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History · Savageville

Savageville’s post office opened in 1858

Most of Savageville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: maps from 1943 on.

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How Savageville began

When was Savageville founded?

1858

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

2020 census: 175168 years
Founding year: the first Savageville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Savageville’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

Savageville, in brief

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

Savageville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in 2010. Per the 2020 census, the population was 175.

Its first post office opened in 1858. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 175 in 2010, 175 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Savageville, 1858 to 1943

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Savageville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909Post officeThe Savageville post office closes
  5. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Savageville on the map, 1943 to 1992

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

Savageville on the 1943 USGS mapSavageville on the 1968 USGS mapSavageville on the 1992 USGS map1943Pungoteague 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 Savageville.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Savageville had its own post office from 1858 to 1909.

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

Questions about Savageville’s history

What year was Savageville founded?

The Savageville 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 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.