Lusby’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 6 old photos of Lusby. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLusby is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,835 at the 2010 census. Residents of the Chesapeake Ranch Estates and Drum Point communities also use the Lusby ZIP code designation.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,835 to 2,072 (+13%). Half of its homes were built before 1995.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lusby 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 belowStart Lusby’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lusby’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo5 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGENERAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH - Day…, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Lusby
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Lusby, decade by decade
1990s
unknown5 items
Commons2020-05-23 18 16 04 View south along Maryland State Route 7…2020
Commons2020-05-23 17 43 10 View north along Maryland State Route 7…2020
Commons2020-05-23 17 23 32 View north along Maryland State Route 7…2020
Commons2020-05-23 17 10 00 View north along Maryland State Route 7…2020
Commons2020-05-23 17 08 36 View south along Maryland State Route 7…2020
Commons2020-05-23 17 06 52 View south along Maryland State Route 7…2020
Commons2020-05-23 17 05 48 View north along Maryland State Route 7…2020
Commons2019-10-03 12 29 58 View north along Maryland State Route 2…2019
Commons2019-10-03 12 27 07 View north along Maryland State Route 2…2019
Commons2016-07-20 11 54 35 Pines and mimosa tree along Maryland St…2016
Commons2016-07-20 11 54 11 Pines and mimosa tree along Maryland St…2016
Commons2016-07-20 11 40 26 View south along Maryland State Route 7…20161 historic place in Lusby
1 place in Lusby is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as GENERAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH - Day-Breedon House and Farm Buildings, Sollers Road (1933) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (13) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.