The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town of Luke was settled in the early 1770s after the organization of Hampshire County, West Virginia (at that time part of Virginia) in 1757. Among the first settlers to arrive were the Davis brothers (Henry and Thomas), who established a saw mill where the town of Luke now stands. The mill provided cross-ties to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as it pushed its rails westward through the Piedmont area of what is now West Virginia.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Luke’s history is told.
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Luke, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Luke is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Luke has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bloomington Viaduct in Bloomington, 0.5 miles away.
Luke and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.