[6] These buildings were small, poorly maintained wooden homes that one 1784 court order described as a "public nuisance.

By the early nineteenth century, Heathsville had continued its expansion, with one chronicler describing it as "a handsome post-village" with "a large church, an academy, and a mill.

[6] Eventually, the Civil War would dampen Heathsville's continued growth, but the town largely recovered from the conflict by 1880.

[6] Also during this time, the pressures of urbanization and the Great Depression led many young residents away from Heathsville's farms and to more populated areas for employment.

As the town's grist-milling, distilling, and wagon-making industries died out, the area became increasingly reliant on its courthouse to compensate for its lack of manufacturing.

[10] This area also hosts craft guilds dedicated to the preservation and use of pre-industrial skills, including iron forging, wood working, quilting, and weaving.