#SupervisorBoddye joined residents of Braemar to see how the neighborhood would be affected if Dominion Energy chose the Blue Line Route 5 option to connect #Nokesville Substation to a future #Bristow Switching Station. Read why he opposes the plan: occoquandistrict.net/why-i-oppose...

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For this week’s look at the origin of road names, we are in Nokesville on Marsteller Drive. The Marsteller family was an early and prominent landowning family in Prince William County. #princewilliamcountyhistory #roads #marsteller #nokesville #VA28

In this week’s look at Historical Markers, we are in Aden on Fleetwood Road. #pwchistory #aden #fleetwood #nokesville #asburyUMC #churches

In the mid-1800s, northern farmers started moving into the area to establish dairy farms. They were enticed by low land prices, the result of land damaged by tobacco cultivation. #pwchistory #princewillliamcounty #nokesville #presbyterians

For today’s then and now, we are at the site of a 1945 C&O coal train derailment in Nokesville. Fifteen coal cars left the tracks and dumped coal along the track. #pwchistory #nokesville #thenandnow

After it closed in 1924, it became the home of the Nokesville Brethren until it was torn down in 1947 to make way for a new building on the same site. A manse for the pastor was built next door. #history #nokesville #princewilliamcounty

For this week’s then and now, we are in Nokesville, at Church of the Brethren on Fitzwater Drive. Opened in 1909, the Hebron Seminary was a secondary school serving the area and local Brethren churches. #history #nokesville #princewilliamcounty #pwchistory