The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The history of Parksley is directly tied to the arrival of the New York, Philadelphia, and Norfolk [NYP&N] Railroad on Virginia's Eastern Shore in the mid-1880s. When the rail line connecting the lower Delmarva Peninsula to the markets of the northeast was built in 1884, several new towns were created along its route which bypassed many of the shore's older established communities. Parksley was the second such planned town on the Virginia shore (after Cape Charles at the railroad's southern terminus in Northampton County) and was laid out in 1885 under the management of the Parksley Land Improvement Company. In 1898, town leaders made an unsuccessful attempt to relocate the county seat from Accomac to the Parksley. The town was incorporated in 1904. During the first half of the 20th century, Parksley became an important shipping point for seafood and agricultural products harvested from…
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Parksley’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Parksley’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewConfederate Memorial, c. 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Parksley
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Parksley, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Parksley is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Parksley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hills Farm in Lee Mont, 2.8 miles away.
Parksley 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 Confederate Memorial (c. 1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.