Greenbackville, VA

Greenbackville is a census-designated place in Virginia. The 2020 census counted 173 residents. Greenbackville and neighboring Franklin City, Virginia grew as a result of the railroad line, the Worcester railroad, completed on April 7, 1876 to transport oysters and other shellfish from Chincoteague to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. In Greenbackville, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Greenbackville, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places.