New Baltimore’s post office opened in 1808, and 3 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 63% of U.S. towns · #65 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it
Most of New Baltimore was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. 3 places in town are on the National Register, among them two historic districts with 95 buildings between them. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1933 on.
Founding year: the first New Baltimore post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives New Baltimore’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, New Baltimore is more historic than 63% of U.S. towns, #65 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 New Baltimore’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 New Baltimore’s 84.7 sits above most of its state (72% of Virginia towns have fewer) while its 101 historic buildings outnumber those of 89% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share (±1.3 points) is firm at this size. 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 New Baltimore’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Given that it sat aside the turnpike connecting Warrenton and Alexandria, and near Warrenton, the county seat, was a commercial crossroads of military importance, control of the village changed hands a number of times during the war. Several skirmishes and battles took place in and near the village during the Civil War, including the Battle of Brandy Station, First and Second Battles of Bull Run, and Battle of Cedar Mountain. Warrenton, four miles south, included a railroad branch line terminus and it changed hands 67 times during the War.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of New Baltimore. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1933Middleburg 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 New Baltimore.
Famous people
Famous people close to New Baltimore
Nobody well known was born in New Baltimore itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
New Baltimore had its own post office from 1808 to 1907.
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Hamlets and corners on the map
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about New Baltimore’s history
What year was New Baltimore founded?
The New Baltimore post office opened in 1808, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does New Baltimore rank for history?
New Baltimore is more historic than 63% of U.S. towns, #65 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.
What is on the National Register in New Baltimore?
Three places: the New Baltimore Historic District (listed 2004), the Mount Hope (2006) and the Vint Hill Farms Station Historic District (2021).
How old are the homes in New Baltimore?
2% of New Baltimore’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.3 points), against a typical 1.9% for a Virginia town; the median home was built in 1998.
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), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, 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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