The origin of the name is that an early settler, Georgie Radford, and Mose, an escaped slave, first came upon the area when the milk weed was blossoming.
It stated that 500 acres of land was his, located on the southerly slope beginning at the crest of the Blue Ridge.
"[5] The Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia operated a mission school and church, St. John-of-the-Mountain, here from 1907-1943.
William T. Roberts, who also organized and established the Phoebe Needles Mission School nearby.
Before World War II, Endicott had several general stores, a mill, two schools, a post office and was a voting precinct.