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appears to have been a thriving community with four stores, two taverns, 30 some houses, a school, and four churches. The local economy was apparently rather nicely self-contained through the 1800s with a tailor, shoemaker, blacksmiths, carriage-makers, carpenters, several sawmills, physicians, undertaker, and yes, an attorney. Over time this community dwindled somewhat and by the early 1900s, the population was down to a bit over 100.
The infamous Woodville tornado struck the town in May 1929 killing a boy and destroying the school and several of the churches as well as severely damaging a third church and number of residences.
Burke’s, the last ‘general’ store in town finally closed in the 1990s, however a flavor of the former mercantile greatness of the town lingers on in Mary’s Little Shop at the intersection of US 522 and Rudasill Mill Rd. with seasonal products and gifts. And as the town continues to re-invent itself for the 21st century, a high tech outfit, Blue Ridge Mac, now
See HISTORIES, Page A8
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