Elliston’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Elliston. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusElliston is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. It lies between the city of Roanoke and the town of Christiansburg in the southwestern part of the state. As of the 2020 census, Elliston had a population of 855. It is home to a small fire department, an elementary school, two gas stations, a train stop, and several churches. Most of its residents commute to larger towns. A set of railroad tracks separates the northwestern part of the town from the rest. US highway 11-460 further divides the town into two distinct neighborhoods, "Oldtown," which formed along the Valley Road in the 1850s, and "The Brake," a predominantly African-American area that dev…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 902 to 855 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1985.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Elliston yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Elliston’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Elliston’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewFotheringay, U.S. Route 11 vicini…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Elliston, decade by decade
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4 historic places in Elliston
4 places in Elliston are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1989Barnett House
Listed 1989Big Spring Baptist Church
Listed 1989Pompey Callaway House
Listed 1991Madison Farm Historic and Archeological DistrictThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Fotheringay, U.S. Route 11 vicinity and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.