a National Historic Landmark
On the map

Cheriton on the map, 1942 to 1986

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

Cheriton on the 1942 USGS mapCheriton on the 1955 USGS mapCheriton on the 1968 USGS mapCheriton on the 1977 USGS mapCheriton on the 1986 USGS map1942Cheriton 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 Cheriton.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Barracks for migratory agricultural workers at Webster Canning Company
Retake this viewBarracks for migratory agricultural workers at Webster Canning Company, 1940

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Cheriton’s page.

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People over time

Cheriton, census by census

02004006008001960198020002020Peak: 761

Between 486 and 761 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Help out

Finish Cheriton’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewBarracks for migratory agricultural wor…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Questions about Cheriton’s history

What year was Cheriton founded?

The Cheriton post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Cheriton?

One place: the Eyre Hall (listed 1969).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (23), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.