Fishersville’s post office opened in 1833, and 2 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 56% of U.S. towns · #78 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it
2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 9 buildings. Most of Fishersville was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1934 on, and the census since 2000.
Founding year: the first Fishersville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Fishersville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fishersville is more historic than 56% of U.S. towns, #78 of 253 in Virginia. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fishersville’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 Fishersville’s 10.5 sits near the middle of its state (56% of Virginia towns have fewer) while its 10 historic buildings outnumber those of 76% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share (±1.8 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 Fishersville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fishersville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Fishersville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,629 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Staunton–Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Its first post office opened in 1833. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 7,462 to 9,629 (+29%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Fishersville in 1882
Passages that mention Fishersville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Augusta County, Virginia1882 · page 81Read the page →
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Tinkling Spring. — In the southern part of the settlement, on the triple forks of the Shenandoah, near the present village of Fishersville, the division of the congregation, known as Tinkling Spring, worshipped. Staunton belonged, in its early days, to this congregation, and the Founder, James Patton, John Preston, and the people of Staunton generally, attended its services. The first building used for worship was a log house, belonging to Preston, and Rev. John Craig preached on alternate Sundays. " The members of this congregation were distinguished," says
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History of Augusta County, Virginia1882 · page 237Read the page →
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intervals to Goshen, with the fine bridges at Swoope's, Craigsville, and Goshen— also the culverts and small bridges East of Staunton they tore up the track to Christian's Creek, bending the rails, and burning the bridges at the creek and at Fishersville. They broke open and plundered the shops
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
By decade
Fishersville, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1860s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
The Fishersville post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Fishersville rank for history?
Fishersville is more historic than 56% of U.S. towns, #78 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 Fishersville?
Two places: the Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church (listed 1973) and the Long Meadow (2023).
How old are the homes in Fishersville?
2% of Fishersville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.8 points), against a typical 1.9% for a Virginia town; the median home was built in 1999.
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 Wikimedia Commons (17), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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