Newington

Newington was the name of the second Truro Parish Glebe House, completed in 1760. After 1767 it became the private residence of Richard and Sarah McCarty Chichester. The William Nevitt family acquired the house and its 1000-acre tract in 1828 and occupied it until the house burned in 1875. In April 1872, the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad, originally built on Cinder Bed Road, opened Long Branch Station on Nevitt property. By 1918 the station, renamed Accotink, was linked by a spur to Camp Humphreys, later renamed Fort Belvoir, to transport troops during World War I. In 1971 the station, last known as Newington, closed.

Newington, Virginia · United States