On McKenney Highway (Virginia Route 40) at Old White Oak Road (Virginia Route 610), on the right on McKenney Highway.
Nearby is Montrose, the birthplace of Roger Atkinson Pryor, born 19 July 1828. Pryor practiced law before becoming a journalist and briefly owned newspapers in Richmond and Washington, D.C., in the 1850s. He served his Virginia district in the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m26839) HM
On Darvills Road (Virginia Route 40) at Zilles Road (Virginia Route 642), on the right when traveling east on Darvills Road.
Butterwood Chapel, one of three Anglican chapels constructed in Dinwiddie County in the 18th century, was built by 1763 on or near this site. It probably was the first church built after the creation of Bath Parish in 1742. The Reverend Devereux . . . — — Map (db m31054) HM
On Gills Bridge Road, 0.1 miles south of Whitmore Road (Virginia Route 651), on the left when traveling south.
A public school operated here as early as the 1880s. In 1907, three other one-room schools nearby were consolidated here as Darvills Graded School, which was expanded and made a high school in 1913. It was the heart of community activities, notably . . . — — Map (db m31055) HM
On McKenney Highway (Virginia Route 40) at Old White Oak Road (County Route 610), on the right when traveling west on McKenney Highway.
F. Southall Farrar, farm demonstration agent for
Southside Virginia, organized the state’s first
corn clubs for boys in 1909. Such clubs, a feature
of the nation’s emerging agricultural extension
movement, had originated in the Midwest . . . — — Map (db m107770) HM
On McKenney Highway (Virginia Route 40) at Old White Oak Road (Virginia Route 610), on the right when traveling west on McKenney Highway. Reported missing.
Sallie Jones Atkinson, prominent educator and community leader in Dinwiddie County and her husband, John Pryor Atkinson, gave the land on which Sunnyside High School was built in 1911. By her vision, tireless industry, and determination, the school . . . — — Map (db m26838) HM
On Shippings Road (Virginia Route 709) at McKenney Highway (Virginia Route 40), on the right when traveling north on Shippings Road.
Sapony Episcopal Church stands approximately 1.5 miles to the north. This simple frame building was first constructed in 1725-1726. The Rev. Devereux Jarratt served as rector here and at two other congregations in Dinwiddie County from 1763 until . . . — — Map (db m26841) HM