Diascund was a railway stop, unincorporated community, and post office in Virginia located at milepost 47 on the
Peninsula Extension
The Peninsula Extension which created the Peninsula Subdivision of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) was the new railroad line on the Virginia Peninsula from Richmond to southeastern Warwick County. Its principal purpose was to provide ...
of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis Potter Huntington, it reached from Virginia's capital city of Rich ...
in
James City County
James City County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,254. Although politically separate from the county, the county seat is the adjacent independent city of Williamsburg. Located o ...
. When this rail line was built in 1881, stations were established every few miles. To the west was the
Lanexa station, and four miles to the east,
Toano. The depot was east of the railroad’s crossing of
Diascund Creek
Diascund Creek is the major tributary of the Chickahominy River in Virginia, part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The creek flows south and forms the border between New Kent County on the west and James City County on the east.
In 1963, an ea ...
near the current Diascund Road. Along with other depots along the route, such as the surviving
Lee Hall Depot
Lee Hall Depot is a historic train station and museum located in the Lee Hall, Virginia, Lee Hall neighborhood of Newport News, Virginia. It was built in about 1881, with a one-story cargo bay, and the two-story main section was added in 1893. ...
, the Diascund depot was constructed in 1881 or shortly thereafter. By 1916, its board-and-baton siding it was painted in the "Colonial Buff" color scheme. The one-story depot was still standing in 1969. By 2008, it had been destroyed.
[Ottery Group, ''Historic Structures Survey of James City County, Virginia'', May 200]
, p. 42 https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/pdf_files/SpecialCollections/JC-271_Historic_Structures_Survey_JamesCityCounty_2008_OTTERY_report.pdf
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References
Unincorporated communities in James City County, Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Virginia
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