Carysbrook, Virginia
Carysbrook is an unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, in the U.S. state of Virginia located about two miles northwest of Dixie and three miles southeast of Palmyra on U.S, Route 15(James Madison Highway).
The Virginia Air Line Railway ran through Carysbrook. The train traveled from Strathmore on the James River, to Cohasset, to Carysbrook, to Palmyra, to Troy, and on to Gordonsville or Charlottesville. The railroad was completed and began operating in October 1908. However, rail service was reduced to one daily train by 1927 and ended in 1954. The growing adoption of automobiles, trucks and airplanes had been taking business away from railroads since the 1930s. On October 26, 1971, the Fluvanna Board of Supervisors unsuccessfully sued the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to keep the railway in operation; it was abandoned in November 1975. There are the remains of rather larger stone piers that supported the railroad bridge tressel over the Rivanna River near Carysbrook. At one point there were a few small businesses surrounding the railroad tracks in Carysbrook to include a station, grocery store and post office.
The original Fluvanna County High School was built at Carysbrook about 1932. The high school moved next to Abrams High School in 1976. Today the former F.C.H.S. campus and playing fields are used by the county parks & rec and other community organizations. Carysbrook Elementary School (formerly Fluvanna Middle School) is located across the old railroad tracks from the old F.C.H.S. football and baseball stadiums.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |