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History · Tuckahoe

Tuckahoe’s post office opened in 1835, and 4 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 49% of U.S. towns · #89 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it

Most of Tuckahoe was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 1980.

1835first post office
4on the National Register
0.9%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Tuckahoe began

When was Tuckahoe founded?

1835

The Tuckahoe post office opened in 1835, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lorraine (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 39,868 in 19802020 census: 48,051191 years

How historic is Tuckahoe?

B−

More historic than 49% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Tuckahoe post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Tuckahoe’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tuckahoe is more historic than 49% of U.S. towns, #89 of 253 in Virginia. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Tuckahoe’s overall grade.
Founding era1835, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 19400.9% of homes (±0.4) · typical VA town 1.9% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register4 listings, 11 historic buildings, 2.2 per 10,000 residents · typical VA town 3.6 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 49%
NewerOlder
Virginia towns of 2,500+ (253)Ahead of 65%

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 Tuckahoe’s 2.2 sits near the middle of its state (44% of Virginia towns have fewer) while its 11 historic buildings outnumber those of 76% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. The pre-1940 share (±0.4 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 Tuckahoe’s past

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

Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Tuckahoe, and 15 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Tuckahoe are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1835: 191 years of Tuckahoe.Landmarks on the Register4 places on the National Register.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Tuckahoe had its own post office from 1835 to 1902. Another post office, Lorraine, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Tuckahoe
1835–1902
Lorraine
1882–1929
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BosherCanterburyDorset WoodsDrouin HillGlenbrook HillsLorraineMoorelandMooreland FarmsRiver Road HillsRoslyn HillsTuckahoe VillageWedgewoodWestbriarWesthamZiontown
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Tuckahoe
Ridge BaptistWesthampton Memorial Park

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

Help out

Start Tuckahoe’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tuckahoe’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Timeline

Tuckahoe, 1790 to 1936

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1790BuiltRocky Mills is built
  3. 19th century
  4. 1835Post officeThe Tuckahoe post office opens
  5. 1882Post officeThe Lorraine post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1902Post officeThe Tuckahoe post office closes
  8. 1929Post officeThe Lorraine post office closes
  9. 1936On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Tuckahoe, in brief

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

Tuckahoe is a census-designated place (CDP) in Henrico County, Virginia, United States. It is an affluent suburb to the west of Richmond. The population of Tuckahoe was 48,049 at the 2020 census. It is named after the area's history as the site of Thomas Randolph's Tuckahoe Plantation which still stands along the James River.

Its first post office opened in 1835. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 44,990 to 48,051 (+7%).

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

By decade

Tuckahoe, decade by decade

Today6 recent
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On the map

Tuckahoe on the map, 1936 to 1994

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

Tuckahoe on the 1936 USGS mapTuckahoe on the 1942 USGS mapTuckahoe on the 1964 USGS mapTuckahoe on the 1974 USGS mapTuckahoe on the 1981 USGS mapTuckahoe on the 1994 USGS map1936Westhampton 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 Tuckahoe.

On the National Register

4 historic places in Tuckahoe

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

places listed
4
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
11
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Woodside
WoodsideRocky Mills, built 1790RedesdaleDruin-Horner House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Colonial1
Colonial Revival1
Georgian Revival1
Gothic Revival1
Federal1
WoodsideGreek Revival
Rocky MillsColonial · Built 1790
RedesdaleGeorgian Revival
Druin-Horner HouseFederal

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

People over time

Tuckahoe, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,00050,000198020002020Peak: 48,051

Between 39,868 and 48,051 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Tuckahoe’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Tuckahoe

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

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Shirley MacLaineAmerican actress · b. 1934
Warren BeattyAmerican actor and filmmaker · b. 1937
Arthur AsheAmerican tennis player · b. 1943
Jason MrazAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1977
Tom WolfeAmerican author and journalist · b. 1930
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Vince GilliganAmerican writer, producer, and director · b. 1967
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Richmond234 historic placesA+Short PumpIts storyC

Questions about Tuckahoe’s history

What year was Tuckahoe founded?

The Tuckahoe post office opened in 1835, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Tuckahoe rank for history?

Tuckahoe is more historic than 49% of U.S. towns, #89 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 Tuckahoe?

4 listings: 4 buildings, among them the Woodside (listed 1973, the first). 11 historic buildings in all.

How old are the homes in Tuckahoe?

0.9% of Tuckahoe’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 1.9% for a Virginia town; the median home was built in 1971.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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), the National Register of Historic Places (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.