Shortly after the Civil War the village was populated entirely by African Americans, when it was known as Egypt, and then as Bethel. It became known as Proffit when the railroad line went through, named for the man who bought the right of way for the line. As it became a minor commercial hub, the population gradually became more caucasian. By the late 1920s there were only 15-20 African American families remaining in Proffit.[4]
In 1974, the Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune covered the Proffit Area News. The paper notes Evergreen Baptist Church as part of the community, with Rev. Blakely presiding.[5] Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Earlysville was also noted as hosting the Thanksgiving Union Worship Service with Rev. L.S. Ward, pastor of Chatman Grove Baptist Church, Eastham delivering the sermon.[5] Other congregations joining this service were Evergreen at Proffit and Free Union of Stony Point.[5] The Union Christmas service was planned to be at Evergreen Baptist that year.
^Wilson, Paul (January 2, 1999). "NS Piedmont Division, Washington District". Retrieved November 16, 2008.
^"Proffit Historic District Online Resource Archive". University of Virginia. 2000. Retrieved November 30, 2008. Listed in the Virginia Landmark Register (1998) and the National Register of Historic Places (1999)...
^John Hammond Moore (1976). Albemarle: Jefferson's County, 1727-1976. Albemarle County Historical Society. p. 425.
^ abcBlue, Mrs. J.E. (December 5, 1974). "Proffit Area News". The Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune.
Further readingedit
The Proffit Historic District Online Resource Archive: A website that provides extensive documentation of the village's history, with a timeline, historical and contemporary photographs, census data, a virtual tour, and oral histories.
proffit, virginia, proffit, unincorporated, community, albemarle, county, virginia, there, commercial, activity, with, only, houses, lining, road, bridge, under, which, norfolk, southern, piedmont, division, washington, district, line, runs, recognized, virgin. Proffit is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County Virginia 1 There is no commercial activity with only houses lining the road and a bridge under which Norfolk Southern s Piedmont Division Washington District line runs 2 It is recognized as a Virginia Landmark and the Proffit Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 3 ProffitUnincorporated communityProffitLocation within the Commonwealth of VirginiaShow map of VirginiaProffitProffit the United States Show map of the United StatesCoordinates 38 6 32 N 78 25 28 W 38 10889 N 78 42444 W 38 10889 78 42444CountryUnited StatesStateVirginiaCountyAlbemarleTime zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT GNIS feature ID1477646 1 Shortly after the Civil War the village was populated entirely by African Americans when it was known as Egypt and then as Bethel It became known as Proffit when the railroad line went through named for the man who bought the right of way for the line As it became a minor commercial hub the population gradually became more caucasian By the late 1920s there were only 15 20 African American families remaining in Proffit 4 In 1974 the Charlottesville Albemarle Tribune covered the Proffit Area News The paper notes Evergreen Baptist Church as part of the community with Rev Blakely presiding 5 Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Earlysville was also noted as hosting the Thanksgiving Union Worship Service with Rev L S Ward pastor of Chatman Grove Baptist Church Eastham delivering the sermon 5 Other congregations joining this service were Evergreen at Proffit and Free Union of Stony Point 5 The Union Christmas service was planned to be at Evergreen Baptist that year The historian Claude Hall author of Abel Parker Upshur was born in Proffit and procured three degrees from the University of Virginia References edit a b Proffit Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Retrieved August 12 2013 Wilson Paul January 2 1999 NS Piedmont Division Washington District Retrieved November 16 2008 Proffit Historic District Online Resource Archive University of Virginia 2000 Retrieved November 30 2008 Listed in the Virginia Landmark Register 1998 and the National Register of Historic Places 1999 John Hammond Moore 1976 Albemarle Jefferson s County 1727 1976 Albemarle County Historical Society p 425 a b c Blue Mrs J E December 5 1974 Proffit Area News The Charlottesville Albemarle Tribune Further reading editThe Proffit Historic District Online Resource Archive A website that provides extensive documentation of the village s history with a timeline historical and contemporary photographs census data a virtual tour and oral histories nbsp This Albemarle County Virginia state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Proffit Virginia amp oldid 1167500534, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
