History · Greenbush

Greenbush’s history is mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Greenbush. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

3old photos & papers

1need a date

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From Greenbush’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Greenbush’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greenbush’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos

00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s

1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.

Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2 Retake an old viewHill Farm, Hunting Creek, Accomack Coun…: stand where they stood+15 Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

The story so far

Greenbush, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Greenbush yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Greenbush is a census-designated place (CDP) in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 224. Hills Farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 220 in 2010, 224 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Greenbush, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s2 items

1930Hill Farm, Hunting Creek, Accomack County, Virginia

1940s–1990snothing yet

Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Date unknown1 to date

Date?Bull House, State Route 764

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Retake this viewHill Farm, Hunting Creek, Accomack County, Virginia, 1930

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Greenbush’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Greenbush

Nobody well known was born in Greenbush itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Henry A. WiseUnited States Congressman and governor of Virgi… · b. 1806

Charles I. StengleAmerican politician · b. 1869

Thomas H. BaylyUnited States general · b. 1810

Thomas H. B. BrowneAmerican politician · b. 1844

B.A. WalkerAmerican basketball player · b. 1984

Edward Southey JoynesAmerican scholar · b. 1834

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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From the Library of Congress (3) and Wikidata (1). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.