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History · White Stone

White Stone’s post office opened in 1830

Most of White Stone was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: maps from 1916 on and the census since 1960.

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Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
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How White Stone began

When was White Stone founded?

1830

The White Stone post office opened in 1830, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 395 in 19602020 census: 380196 years
Founding year: the first White Stone post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about White Stone’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 White Stone are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19164 editions of the USGS map, 1916 to 1979. Watch White Stone change.Deep rootsA post office since 1830: 196 years of White Stone.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how White Stone’s history is told.

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On the map

White Stone on the map, 1916 to 1979

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

White Stone on the 1916 USGS mapWhite Stone on the 1949 USGS mapWhite Stone on the 1968 USGS mapWhite Stone on the 1979 USGS map1916Kilmarnock 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 White Stone.

The story

How White Stone came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of White Stone.

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White Stone traces its earliest colonial history to the arrival of Epaphroditus Lawson, who was born in Yorkshire, a county in northern England. In 1649–50, Epaphroditus acquired 4,600 acres of land along the Rappahannock River, including the present site of White Stone, where he lived until his death in 1652. For many generations thereafter, the Lawson family "served the community as justices, sheriffs, and vestrymen."

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

White Stone, decade by decade

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White Stone post office 225782018White Stone post office 22578Central White Stone, Virginia - 22018Central White Stone, Virginia - 2Central White Stone, Virginia - 12018Central White Stone, Virginia - 1Tangier, VA2016Tangier, VAU.S. Post Office2014U.S. Post OfficeU.S. Post Office2014U.S. Post OfficeU.S. Post Office2014U.S. Post OfficeU.S. Post Office2014U.S. Post OfficeU.S. Post Office - White Stone, VA (11741435853) (2)2014U.S. Post Office - White Stone, VA (11741435853) (2)U.S. Post Office2014U.S. Post OfficeCentralWhiteStone2008CentralWhiteStone
People over time

White Stone, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 409

Between 352 and 409 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to White Stone

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

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Edmund RandolphAmerican attorney · b. 1753
Ralph NorthamGovernor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022 · b. 1959
Lawrence TaylorAmerican football player · b. 1959
Bruce HornsbyAmerican musician · b. 1954
Peyton RandolphPresident of the first Continental Congress · b. 1721
John Blair Jr.American politician, Founding Father and jurist · b. 1732

Questions about White Stone’s history

What year was White Stone founded?

The White Stone post office opened in 1830, 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 (11), Wikidata (1), 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.