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History · Eggleston

Eggleston’s post office opened in 1886, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Eggleston was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Its Register listings are the Q.M. Pyne Store and the People's Bank of Eggleston, The. Its Register listings are the Q.M. Pyne Store and the People's Bank of Eggleston, The. Below: maps from 1923 on.

1886first post office
2on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Eggleston began

When was Eggleston founded?

1886

The Eggleston post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Chapman's Spring (1857), Eggleston's Spring (1857) and Stayside (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 143140 years
Founding year: the first Eggleston post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Eggleston’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 Eggleston are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Eggleston, and 1 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19235 editions of the USGS map, 1923 to 1985. Watch Eggleston change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eggleston’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Eggleston’s post office has been open since 1886. Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Chapman's Spring
1857–1857
Eggleston's Spring
1857–1883
Stayside
1883–1886
Eggleston
1886–today
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Staytide
Gone or out of use
Eggleston Elementary Schoolschool

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

On the map

Eggleston on the map, 1923 to 1985

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

Eggleston on the 1923 USGS mapEggleston on the 1932 USGS mapEggleston on the 1965 USGS mapEggleston on the 1977 USGS mapEggleston on the 1985 USGS map1923Pearisburg 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 Eggleston.

The story so far

Eggleston, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1886.

Timeline

Eggleston, 1857 to 1925

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Chapman's Spring post office opens
  3. 1857Post officeThe Chapman's Spring post office closes
  4. 1857Post officeThe Eggleston's Spring post office opens
  5. 1883Post officeThe Eggleston's Spring post office closes
  6. 1883Post officeThe Stayside post office opens
  7. 1886Post officeThe Stayside post office closes
  8. 20th century
  9. 1923On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1925BuiltPeople's Bank of Eggleston, The is built
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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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On the National Register

2 historic places in Eggleston

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
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first listed
2009
Q.M. Pyne Store
Q.M. Pyne StorePeople's Bank of Eggleston, The, built 1925
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Commercial Style1
Q.M. Pyne StoreCommercial Style
People's Bank of Eggleston, TheBuilt 1925

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

Questions about Eggleston’s history

What year was Eggleston founded?

The Eggleston post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Eggleston?

Two places: the Q.M. Pyne Store (listed 2009) and the People's Bank of Eggleston, The (2017).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.