Small Town America
Probably about the same way as in the middle 1800s,
the Locustville General Store greets residents and strangers alike.
Welcome to
Locustville, Virginia
Locustville Post Office is more than a place to get letters and packages.
Friends and neighbors meet and greet and keep community spirit alive here.
Here's the new look the store is sporting.
It has a new owner and is now a restaurant.
Some local residents
Also of service to the stagecoach crowd, the Locustville Hotel,
was established in 1820
From produce to ornamentals, agriculture forms much of the backbone of the seaside town of Locustville
Locustville from above
toward the Inland Waterway
Locustville Academy was THE place to get educated in the middle 1800s.
Some local color
Locustville Methodist Church
with headstones at the side and back
with headstones at the side and back
The middle section of the Corson House was built in the middle to late 1700s and the front part dates from between 1830 to 1840.
And the magnificent beech watched it all.
In the Fall of 2003, Isobel hit the Shore causing much damage and one death that I know of. She also split off better then a third of this
beautiful beech tree. We were afraid for the tree's survival. I didn't even take any pictures of it 'til this September.
The guys did a very good job (see last picture above). What an enduring, wonderful creature this tree is.
