Lost Communities of Virginia

Virginia's back roads and rural areas are dotted with traces of once-thriving communities. General stores, train depots, schools, churches, banks, and post offices provide intriguing details of a way of life now gone. The buildings may be empty or repurposed today, the existing community may be struggling to survive or rebuilding itself in a new and different way, but the story behind each community's original development is an interesting and important footnote to the development of Virginia and the United States.

Lost Communities of Virginia documents thirty small communities from throughout the Commonwealth that have lost their original industry, transportation mode, or way of life. Using contemporary photographs, historical information, maps, and excerpts of interviews with longtime residents of these communities, the book documents the present conditions, recalls past boom times, and explains the role of each community in regional settlement.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 05/13/2011
ISBN: 9780974270739
Pages: 252
Weight: 4.35lbs
Size: 10.30h x 12.29w x 1.11d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2011 pg. 90