A history of Horntown,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Horntown from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHorntown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 912. In the mid-19th century, Horntown was a stagecoach stop on the route between Wilmington, Delaware and Eastville.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 574 to 912 (+59%). Half of its homes were built before 1997.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Horntown 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Horntown’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewChincoteague Farm, 1930: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Horntown, decade by decade
1990s
unknown1 item
Nothing in Horntown is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Horntown has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Captain Timothy Hill House in Chincoteague, 5.9 miles away.
Horntown and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Chincoteague Farm (1930) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (9). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.