Kidds Store is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Fluvanna County
Fluvanna County is a county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,249. Its county seat is Palmyra, while the most populous community is the census designated place of Lake ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
. Charlie Kidd, a proprietor of the store, has had his name associated with the store for 50 years. Kidd's store was owned and operated by James Taylor Kidd (1846-1918) until his death. His son V.S. Kidd (1875–1927) ran the store until his death. His wife, Charlotte "Lottie" Bledsoe Seay Kidd (1872–1955) rented out the store. Sometime in the 1940s Lottie's niece, Margaret Russell Seay Proffitt and her husband William Childress "Bill" Prioffitt, bought the store from Lottie. He renamed the store Proffitts Store. He ran the store until his death in 1961, his widow, Margaret Proffitt sold the store to Garvey Lewis. Garvey Lewis retained ownership of the building, but sold the business to Charlie Kidd.
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Unincorporated communities in Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Fluvanna County, Virginia
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