The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Varina got its start in the year 1899, following construction of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway through that territory. It was named after Varina Farms, a plantation established by John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia.
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Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Varina is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Varina has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Jesse J. and Mary F. Allee House in Newell, 7.4 miles away.
Varina and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Varina
Jesse J. and Mary F. Allee HouseNewell · Building7.4mi
Chicago, Milwaukee and Pacific Railroad-Albert City StationAlbert City · Building8.9mi
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic ChurchPocahontas · Built 188212.7mi
Pocahontas County CourthousePocahontas · Building12.8miFirst National Bank of PomeroyPomeroy · Building13.1miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Jesse J. and Mary F. Allee House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Varina?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Varina’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.