The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The genesis of Arcola was a small spring next to a gum tree that fed into the south fork of Broad Run, suitably called "Gum Springs". During the colonial era a distillery, kiln and small church were established at the spring.
When Cameron Parish was established from Truro Parish, its glebe, the area reserved to support the parish priest, was established just northwest of the spring. The glebelands were sold off in 1802 when the Virginia General Assembly divested all Anglican glebes.
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Commons2016-10-29 09 44 22 View west along U.S. Route 50 (John Mos…2016
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Commons2016-07-31 14 54 37 View east along U.S. Route 50 (John Mos…2016
Commons2016-07-31 14 54 32 View southeast across Arcola and South …2016
Commons2016-07-31 14 54 22 View southwest along Virginia State Sec…2016
Commons2016-07-31 14 54 19 View southwest along Virginia State Sec…20162 historic places in Arcola
2 places in Arcola are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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