Allen Shop Corner, Virginia

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Allen Shop Corner, Virginia
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Coordinates: 37°42′21″N76°50′41″W / 37.70583°N 76.84472°W / 37.70583; -76.84472 Coordinates: 37°42′21″N76°50′41″W / 37.70583°N 76.84472°W / 37.70583; -76.84472
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State Flag of Virginia.svg  Virginia
County King and Queen County
Time zone Eastern Standard Time (North America)

Allen Shop Corner is a rural unincorporated community in King and Queen County, Virginia, United States.

It is located about two miles south of Carlton Corner on VA Route 617, and about 3.3 miles north of King and Queen Court House on the same road. [1] [2] A road also used to run from Cumnor to Allen Shop Corner. [3] It appears on USGS maps at least as far back as 1919. [4]

Allen Shop Corner located on left portion of excerpt from 1970 USGS map. USGS Map 1970 Truhart Quad Excerpt King and Queen County.png
Allen Shop Corner located on left portion of excerpt from 1970 USGS map.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Allen Shop Corner, Virginia
  2. (10 October 1985). Stevensville District, Southside Sentinel (reference to road running from King and Queen Court House to Allen's Shop)
  3. Old New Kent County, Vol. I, p. 507 (1977) ("the purchase of a tract of land lying on the old crossroad which leads from Cumnor to Allen's Shop, which is now but partly open.")
  4. 1919 USGS Map, USGS