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History · Saumsville

Saumsville’s post office opened in 1858

Below: maps from 1986 on.

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How Saumsville began

When was Saumsville founded?

1858

The Saumsville post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name.

168 years
Founding year: the first Saumsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Saumsville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Saumsville, in brief

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

Saumsville is a CDP in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. Saumsville is located approximately 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of Woodstock and 8.4 miles (13.5 km) southwest of Strasburg.

Its first post office opened in 1858.

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

Timeline

Saumsville, 1858 to 1986

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Saumsville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1906Post officeThe Saumsville post office closes
  5. 1986On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Saumsville, decade by decade

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Saumsville Sign2011Saumsville SignDowntown2011Downtown
On the map

Saumsville on the map in 1986

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Saumsville.

Saumsville on the 1986 USGS map1986Front Royal sheet · 1:100,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Saumsville

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

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Edward AlmondUnited States Army general · b. 1892
Bernadotte Everly SchmittAmerican historian · b. 1886
Harrison H. RiddlebergerAmerican politician · b. 1844
Thomas JordanConfederate Army general · b. 1819
Wade H. HaislipUnited States Army general · b. 1889
William Alexander HarrisAmerican politician · b. 1841
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Saumsville had its own post office from 1858 to 1906.

Saumsville
1858–1906
18501940today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Saumsville’s history

What year was Saumsville founded?

The Saumsville post office opened in 1858, 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 (2), 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.