Founding year: the first Maurertown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Maurertown’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Maurertown is more historic than 49% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Maurertown’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 Maurertown’s 27.5 sits near the middle of its state (60% of Virginia towns have fewer) while its 3 historic buildings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.6 points). 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 Maurertown’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 Maurertown yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Maurertown (/'mɒritaʊn/ or /'mɒrɪtaʊn/ MOR-ee-town or MOR-i-town) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Maurertown had a population of 973. The Abraham Beydler House and Shenandoah County Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Its first post office opened in 1869. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 770 to 973 (+26%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
The Maurertown post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Maurertown rank for history?
Maurertown is more historic than 49% of U.S. towns. 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 Maurertown?
One place: the Shenandoah County Farm (listed 1993).
How old are the homes in Maurertown?
10% of Maurertown’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.6 points), against a typical 1.9% for a Virginia town; the median home was built in 2001.
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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
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