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History · New Church

New Church’s post office opened in 1837, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1943 on.

1837first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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How New Church began

When was New Church founded?

1837

The New Church post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 256189 years
Founding year: the first New Church post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about New Church’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 New Church are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1837: 189 years of New Church.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Church’s history is told.

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The story so far

New Church, in brief

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

New Church is a census-designated place (CDP) in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 256. Pitts Neck Farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Its first post office opened in 1837. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 205 to 256 (+25%).

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

By decade

New Church, decade by decade

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Welcome to the Eastern Shore of Virginia2014Welcome to the Eastern Shore of VirginiaUS Route 13 - Virginia2013US Route 13 - VirginiaUS Route 13 092505 10692012US Route 13 092505 1069
On the map

New Church on the map, 1943 to 1992

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

New Church on the 1943 USGS mapNew Church on the 1953 USGS mapNew Church on the 1968 USGS mapNew Church on the 1992 USGS map1943Hallwood sheet · 1:31,680

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

Famous people

Famous people close to New Church

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

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Hugh Latimer DrydenAmerican aeronautical scientist and civil serva… · b. 1898
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Charles Chaillé-LongAmerican explorer · b. 1842
Phillips Lee GoldsboroughAmerican politician · b. 1865
Ephraim King Wilson IIAmerican politician · b. 1821
Daniel O. HastingsAmerican politician · b. 1874
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John S. SpenceAmerican politician · b. 1788

Questions about New Church’s history

What year was New Church founded?

The New Church post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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, 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.