The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusGore is an unincorporated community in western Frederick County, Virginia, United States, located off the Northwestern Turnpike on Gore Road (SR 751), west of Winchester. The community is nestled in the Back Creek Valley. It has been called "Back Creek." As of the 2020 census, Gore had a population of 249. Gore serves as the western terminus of the Winchester and Western Railroad. It is home to the Gore plant of Unimin Corporation .
Half of its homes were built before 1972.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Gore 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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gore’s history is told.
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Gore, decade by decade
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1 historic place in Gore
1 place in Gore is 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
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 (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.