Churchville, USA: Four Towns, Four States, One Name

There are at least **four incorporated places named Churchville** in the United States—each in a different state, each with historic churches at its core.

1. Churchville, Maryland

• County: Harford
• Population: ~1,000
• Founded: 1790
• Notable: Churchville Presbyterian Church (1820), Churchville United Methodist Church. Historic district on MD-22.

2. Churchville, New York

• County: Monroe (Rochester metro)
• Population: ~2,500
• Founded: 1806 (inc. 1852)
• Notable: First Presbyterian Church of Churchville (1819), Churchville Methodist, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic. Erie Canal heritage.

3. Churchville, Pennsylvania

• County: Bucks (Philadelphia metro)
• Population: ~1,500
• Founded: 1735
• Notable: Churchville Presbyterian (1735), Churchville United Methodist. Bucks County historic district. Near Churchville Nature Center.

4. Churchville, Virginia

• County: Augusta (Shenandoah Valley)
• Population: ~1,000
• Founded: 1745
• Notable: Churchville Presbyterian (1775), Churchville United Methodist. US-250 / I-81 corridor. Frontier settlement history.

Unincorporated / Historical Churchvilles

• Churchville, Iowa (Warren Co.) — unincorporated.
• Churchville, Ohio (Auglaize Co.) — extinct/ghost.
• Churchville, West Virginia (Lewis Co.) — unincorporated.

Why "Churchville"?

Classic 18th–19th century naming: a cluster of churches (often multiple denominations) became the community anchor → post office → town name. A map of American religious geography.