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Verona’s post office opened in 1873, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 30% of U.S. towns · #135 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it

Most of Verona was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Its Register listings are the Verona School and the Mt. Airy. Below: maps from 1944 on and the census since 2000.

1873first post office
2on the National Register
0.9%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Verona began

When was Verona founded?

1873

The Verona post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Rolla (1881), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 3,368 in 20002020 census: 4,398153 years

How historic is Verona?

C

More historic than 30% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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

What drives Verona’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Verona is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #135 of 253 in Virginia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Verona’s overall grade.
Founding era1873, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.9% of homes (±1.0) · typical VA town 1.9% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register2 listings, 5 historic buildings, 12.0 per 10,000 residents · typical VA town 3.6 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 30%
NewerOlder
Virginia towns of 2,500+ (253)Ahead of 47%

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 Verona’s 12.0 sits near the middle of its state (56% of Virginia towns have fewer) while its 5 historic buildings outnumber those of 70% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. The pre-1940 share (±1.0 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 Verona’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 Verona are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Verona’s history is told.

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The story

How Verona came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Verona.

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Mount Airy and Verona School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Augusta County has announced in 2021 a plan to move the county seat from Staunton to Verona.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Verona, 1873 to 1944

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Verona post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Rolla post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1940Post officeThe Rolla post office closes
  6. 1944On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Verona, decade by decade

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On the map

Verona on the map, 1944 to 1998

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

Verona on the 1944 USGS mapVerona on the 1964 USGS mapVerona on the 1978 USGS mapVerona on the 1986 USGS mapVerona on the 1998 USGS map1944Staunton 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 Verona.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Verona

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
5
each building in a district counts
first listed
1985
Verona School
Verona SchoolMt. Airy
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Vernacular1
Federal1
Greek Revival1
Verona SchoolVernacular
Mt. AiryFederal

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

People over time

Verona, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,50020002020Peak: 4,398

Between 3,368 and 4,398 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Verona’s post office has been open since 1873. Another post office, Rolla, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Verona
1873–today
Rolla
1881–1940
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Quicks Mill
Gone or out of use
Verona Schoolschool

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Staunton37 historic placesA+

Questions about Verona’s history

What year was Verona founded?

The Verona post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Verona rank for history?

Verona is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #135 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 Verona?

Two places: the Verona School (listed 1985) and the Mt. Airy (2012).

How old are the homes in Verona?

0.9% of Verona’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.0 points), against a typical 1.9% for a Virginia town; the median home was built in 1977.

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

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (30), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, 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.