This map is from the 1895 US Atlas. Lacking a “city,” rural Buckingham County was dotted with numerous “service centers” with names like New Store, Sheppards, New Canton, and Centenary. They typically had post offices, general stores, a grist mill, and, maybe, a black smith shop.
My grandmother was born in 1891, near Well Water which was in northern part of the county. Fortunately, it was significant enough to make the map. Today, there is nothing left of Well Water except the ruins of the two-story school house.
slate river ramblings . . . . 