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History · Fort Gregg-Adams

Fort Gregg-Adams dates to 1917

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How Fort Gregg-Adams began

When was Fort Gregg-Adams founded?

1917

Fort Gregg-Adams dates its founding to 1917 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1970.

First census: 12,435 in 1970109 years
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What stands out about Fort Gregg-Adams’ 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 Fort Gregg-Adams are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1970 and 2010, then more than doubled.On the map since 18947 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1994. Watch Fort Gregg-Adams change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fort Gregg-Adams’s history is told.

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People over time

Fort Gregg-Adams, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00019802000202012,435 in 1970Low: 3,393

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1970 and 2010, then more than doubled.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Fort Gregg-Adams’ Wikipedia page.

On the map

Fort Gregg-Adams on the map, 1894 to 1994

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

Fort Gregg-Adams on the 1894 USGS mapFort Gregg-Adams on the 1946 USGS mapFort Gregg-Adams on the 1952 USGS mapFort Gregg-Adams on the 1969 USGS mapFort Gregg-Adams on the 1974 USGS mapFort Gregg-Adams on the 1981 USGS mapFort Gregg-Adams on the 1994 USGS map1894Petersburg 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 Fort Gregg-Adams.

The story

How Fort Gregg-Adams came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Fort Gregg-Adams.

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Just 18 days after a state of war with Germany was declared on April 6, 1917, the first Camp Lee was established as a state mobilization camp; it later became a division training camp.

ChaptersWorld War IWorld War IIPost–World War II era1950–1965: Cold War Era growth1965–1990: Vietnam War and aftermath: Consolidation of Logistics under TRADOC2001–2020: 9/11, BRAC, and Sustainment Center of Excellence2020s: Operation Allies Refuge and name changes

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Fort Gregg-Adams, 1894 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1917
    FoundingFort Gregg-Adams is established
  5. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 12,435
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Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
FriendTimberly Heights
Gone or out of use
Fort Lee Air Force Stationmilitary

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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Questions about Fort Gregg-Adams’ history

What year was Fort Gregg-Adams founded?

In 1917, according to Wikidata. the census of 1970 counted 12,435 people here.

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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, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.