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History · Melfa

31% of Melfa’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1960.

0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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What stands out about Melfa’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 Melfa are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Melfa, in brief

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

Melfa is a town in Accomack County on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, United States. The population was 396 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 408 to 396 (-3%).

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

By decade

Melfa, decade by decade

Today10 recent
Melfa Volunteer Fire Department2023Melfa Volunteer Fire DepartmentVirginia National Guard2020Virginia National GuardVirginia National Guard2020Virginia National GuardVirginia National Guard2020Virginia National GuardUniques & Antiques2018Uniques & AntiquesMelfa United Methodist Church2018Melfa United Methodist ChurchMelfa UMC, another view2018Melfa UMC, another viewKool Ford, between Melfa and Keller2018Kool Ford, between Melfa and KellerFormer bank building2018Former bank buildingA row of houses along Melfa's main street2018A row of houses along Melfa's main street
On the map

Melfa on the map, 1957 to 1978

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

Melfa on the 1957 USGS mapMelfa on the 1968 USGS mapMelfa on the 1978 USGS map1957Accomac 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 Melfa.

People over time

Melfa, census by census

01002003004005001960198020002020Peak: 459

Between 391 and 459 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

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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 (10), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.