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History · Grasonville

Grasonville’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Grasonville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
5recent photos
Long Point Lodge, U. S. Highway 50, 6 miles north of Bay Bridge (85626), c. 1930 · Wikimedia Commons

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Grasonville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,193 at the 2000 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,425 people in 2010, 3,474 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1998.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Grasonville yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
c. 1930Long Point Lodge, U. S. Highway 50, 6 miles nor…Commons
1940–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Start Grasonville’s collection

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

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLong Point Lodge, U. S. Highway 5…, c. 1930: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people close to Grasonville

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Barbara KingsolverBarbara KingsolverAnnapolis · 17 miJames M. CainJames M. CainAnnapolis · 17 miCharles Carroll of CarrolltonCharles Carroll of CarrolltonAnnapolis · 17 miCharles Willson PealeCharles Willson PealeChester · 5 miDebbie MeyerDebbie MeyerAnnapolis · 17 miMaggie RogersMaggie RogersEaston · 14 mi
By decade

Grasonville, decade by decade

1930s1 item
Long Point Lodge, U. S. Highway 50, 6 miles north of Bay Bridge (85626)CommonsLong Point Lodge, U. S. Highway 50, 6 miles north of Bay Br…c. 1930
1940s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your album
Today5 photos
2022-06-29 09 50 33 View west along U.S. Route 50 and south along U.S. Route 301 (Blue Star Memorial Highway) at Exit 4…Commons2022-06-29 09 50 33 View west along U.S. Route 50 and south…20222022-06-29 09 48 23 View west along U.S. Route 50 and south along U.S. Route 301 (Blue Star Memorial Highway) from the …Commons2022-06-29 09 48 23 View west along U.S. Route 50 and south…2022American photographer Carol M. Highsmith had big shoes to fill outside some stores in [Grasonville], on the mostly rura…LOCAmerican photographer Carol M. Highsmith had big shoes to f…2018USPO Grasonville MD 21638CommonsUSPO Grasonville MD 216382015GrasonvilleMorningCommonsGrasonvilleMorning2008
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Grasonville is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Grasonville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bowlingly in Queenstown, 3.3 miles away.

Grasonville and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Grasonville. Tap a dot.
BowlinglySt. Peter's ChurchBloomingdaleWye HallMiller's HouseWye Mill

Closest to Grasonville

BowlinglyQueenstown · Building3.3miSt. Peter's ChurchQueenstown · Victorian Gothic3.7miBloomingdaleQueenstown · Federal4.5miWye HallGrasonville · Built 19366.4miMiller's HouseQueenstown · Colonial6.4mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Bowlingly’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Grasonville?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Grasonville’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old place
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Long Point Lodge, U. S. Highway 50, 6 miles north of Bay Bridge (85626) (c. 1930) and it appears here side by side.

🔁 Retake this view · +15

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Queenstown📜 Centreville📜 St. Michaels📜 Rock Hall

From Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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