Batestown, Virginia

The town was located along the farthest terminus of Batestown Road in what is now a western neighborhood of Dumfries along the banks of Quantico Creek.

Between 1933 and 1937, the Federal Government began implementing a Resettlement Administration program to form Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area,[3] where rural farmers were supposed to relocate for more fertile land.

The RA bought 79 pieces of property in both Hickory Ridge and Batestown and condemned another 48, to form a new recreation area.

This continued until the beginning of World War II, where the park was taken over by the Office of Strategic Services as a spy training ground.

[1] At the end of the war, the displaced residents hoped their land would be restored, but to date these families have received no compensation.