Timberville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Timberville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Prior to European colonization, the land upon which Timberville sits was inhabited by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. A burial mound two feet high, built on a slight natural elevation near the left bank of the Shenandoah River, was located one mile north of Timberville. The mound was disturbed and examined in the 1890s.
The earliest white settlers of Timberville were mostly Pennsylvania Dutch who migrated to the Shenandoah Valley.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Timberville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Timberville’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewTimberville, Virginia. Blue Ridge…, 1942: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Timberville
See all 1 →Timberville, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Timberville
Timberville has 2 listings on the National Register, and they protect 231 historic buildings, because Timberville Historic District alone counts 224.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Timberville, Virginia. Blue Ridge FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp (1942) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.