Middlebrook Historic District
Nestled here in the countryside south of Staunton,
along historic Middlebrook Road, is one of the
oldest villages in the region. William and Nancy
Scott sold the first 27 lots in April 1799 to
Scots-Irish and German settlers. In 1851, the
stagecoach road through the village became
the Middlebrook and Brownsburg Turnpike.
By the late 19th century, Middlebrook, the
center of a prosperous agricultural community
with 274 inhabitants including an African
American community, was the county’s largest
village. Because 20th-century railroads and
highways bypassed Middlebrook, the rows of
closely spaced dwellings and stores lining the
main road retain the picturesque character of
the village’s heyday in the 1880s.
Marker is at the intersection of Middlebrook Village Road (Virginia Route 252) and Cherry Brove Road (County Route 670), on the left when traveling south on Middlebrook Village Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
