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History · Jarratt

Jarratt’s post office opened in 1833

Most of Jarratt was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1940.

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How Jarratt began

When was Jarratt founded?

1833

The Jarratt post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 458 in 19402020 census: 652193 years
Founding year: the first Jarratt post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Jarratt’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 Jarratt are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1833: 193 years of Jarratt.
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The story so far

Jarratt, in brief

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

Jarratt is a town in Greensville and Sussex counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. The population was 652 at the 2020 census. In 1848, Jarratt was a stop on the Petersburg Railroad. Jaratt was incorporated in 1938.

Its first post office opened in 1833. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 638 to 652 (+2%).

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

By decade

Jarratt, decade by decade

Today12 recent
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On the map

Jarratt on the map, 1951 to 1986

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

Jarratt on the 1951 USGS mapJarratt on the 1966 USGS mapJarratt on the 1986 USGS map1951Jarratt 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 Jarratt.

People over time

Jarratt, census by census

010020030040050060070019401960198020002020Peak: 652

Between 458 and 652 people in every census since 1940.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Jarratt’s post office has been open since 1833.

Gone or out of use
Holy Trinity Episcopal ChurchchurchJarratt Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Jarratt
High Hills

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

Questions about Jarratt’s history

What year was Jarratt founded?

The Jarratt post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (12), 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.