Accotink Post Office and General Store (Site)

These coordinates mark the exact spot where the building once stood. No visible remains exist.


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At one time Accotink was a thriving little town with a Post Office, a blacksmith shop, a grist mill, and a little later a lumber mill. This was mostly due to the fact that a large Quaker group came from Philadelphia and New Jersey around 1847, to buy up lots of land in the Mount Vernon area. They built homes, and since there was lots of timber on the land, it was ideal to go into the lumber business. A lumber mill was built beside the grist mill in Accotink, to process the lumber.

The National Register for Historic Places (Quaker Friends Meeting House) notes the 1850s were a golden period for the Woodlawn Quaker farmers. Accotink boasted a gristmill, blacksmith shop, school, general store and post office, along with a few homes.