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Fryes Store

Ghost town · Henry County, Virginia

Critz quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1926, 1:62,500)
Critz quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1926, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fryes Store is a ghost town in Henry County, Virginia. It is the only former community in Henry County recorded on the federal names register, out of 279 across Virginia.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fryes Store as a historical populated place on the Sanville topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.6857° N, 80.0331° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSanville
Elevation1,081 ft
Nearest living townFieldale, VA
Distance to it5.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1497307
Coordinates36.68569, -80.03310

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What's there now

Fryes Store is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fieldale, VA (population 797), about 5.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,081 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.