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History · Fishers Hill

Fishers Hill’s post office opened in 1882, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Its Register listings are the Snapp House and the Stoner-Keller House and Mill. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1947 on.

1882first post office
2on the National Register
2old photos & papers
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From Fishers Hill’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Fishers Hill began

When was Fishers Hill founded?

1882

The Fishers Hill post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

144 years
Founding year: the first Fishers Hill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Fishers Hill’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fishers Hill’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewOn the advance to Fishers Hill: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Fishers Hill, in brief

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

Fishers Hill is a CDP in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. Fishers Hill is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) west of Strasburg. Fishers Hill has a post office with ZIP code 22626, which opened on July 28, 1882. Today it may best be known for the 1864 Battle of Fisher's Hill, a Confederate defeat among the Valley campaigns of 1864, among those which led to the removal of CSA General Jubal Early as well as to the burning of many recently harvested crops in the area by Union forces (the re-created Army of the Shenandoah (Union)) led by General Philip Sheridan. Decades later, until the 1930s, Fisher's Hill was also the site of many summertime reunions of both Confederate and Union veterans, as well …

Its first post office opened in 1882.

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

Timeline

Fishers Hill, 1864 to 1947

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1864In the archiveOn the advance to Fishers Hill
  3. 1882Post officeThe Fishers Hill post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902In the archiveGeneral Grant at City Point
  6. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Fishers Hill, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1860s to the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1860s1 item
On the advance to Fishers Hill1864On the advance to Fishers Hill
1900s1 item
General Grant at City Point1902General Grant at City Point
1910s–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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On the map

Fishers Hill on the map, 1947 to 1994

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

Fishers Hill on the 1947 USGS mapFishers Hill on the 1950 USGS mapFishers Hill on the 1966 USGS mapFishers Hill on the 1978 USGS mapFishers Hill on the 1994 USGS map1947Strasburg 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 Fishers Hill.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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On the advance to Fishers Hill
Retake this viewOn the advance to Fishers Hill, 1864

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Fishers Hill

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
5
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Snapp House
Stoner-Keller House and Mill
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Continental central-chimney1
Kreuzhaus1
Greek Revival1
Snapp HouseContinental central-chimney
Stoner-Keller House and MillGreek Revival

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Fishers Hill

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

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Willa CatherAmerican writer · b. 1873
Richard E. ByrdAmerican naval officer, explorer · b. 1888
Patsy ClineAmerican country singer · b. 1932
Rick SantorumAmerican politician and commentator · b. 1958
Harry F. Byrd Jr.Politician from the United States · b. 1914
Brian BenbenActor · b. 1956

Questions about Fishers Hill’s history

What year was Fishers Hill founded?

The Fishers Hill post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Fishers Hill?

Two places: the Snapp House (listed 1979) and the Stoner-Keller House and Mill (2013).

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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.