Preston (GNIS FID: 1496114) is a populated place located in Henry County, Virginia.
Henry County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).
A legal action against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway for non-delivery of brick making machinery and other goods to Clayton and Albert Potts of Preston, Virginia, by connecting railway lines in 1891 showed that a local businessman could win against a larger railroad company.
[1] As early as 1822, there was a US Post Office run by Jesse Philips at "Glady Creek Cross Roads", which was in Preston, Virginia.
[2] In 1859, there was another US Post Office run by David Ridenour, for the German settlement at Preston, Virginia.