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History · Keller

Keller’s post office opened in 1884, and 64% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1943 on and the census since 1960.

1884first post office
0on the National Register
64%homes built before 1940
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How Keller began

When was Keller founded?

1884

The Keller post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 263 in 19602020 census: 144142 years
Founding year: the first Keller post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Keller’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 Keller are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Keller’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Keller’s history is told.

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The story so far

Keller, in brief

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

Keller is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Keller had a population of 144.

Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 178 to 144 (-19%).

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

By decade

Keller, decade by decade

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On the map

Keller on the map, 1943 to 1992

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

Keller on the 1943 USGS mapKeller on the 1977 USGS mapKeller on the 1992 USGS map1943Exmore sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Keller.

People over time

Keller, census by census

01002001960198020002020Peak: 263

Between 144 and 263 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Keller

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

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Ralph NorthamGovernor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022 · b. 1959
Henry A. WiseUnited States Congressman and governor of Virgi… · b. 1806
Charles I. StengleAmerican politician · b. 1869
Tyler WebbAmerican baseball player · b. 1990
Thomas H. B. BrowneAmerican politician · b. 1844
D. Page ElmoreAmerican politician · b. 1939

Questions about Keller’s history

What year was Keller founded?

The Keller post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3), 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.