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History · Montclair

1 of Montclair’s places is on the National Register

More historic than 14% of U.S. towns · #174 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it

Most of Montclair was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1927 on.

1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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About Montclair’s history

How historic is Montclair?

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More historic than 14% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
History grade

What drives Montclair’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Montclair is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #174 of 253 in Virginia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Montclair’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19400.0% of homes (±0.3) · typical VA town 1.9% · U.S. 8.4%D−National Register1 listing, 0.4 per 10,000 residents · typical VA town 3.6 · U.S. 2.4C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 14%
NewerOlder
Virginia towns of 2,500+ (253)Ahead of 31%

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 Montclair’s 0.4 sits near the middle of its state (36% of Virginia towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±0.3 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: our sources. 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 Montclair’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 Montclair are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Montclair’s history is told.

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Montclair, in brief

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

Montclair is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. The population was 22,279 in the 2020 census. An affluent residential community surrounding a man-made lake and golf course, development began in the late 1960s and new home construction ended during the 1990s.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 19,570 to 22,279 (+14%).

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

By decade

Montclair, decade by decade

Today6 recent
2019-06-24 13 21 46 View north along Interstate 95 from the overpass for Virginia State Route 234 (Dumfries Road) on th…20192019-06-24 13 21 46 View north along Interstate 95 fr…2019-05-29 11 58 16 View south along Interstate 95 at Exit 152A (Virginia State Route 234 SOUTH, Dumfries) on the edge …20192019-05-29 11 58 16 View south along Interstate 95 at…2019-05-29 11 55 05 View south along Interstate 95 at Exit 152B (Virginia State Route 234 NORTH, Manassas) on the edge …20192019-05-29 11 55 05 View south along Interstate 95 at…Interstate 95 - Virginia2012Interstate 95 - VirginiaInterstate 95 - Virginia2009Interstate 95 - VirginiaVAMap-doton-Montclair2005VAMap-doton-Montclair
On the map

Montclair on the map, 1927 to 1994

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

Montclair on the 1927 USGS mapMontclair on the 1944 USGS mapMontclair on the 1952 USGS mapMontclair on the 1966 USGS mapMontclair on the 1971 USGS mapMontclair on the 1983 USGS mapMontclair on the 1994 USGS map1927Quantico 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 Montclair.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Montclair

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Minnieville Storelocale

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.

Dale City1 historic placeC−Independent HillIts storyCLeesylvania1 historic placeC−Cherry HillIts storyD−

Questions about Montclair’s history

How does Montclair rank for history?

Montclair is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #174 of 253 in Virginia. 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.

How old are the homes in Montclair?

0.0% of Montclair’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 1.9% for a Virginia town; the median home was built in 1990.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.