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 …

Listed in the Virginia Landmark Register (1998) and the National Register of Historic Places (1999), Proffit is described as “a rare survivor of the black communities established in Albemarle County …

Sep 14, 1998 · The Proffit Historic District is the most intact and well-documented historically African American community in Albemarle County. Founded by freedman Ned Brown in 1871, the small …

By the 1920s, Proffit was a small but thriving commercial and residential community. The opening of U.S. Route 29 in the early 1930s and the closing of the rail station in the 1940s, transformed the area …

Proffit is noted as one of the few African American communities in Albemarle County to survive after the American Civil War. Today it is a quiet residential area whose backbone is the Evergreen Baptist …

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Jun 24, 2000 · 1876: Ned Brown purchases seventy-five acres, which he subdivides into small lots, laying foundation for village of Proffit. "This land was once part of two large estates. One of the men, …