Old Stores in Mecklenburg County, Virginia

(Under construction: Importance of stores to the community. Most stores were also post offices. )

• Thomas Banks store, newspaper article 1773
• Baskerville Store
• Binford Store, area 5, 1860s & 1870s maps
• Bracey General, area 23
• Dedman’s Grocery, area 18, 1860s & 1870s maps
• Edmonson’s store, newspaper article 1848
• Finch’s Store, area 18, 1860s & 1870s maps
• Gregory Store, area 2, 1860s & 1870s maps
• Hardy’s Store, area 18, 1860s & 1870s maps
• Lambert Store, area 23
• Old Store, area 6, 1860s & 1870s maps
• Poole’s Store, area 26, 1860s & 1870s maps
• Puryear Store, newspaper article 1857
• Rideout Store, area 23
• Riggan’s Store, area 23
• Shaw’s Store, area 23
• “Store”, area 7, 1860s & 1870s maps
• “Store”, area 26, 1860s & 1870s maps
• Smith’s Store, area 4, 1860s & 1870s maps, possibly same location as later post office called Opie.
• Tanner’s Store, area 5, 1860s & 1870s maps
• Toone’s Store, area 26, 1860s & 1870s maps
• Williard’s Store, area 20, 1860s & 1870s maps, possibly the same place later known as Antlers?
• John Yates Store, newspaper article 1819

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map credit: Boydton, Va. : Geo. B. Finch, 1870, Cadastrel Map, on Library of Congress website