A history of Keysville,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Keysville from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusKeysville is a town in Charlotte County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Keysville had a population of 807. One of two branches of Southside Virginia Community College is in Keysville. The surrounding area has tobacco and mixed farming.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 832 to 807 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1966.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Keysville 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 Keysville’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 🔁Retake an old viewPomp & Circumstance Outdoor gradu…, 1943: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Keysville
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Keysville, decade by decade
CommonsPomp & Circumstance Outdoor graduation exercises for 123 hi…1943
CommonsSmall Town, Summer, A street scene in Keysville, Virginia, …1943
LOCKeysville, Virginia1943
LOCKeysville, Virginia1943
LOCKeysville, Virginia1943
LOCKeysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Plaque1943
LOCKeysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Stairway1943
LOCKeysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Virginia W…1943
LOCKeysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Girl's loc…1943
LOCKeysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. A student1943
LOCKeysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Lavatory f…1943
LOCKeysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Lavatory f…19431990s
2 historic places in Keysville
Keysville has 2 listings on the National Register, and they protect 206 historic buildings, because Keysville Historic District alone counts 205.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Pomp & Circumstance Outdoor graduation exercises for 123 high school students in Keysville, Virginia. June 1943 (1943) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (10). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.